US CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION

Detailed explanation-1: -monarchy, political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person. The term applies to states in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch, an individual ruler who functions as the head of state and who achieves his or her position through heredity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Monarchies were once common throughout the world, but now they are rare. Monarchs generally reign for life. Also, most monarchies are hereditary. This means that when the monarch dies, a son, daughter, or other relative becomes the next monarch.

Detailed explanation-3: -A hereditary monarchy is a form of government and succession of power in which the throne passes from one member of a ruling family to another member of the same family.

Detailed explanation-4: -A constitutional monarchy is a form of monarchical government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state.

Detailed explanation-5: -A hereditary monarchy is a type of government where a monarch (usually a king or queen) becomes the monarch because he or she is related to the last monarch. It is the most common sort of monarchy, and is the form used by almost all of the world’s monarchies today.