Across
- 3. Leader of government with the most influence and power
- 5. Freedoms Basic rights given to citizens that include the right to vote, equal rights, and freedom of speech and religion
- 6. Ruled by a queen or king
- 8. The branch of government responsible for carrying out the laws
- 13. Executive power is assigned in a legislature; the legislature selects the excutive branch
- 14. Strong central government has all the power
- 15. The law making branch of the government
- 16. A system of government in which the executive and legislative branches are directly elected by the citizens
Down
- 1. Cerimonial positions with limited government power;often reserved for a monarch
- 2. Power is divided between one central and several
- 4. One person possesses unlimited government power;citizens do not participate
- 7. Citizens have full and equal rights to participate through voting and personal freedoms
- 9. Loose alliance; political units control their own laws; central government only makes decisions that affect the entire gruop; partners
- 10. authorities
- 11. A form of government in which the political power is help by a self- appointed ruler
- 12. The head of government in a parliamentary democracy who is appointed by peers in the legislature