Across
- 2. a form of government in which a head of government leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch in systems that use separation of powers. This head of government is in most cases also the head of state.
- 5. a system of democratic governance of a state where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support of the legislature, typically a parliament, to which it is accountable.
- 9. an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
- 11. a system of government in which laws, policies, leadership, and major undertakings of a state or other polity are directly or indirectly decided by the “people,”
- 13. Population, Territory, Sovereignty, and Government.
- 17. kings derived their authority from God
- 18. an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory.
- 19. form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body
- 20. a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought.
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- 1. Weak or loose organization of states agrees to follow a powerful central government.
- 3. a system of political organization in which most or all of the governing power resides in a centralized government
- 4. the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live.
- 6. a system of government by one person with absolute power
- 7. a system of dividing up power between a central national government and local state governments that are connected to one another by the national government.
- 8. a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without legislative representatives as proxies.
- 10. The bill outlined specific constitutional and civil rights and ultimately gave Parliament power over the monarchy
- 12. a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.
- 14. asserting a right against the English crown
- 15. a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
- 16. a French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher. He is the principal source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world