Across
- 5. the length of service in office before another election is held.
- 9. goes against the constitution.
- 11. runs the meeting.
- 13. the 7 major divisions of the constitution. Laws and bills are divided into articles.
- 14. the part of government that makes the laws.
- 15. relating to a certain area or place. A city has a local government.
- 17. the ideas that form a foundation for other ideas
- 22. speak for. a senator represents the people of his or her state.
- 23. the group of top advisers to the president
- 25. a count of all the people who live in a place
- 26. a plan for getting and spending money
- 27. proposed laws
Down
- 1. the right to rule.
- 2. using wrongly
- 3. rule by the people. A democracy is a government based on popular sovereignty.
- 4. the things that make a person able to have the job.
- 6. a formal detailed suggestion
- 7. the government in Washington D.C.
- 8. the part of government that interprets the laws through its decisions in legal cases
- 10. go over. for example, congress can override a bill the president vetoes if enough people vote for it
- 12. the part of the government that carries out the laws
- 16. formal agreements among nations
- 18. a system of government in which people elect representatives to make their laws.
- 19. a system of government in which power s shared between national and state governments.
- 20. the 27 changes that have been added to the constitution since it was first written.
- 21. the introduction of the constitution
- 24. the power to say no