Lesson 11 - The Constitution Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. to take away the right to vote
  2. 3. the part of government that carries out, or executes, the laws (2 words)
  3. 4. the power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws and acts made by the legislative and executive branches are unconstitutional (2 words)
  4. 8. the idea that the government’s authority comes from the people (2 words)
  5. 9. the part of government, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that interprets the laws (2 words)
  6. 11. a group of people or things with obvious differences among them
  7. 13. a basic principle of democracy that says laws are passed by majority vote and elections are decided by a majority of the voters (2 words)
  8. 15. to treat a person or group unfairly
  9. 16. a key constitutional principle that divides the functions of government among three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial—to prevent any one branch from gaining too much power (3 words)
  10. 17. the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments
  11. 18. the power of Indigenous tribes to govern themselves (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. the lawmaking part of government, called the legislature. To legislate is to make a law. (2 words)
  2. 5. relating to issues within a country
  3. 6. the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches (3 words)
  4. 7. the use or purpose of something
  5. 10. trade and other business dealings between two or more states (2 words)
  6. 12. an especially original, intelligent, or clever idea
  7. 14. an organization that actively promotes the view of some part of the public on specific issues in order to influence government policy (2 words)