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Across 2. An arrangement whereby a ruler depends on a collection of supporters within the state who gain direct benefits in return for enforcing the ruler's will 4. a government led by a hereditary ruler who claims unlimited powers 7. the right to use power 10. Method of maintaining, managing, and gaining control of government (who gets what, when, and how) 12. power made legitimate by law 13. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them 14. authority that rests on the personal appeal of an individual leader 15. a concept holding that each person's vote should be counted equally 16. a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority. 17. A system of government in which citizens elect representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about the laws for all the people. 18. Power due to custom, tradition, or accepted practice

Down 1. an extremely oppressive form of dictatorship in which most aspects of citizens' lives are controlled by the leader 3. A King or Queen is the official head of state but power is limited by a constitution. 5. a small group of wealthy and influential people at the top of society who hold the power and resources 6. A government ruled by a few powerful people 8. A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority. 9. the ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions 11. A government ruled by a king or queen