Constitution

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Staying steady without falling over (7)
  2. 9. Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government (12)
  3. 13. The upper house of the United States Congress (6)
  4. 15. Persons who administer the law (9)
  5. 16. A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government (6)

Down

  1. 1. Parents, children and relatives who belong together (6)
  2. 2. 4th President of the United States (7)
  3. 3. 3rd President of the United States (9)
  4. 5. System of faith and worship (8)
  5. 6. Persons who make or amend or repeal laws (11)
  6. 7. Elected leader of a country (9)
  7. 8. The legislature of the United States government (8)
  8. 10. The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation (5)
  9. 11. Being able to act without being controlled (7)
  10. 12. Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice (8)
  11. 14. United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (6)