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| a group of people living in a definite territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce laws without having to ask permission from a higher authority |
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| the organization by which the state maintains order, provides public services, and enforces decisions over the people living in this territory |
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| the earliest form of government developed from the family |
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| states that the first governments were established by the use of weapons. One man or a group of men used force to bring others under their control. |
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| a ruler holds power because he or she is a god or was chosen by the gods to rule. The governments of many ancient civilizations were based on this theory |
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| - the ruler and the people who were ruled entered into a contract. If the ruler failed to honor the rights of the people, the people could overthrow the ruler |
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| the authority the government has to make decisions and force its citizens to obey those decisions |
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| one in which all power is held by the government. It uses this power to set up lesser governments such as states and provinces |
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| a loose union of independent states |
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| divides government powers between the national government and state or provincial governments. Both governments are given certain powers |
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| a single person holds all power |
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| Monarchs in Europe from the 1400s to the 1700s and the czars in Russia. They inherited their positions and used force to keep them |
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| - the head of the governments are monarchs, the governments are Democracies |
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| modern autocrat. Controls the government and rules with absolute power |
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| a small group of people rules with absolute power |
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| individual citizens vote on issues of government in a meeting of all citizens |
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| elected representatives govern in their place. The voters give their representatives the power to make and enforce laws for the community, state, or nation |
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