democracy

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Across
  1. 2. - What is the power to be able to voice your opinion under any circomstatnces?
  2. 6. Greeks - Who created the idea of a democracy in 507 BCE?
  3. 8. - What model of democracy is run by a group of people with the same opinions?
  4. 10. - What type of government has the citizens vote together on who they want to represent them in official decisions instead of having to have every single person put in a vote?
  5. 12. - What philosopher from the Enlightenment was the first to come up with the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances that we still use in our government today?
  6. 13. - What is a form of government where the legislative and executive brGreeks are not separate (Great Britian)?
  7. 16. - What established a federal form of governernment in 1788?
Down
  1. 1. - What type of democracy has the citizens vote on everything?
  2. 3. Carta - What ancient text first came up with the idea of limiting the power that is given to the government (more power to the people)?
  3. 4. - What time period in the 1800s is a historical philosophical movement that established many of the ideas that helped shape our government today?
  4. 5. - What model of democracy means that the President has to get the consent of the people before they make a decision?
  5. 7. - What is a government called that has all of its branches separate (USA)?
  6. 9. Sovereignty - What words means that a government is run/influenced by the citizens of that area?
  7. 11. - What model of democracy is ruled by a small group of people that are higher up in social hierarchy?
  8. 14. - What is guaranteed to everyone the moment they are born?
  9. 15. Locke - Who created the idea of natural rights that we still use today (Life, Liberty, Property)?
  10. 17. - In what type of democracy do representatives vote on behalf of the people?