Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Leader of government with the most influence and power
  2. 5. Freedoms Basic rights given to citizens that include the right to vote, equal rights, and freedom of speech and religion
  3. 6. Ruled by a queen or king
  4. 8. The branch of government responsible for carrying out the laws
  5. 13. Executive power is assigned in a legislature; the legislature selects the excutive branch
  6. 14. Strong central government has all the power
  7. 15. The law making branch of the government
  8. 16. A system of government in which the executive and legislative branches are directly elected by the citizens
Down
  1. 1. Cerimonial positions with limited government power;often reserved for a monarch
  2. 2. Power is divided between one central and several
  3. 4. One person possesses unlimited government power;citizens do not participate
  4. 7. Citizens have full and equal rights to participate through voting and personal freedoms
  5. 9. Loose alliance; political units control their own laws; central government only makes decisions that affect the entire gruop; partners
  6. 10. authorities
  7. 11. A form of government in which the political power is help by a self- appointed ruler
  8. 12. The head of government in a parliamentary democracy who is appointed by peers in the legislature