Across
- 3. National government where main power is centralized in state governments.
- 4. Power is divided among national, regional, and local governments.
- 6. French aristocrat that supported the idea of separation of power between legislative and executive branches of government.
- 7. Powers not granted to the national government nor prohibited to the states are granted to the states or the people.
- 9. Government’s power resides in the central government. A strong central government.
- 10. Absence of government
- 12. System of government where the legislative and executive branches are inseparably linked.
- 14. Government that seeks to control every aspect of the people’s lives.
Down
- 1. Chief executive officer responsible for enforcing the nation’s laws.
- 2. Branch of government responsible for making a nation’s laws.
- 5. Pure democracy such as in Athens.
- 6. Father of the US Constitution
- 8. Branch of government consisting of the Supreme Court charged with interpreting the laws of a nation.
- 11. Powers specifically assigned to a particular branch of government.
- 13. State in which the supreme power rests in the people and their elected representatives or officers.