Across
- 1. the executive head of a state in the U.S.
- 4. An addition to a formal document such as a constitution
- 7. A document that outlines fundamental laws and principles of law
- 11. Powers a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority
- 12. The smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries
- 13. A list of individual freedoms
- 14. The term for the fact that the powers of government are divided into three separate branches
- 15. Notes or guarantees issued by the government, promising to repay money it borrows, with interest
Down
- 2. Having to do with the chief officer of a government
- 3. A type of government in which powers and duties between the states and the national government are shared
- 5. the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies
- 6. The judicial branch government, it tries cases involving government and administers justice
- 8. one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution
- 9. A system where each branch of government has the ability to limit the actions of the other branches
- 10. Elected officials who make the laws for the state
- 14. The highest judicial court in a country or state