Week 12

3. the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.
5. advocacy of or support for the political independence of a particular nation or people.
7. the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.
10. occurring, found, or done often; prevalent.
11. the idea that government is authorized by citizens and influenced by what they want
13. a monarch who respects the people's rights and rule fairly
15. a group of countries or an international organization as an economic sanction
16. a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people
18. a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
19. the assembly of the representatives of the estates of the realm,
20. efforts to prevent arbitrary government

1. a rebel or revolutionary.
2. relating to or denoting the central government of the US.
4. basic rights that include the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
6. the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
8. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
9. a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
12. belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation
14. deprive (someone) of the right to vote.
17. a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.