Governments

A government that has restrictions to its power

• unlimited government

• totalitarian government

• limited government

• absolute government

A government that does not have any limits to its powers

• unlimited government

• constitutional monarchy

• limited government

• representative democracy

The ability to get people to behave in certain ways even when people don’t want to behave in those ways.

• sovereignty

• legitimacy

• population

• power

The right to rule

• authority

• assimilation

• oppression

• legitimacy

a society’s belief that their ruler or government has the right to rule

• power

• legitimacy

• authority

• assimilation

The supreme and ultimate power or authority within a territory

• power

• limited government

• population

• sovereignty

A form of government in which a single person—usually a king or queen—holds absolute power

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional monarchy

• representative democracy

Kings derive their right to rule directly from God and not from the people

• Right to Rule

• Divine Constitution

• Constitution Monarch

• Divine Right

Outlines the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Divine Right

• Mandate of Heaven