Across
- 1. the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid.
- 5. the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime.
- 7. Government by a dictator
- 10. system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state
- 11. To change or modify (something) for the better
- 14. having the power to make laws
- 16. an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.
Down
- 2. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
- 3. A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
- 4. includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts
- 6. the beginning or introduction of a system, policy, or period.
- 8. supreme power or authority.
- 9. mode of political organization that unites separate states or other polities within an overarching political
- 12. consists of the President, his or her advisors and various departments and agencies
- 13. An advocate or supporter of democracy
- 15. having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.