CIVICS PREP VOCABULARY

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Across
  1. 2. an official member of a country with rights
  2. 6. a formal process of voting for candidates
  3. 7. a country governed by elected representatives
  4. 9. the elected head of a city or town
  5. 10. the organization that controls and directs a country
  6. 13. the highest judicial court in the country
  7. 14. a group of citizens sworn to give a verdict in court
  8. 16. the head of state and the executive branch
  9. 19. the power of the president to reject a bill
  10. 20. the part of government that enforces laws
  11. 21. a system preventing one branch from having too much power
  12. 23. the state of being free within society
Down
  1. 1. the part of government that writes laws
  2. 2. the national legislative body that makes laws
  3. 3. the upper house of the national legislature
  4. 4. a government where people hold the power
  5. 5. the first ten amendments protecting basic freedoms
  6. 8. the part of government that interprets laws
  7. 11. a change or addition to the constitution
  8. 12. to charge a public official with misconduct
  9. 15. an organization of people seeking to gain political power
  10. 17. a group of advisors to the president
  11. 18. a system sharing power between national and state governments
  12. 21. the supreme law of the land
  13. 22. a proposal for a new law