Across
- 1. The system where citizens elect representatives to make decisions in the government to benefit the common good
- 4. The person or group who makes the rules or laws for everyone else
- 5. The Constitution contains this or ideas about government. These ideas form the basis of how US Government works
- 6. The belief that government’s power come from the people
- 9. The introduction to the US Constitution
- 10. The idea that government only has the power that the people give it
Down
- 2. The principle that separates power in the national government into three branches
- 3. The basic things that people believe the government should protect
- 7. The principle that divides government powers between state and national levels and includes shared powers
- 8. The principle that allows each branch of the federal government to watch over the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful
