2015 - WAEC Government Past Questions and Answers - page 1

There are four essential characteristics of a state which include population, territory, sovereignty, and government.  “The key characteristic of a state. Political sovereignty means the state has absolute supreme authority within the boundary of its territory.

The characteristic of a representative democracy is simply: People vote for representatives. Of course "vote" means a fair election where people have real choice. 

Political culture is the set of attitudes, beliefs, and sentiments which give order and meaning to a political process and which provide the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the political system.

Political culture is the set of attitudes, beliefs, and sentiments which give order and meaning to a political process and which provide the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the political system.

Human rights and fundamental freedoms are provided by the Constitution to guarantee liberty of citizens.

The Rule of Law is an important contribution of the British Constitution. It means that in the eyes of the law all persons, whether big or small, the highest government official or ordinary citizen, a big capitalist or a poor man, are equal. It also means that in the eyes of law, there is no privileged class. But certain diplomatic immunities retrain the effect of the rule of law

Montesquieu's approach was to present and defend a form of government which was not excessively centralized in all its powers to a single monarch or similar ruler, form of government known then as "aristocracy". He based this model on the Constitution of the Roman Republic and the British constitutional system.

A centralized form of government is one in which all power is held by a single authority or by a group of people. Regional or local leaders are appointed by the central authority and they can usually be removed if they do not abide by the orders issued by the government. Ghana practices a centralized system of government

some countries with an unwritten constitution;

1. Canada.
2. United Kingdom.
3. Saudi Arabia. 
4. New Zealand. 
5. Israel. 

Flexible Constitution is a constitution that is not defined or set apart in a distinct document and that is not distinguishable from other law in the way in which its terms can be legislatively altered. A flexible constitution can be easily amended when need rises