Across
- 4. idea that government makes and enforces its own laws without approval from any other authority
- 6. government in which one person has great power; a king, queen, or emperor inherits the throne and heads the state; derived from Divine Right theory
- 8. __________________theory of government- theory that states that rulers are chosen by a god or gods, and rule is often hereditary
- 12. a dictatorship in which the one person in power holds unlimited control
- 13. __________theory of government-theory that states that governments/states emerged when people needed to cooperate to survive by could become organized only when one or more people to control to lead.
- 14. a sizable group of people who believe themselves united by common bonds of race, language, custom, or religion
- 15. a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government
- 18. a plan that provides the rules for government: 1) sets out ideals that the people bound by the constitution believe in and share; 2)it establishes the basic structure of government and defined the government's powers and duties; 3) it provides the supreme law for the country.
- 20. ____________theory of government-theory that government came about because extended families needed more organization.
Down
- 1. ________________System of Government- government that divides and shares the powers of government between the national and state or provincial governments
- 2. authoritarian government in which power is in the hands of one person and that ruler has total control
- 3. a dictatorship in which power is controlled by a small group of people; oligarchs derive their power from their wealth, social position, party leadership, military power, or a combination of these things.
- 5. an institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting people under its control
- 7. _______________government-Government that controls all aspects of citizens' economic, political, and social lives
- 9. ____________theory of government-theory that states government exists to protect and serve their people. Rule by the consent of the governed.
- 10. government in which rule is by the people, either through representatives or directly
- 11. another name for authoritarian governments
- 16. same as state: a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government
- 17. ________________System of Government- government that is a loose union of independent and sovereign states
- 19. ____________System of Government-government that gives all key powers to the central government