Across
- 4. currency of the European Union
- 6. voluntary association of independent states
- 8. Council/The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
- 11. system/Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
- 15. countries/Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
- 16. world countries/Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
- 18. Union/a group of 27 European countries united
- 20. of Commons/The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
Down
- 1. power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
- 2. system/Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
- 3. system/Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
- 5. powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
- 6. of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
- 7. form of government where power is held by one central authority
- 8. form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
- 9. government in which one person possesses unlimited power
- 10. government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
- 12. Duma/That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
- 13. less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
- 14. pound/The currency of the United Kingdom
- 17. minister/The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
- 19. Law/The constitution of Germany