AMER GOVT PROJECT
Across
- 2. What are the first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution called?
- 5. Pure; Structure of government where the people participate head on
- 8. Division of government broken down into three separate branches
- 11. The absence of government
- 12. Political Theory that aims for the common good
- 14. Philosopher who believed in natural rights during the Enlightenment era
- 15. Something the government provided to people
- 17. Agreement between the ruled and their rulers that outlines the rights and duties of each
- 20. What was the text written by Hobbes?
Down
- 1. The document that outlines the basis of U.S. government
- 3. Who enforced the laws in England back in the 1600s and 1700s
- 4. Passed in 1628; a constitutional document that set out specific individual protections against the state
- 6. System of separate powers that work together to make sure each other is under control
- 7. Defined rights and duties of the English Nobles & sets limits on the monarchs overall power
- 9. Document that outlined specific constitutional & civil rights; ultimately gave Parliament the power over the monarchy
- 10. The country where Montesquieu was born
- 13. What did Locke state were fundamental natural rights?
- 16. The people who wrote the Declaration of Independence
- 18. The legislature of the United States’s federal government
- 19. Author of Leviathan; Founder of modern philosophy