Civics: Review Crossword

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  1. 2. these are powers given directly to the federal government in the Constitution.
  2. 3. the process by which national authority has increased over the states
  3. 8. citizen ____________________ is essential for democracy, meaning that citizens must be involved in the government process.
  4. 9. the US is a ____________________ democracy.
  5. 12. this clause gives congress the power to make laws that are not explicitly listed in the Constitution, as long as it helps the US function.
  6. 14. ______________ theory of the origin of government is the idea that the strongest or one with most military leadership rules.
  7. 17. What is the form of government where rulers have complete unchecked control of the nation?
  8. 18. What is a situation where government doesn't exist or has no control?
  9. 19. political _____________________ is essential for democracy, meaning that the majority rules, but the rights of the minority are protected.
  10. 20. Constitution is the ______________ law ofhe land in the US.
  11. 21. Where did democracy originate? (the city-state not the country)
  12. 22. the continental _______________ met the first time to address abuses by British power and the second time to lead the Revolution.
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  1. 1. The government provides public use services and places such as road, bridges, sewer systems, etc.
  2. 2. The idea that a monarch has the right to rule because they were placed there by God.
  3. 4. The government maintains ___________ __________ by making laws and punishing those who break them.
  4. 5. this act taxed paper goods in the colonies.
  5. 6. The bill of ______________ are the first ten amendmentConstitutionnstiution.
  6. 7. the first three words of the Con tstitutiontion:
  7. 10. a ________________ monarchy is where the monarchy has restrictions on their power, usually from a constitution or parliament.
  8. 11. the branches of US government are the ExecLegislativetlative, and ______________.
  9. 13. The Constitutional ___________________ was the group of delegates that met to write the constitution.
  10. 14. This is the separation of powers between levels of gov. In the US, this refers to the separation of state and federal power.
  11. 15. What word means that there is a two-chambered legislature?
  12. 16. the Articles of __________________ were the first founding government documents for the US, and were too weak to last.