The Giver Vocabulary
Across
- 2. Breaks or destroys.
- 3. A leader or a government that in its desire for power makes decisions in its own interest instead of the well-being of the citizens.
- 7. A society where the leaders violate the natural rights of life, liberty and property.
- 9. All human being are born with the same basic rights of life, liberty and property.
- 10. The three natural rights
- 11. Another word for an illegitimate government.
- 12. Protects.
Down
- 1. A society where leaders uphold the natural rights of life, liberty and property.
- 4. A citizen or society’s active decision to take a stand against a leader who is violating natural rights.
- 5. A decision that may not benefit a particular individual, but that takes the well-being of the majority to heart.
- 6. An agreement between the citizens and their leader that allows the leader to make decisions on behalf of the governed.
- 8. A leader cannot make any decision unless given consent or permission by the citizens.