_____2) This term describes any country that has an independent government. The form of political organization emerged after the middle ages during the Renaissance. 

_____3) This term involves a theory where a monarch is given absolute power because it was believed that he was given his power by God, and that such power could not be taken away. 

_____4) When a nation is led by a ruler who was born into a position of power, this form of government exists. 

_____5) The United States is an example of this form of government because the central government in Washington, DC shares its power with the governments of the fifty states and smaller cities.

Possible responses:

A) Parliament

B) Monarchy

C) Federal System

D) Divine Right

E) Oligarchy

F) Unitary System

G) Confederation

H) Nation-State