What is a Constitution? Forms of Government & Types of States
1. SOCIAL STUDIES WHAT IS A CONSTITUTION : A constitution is a set of rules for government—often codified as a written document—that enumerates the powers and functions of a political entity.
2. WHAT ARE THE FORMS OF GOVERMENTES: form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized in order to exert its powers over a body politic. Forms of government: Aristocracy: is a form of government in which a few of the most prominent citizens rule. Democracy: is a political government either carried out directly by the people (direct democracy) or by means of elected representatives of the people (Representative democracy). Dictatorship: is defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator, without hereditary ascension. Monarchy: A Monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged with an individual, who is the head of state, often for life or until abdication, and "is wholly set apart from all other members of the state
3. WHAT IS A STATE: is a political association with effective internal and external sovereignty over a geographic area and population which is not dependent on, or subject to any other power or state.
