Foundations of Government

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Across
  1. 2. Life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness are considered _____rights.
  2. 3. _________ government means has defined powers and rules with the consent of the people.
  3. 4. The belief in the divine right of kings is that a ruler gets his power from ____.
  4. 7. We elect persons to represent our interests in government in a _________ democracy
  5. 9. Many of the ideas that our founders used in setting up the US government came from John _____.
  6. 10. In absolute __________ the king has total power and is not accountable to his subjects
  7. 11. the distribution of power in a government.
Down
  1. 1. The _________ led to a burst of new ideas in the areas of religion, politics, art and science.
  2. 4. The purpose of ____________ is to protect its citizens and enforce laws.
  3. 5. No government or laws.
  4. 6. citizens vote themselves on matters of policy in a _____democracy.
  5. 8. The people consent to be governed by a government that has limited power is called a _____contract.