Across
- 2. a system of government in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between a central government and state or regional governments.
- 3. national legislation is supreme, no state law may conflict with any form of national law. (2 words)
- 6. powers that are specifically denied to the states and national government by the Constitution
- 9. powers directly stated, or spelled out expressly in the Constitution
- 10. powers not expressly stated in the Constitution, but reasonably suggested, or implied, by the expressed powers.
- 11. a form of government where the people hold the power and elect representatives to make laws and serve their interests. (2 words)
- 14. the political authority that governs an entire country, as opposed to a smaller part like a state or province. (2 words)
- 15. powers that can be exercised only by the National Government; cannot be exercised by the States under any circumstances.
Down
- 1. powers of the National Government granted to it in the Constitution.
- 4. powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise.
- 5. certain powers assigned to the national government other powers reserved for the states. (3 words)
- 7. a government that creates and enforces laws for a state within a federal system. (2 words)
- 8. powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not deny to the states.
- 12. the supreme law of the land.
- 13. powers that belong to the National Government because it is the national government of a sovereign state.