Across
- 1. At the highest level of the court system, a judge is known as a __________
- 3. a department of the executive branch which oversees one section of policy and enforcement
- 4. the smallest type of local government in Virginia
- 6. the type of power only state governments can use
- 8. the unelected employees of the executive branch that help the day to day functions of the government
- 12. someone who is chosen to represent the United States to another country
- 13. the highest level of the state court system
- 16. the branch of government that makes laws
- 18. towns and cities may have a _______ as the head of their executive branch
- 19. the principle of government that splits powers between the national, state, and local governments
- 22. the branch of government which enacts and enforces laws
- 23. this government official is head of the national executive branch
Down
- 2. powers that both the state and national/federal government can use
- 5. a law made at the local level is called a ______
- 7. this group of twelve secretaries advise the President on national policy
- 9. the state legislative body of Virginia is known as the General _____________
- 10. a prospective law that is still working through Congress is called a ______
- 11. the branch of government that presides over the court system and has the power to review laws
- 14. this type of local government is the largest, and its ordinances are made by a Board of Supervisors
- 15. this type of local government is required by Virginia law to operate independently
- 17. this bicameral body is the head of the national legislative branch
- 20. the type of powers given to the federal/national government by the U. S. Constitution
- 21. Court this group of seven justices is the head of the national judicial branch