State Government

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Across
  1. 4. The basic support structures that serve a geographic area such as transportation, communication, and power systems.
  2. 5. Citizens in these geographical areas elect legislators to represent them in the state's legislative branch.
  3. 6. Making rules about many activities in order to protect citizens. For example, doctors, dentists, accountants, builders, barbers must follow these.
  4. 9. The state's lawmakers.
  5. 11. The process that lets citizens vote on a law already passed by the state legislature.
  6. 12. The head of a state's executive branch.
Down
  1. 1. A state's judicial branch is made up of these.
  2. 2. Sums of money designated for a certain purpose such as improving an airport or providing health care to low-income households. The federal government give states money is this form.
  3. 3. The process that allows citizens to draft laws they would like to see adopted.
  4. 7. A state's lawmaking body.
  5. 8. Meaning that the legislature is made up of two chambers: a Senate and a House of Representatives
  6. 10. Constitution Each state has one of these to describe how the state government runs.