social studies words

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Across
  1. 6. The head of a society, council, or other organization.
  2. 9. A minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.
  3. 11. The system by which a state or community is governed.
  4. 13. A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
  5. 14. of imports or exports.
  6. 15. A person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.
  7. 16. A formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates, especially those from a political party, trade union, or from within a particular sphere of activity.
  8. 17. The city or town that functions as the seat of government and administrative center of a country or region.
  9. 19. A person who explores a new or unfamiliar area.
  10. 20. The status of being a recognized independent nation.
Down
  1. 1. A tax or duty to be paid on a particular
  2. 2. The state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
  3. 3. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, Antarctica).
  4. 4. A formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.
  5. 5. A formally concluded and ratified agreement between states.
  6. 7. The quality of being fair and reasonable.
  7. 8. A line or border separating two countries.
  8. 10. A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
  9. 12. Relating to the government or public affairs of a country.
  10. 13. A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.
  11. 18. The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants.