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