9. Vocabulary: What is the definition of wielded in the following sentence? "He stated that all free people gave their government the power it wielded to make and enforce laws in a sort
of Social Contract."

Review the following types of government and match the style to it's definition type of dictatorship in which one person has complete control of the government government in which the people elect representatives to make government decisions for them government in which all people directly participate in government decisions government power is shared between a national government and regional (state) governments government has almost complete control; makes most decisions government power is centralized in regional (state) governments and they work together in a loose national government 1. authoritarian government 2. autocracy 3. confederal government 4. direct democracy 5. federal government 6. representative democracy

Which of the following was a difficulty faced by the ottoman empire in the 1700s and 1800s?   a.  financial independence      b.  lack of trained artisans      c.  refusal to trade with other nations      d.  rebelling ethnic groups

What is the purpose of the system of checks and balances