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nation state
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| democracy | a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them. |
| absolutism | the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government. |
| divine right | the doctrine that the right of rule derives directly from God, not from the consent of the people |
| monarchy | supreme power by a single person. |
| constitutional monarchy | A monarchy in which the powers of the ruler are restricted to those granted under the constitution and laws of the nation. |
| balance of power | a distribution of forces among nations that no single nation is strong enough to dominate all the others. |
| boyar | a member of a former privileged class in Romania. |
| czar | an emperor or king. |