Across
- 2. basic liberties and rights that are guaranteed in the Constitution and Bill of Rights
- 3. power is shared between the state governments and federal government
- 5. Sovereign the government gets its power from the will of the people
- 6. the powers of the U.S. and Texas governments are divided into 3 branches so no one has too much power
- 7. ability of each branch to control, check, or change the other branch’s decisions and balances out the power to make sure that no one branch/person has too much power
Down
- 1. everyone, including government officials, must obey the law
- 4. people exercise their power by voting for their representatives (political leaders)