Government Vocabulary

4. undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person: (King, Queen).
6. Governments limited by a formal framework of laws that outline its functions and powers.
7. provide a first-hand account of an event or time period and are considered to be authoritative. They represent original thinking, reports on discoveries or events, or they can share new information.
8. Organizing government so that the power is divided between national government and other governmental bodies.
9. The way each branch of our government limits the power of the other branches.
11. The law-making part of our government, which includes Congress.
12. Small, powerful groups of landowners, military officers, or wealthy business people, control the government institutions
13. To bring charges against federal officials for misconduct
14. The law-interpreting part of our government, includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts.

1. The governing is divided, or separated, among branches of the government.
2. involve analysis, synthesis, interpretation, or evaluation of primary sources.
3. Violating the guidelines of the Constitution.
5. To bring charges against federal officials for misconduct.
10. The court of the highest authority