Across
- 4. economy, unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses
- 9. a direct vote, invited to vote on a particular proposal
- 10. election, election for a new leader
- 13. citizens can write laws for state and local government
- 16. liberalism, philosophy that places the main points of emphasis: this philosphy is committed on the idea of limited government
- 18. state, a government that subordinates an individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures
- 19. god or divine being as the ultimate authority
- 21. good, the advantage or benefit of all people
- 23. characterized by cunning or ruthless methods to maintain power associated with the political philosophy
- 26. the organizations in a government which create, enforce, and apply laws
- 27. sovereignty, government is created by and subject to the will of the people
- 29. economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather then by the state
- 30. a body of people living in an autonomous political unit
Down
- 1. contract, an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits
- 2. a group of people that governs a community or unit. it adminsters public policy
- 3. a form of government in which elected individuals represent the citizen body
- 5. democracy, a government that enforces recognized limits and allows the voice of all the people to be heard through frequent elections
- 6. government by the people with free and frequent elections
- 7. an economic and political system where the ways of making living are owned by the workers
- 8. divides a government's power between national and state government
- 11. the right and acceptance of an authority, usually a governing law or a regime
- 12. a threat or use of punitive measures against state, groups, or individuals in order to force them from specified actions
- 14. law making body of many governments
- 15. a form of government with one party dictatorship
- 17. disobedience, the refusal to comply with certain laws
- 20. individual to influence the conduct of others
- 22. one leader has absolute control over citizens lives
- 24. citizens or subjects are relatively homogenous in factors such as language or common descent
- 25. a system where all property is public and people are given things by the government according to their needs
- 28. the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power