Background of Governments

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A government in which voters hold sovereign power; elected representatives, responsible to the people, exercise that power

Autocracy in which a king, queen, or emperor exercises supreme powers of government

A government that divides the powers of government between the national gov state or provincial gov

A system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual

Group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, sometimes, religion

Theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens

A loose union of independent states

Political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government with the power to make and enforce laws without approval from a higher authority