democracy & Government

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. The lower ___ of the British parliament (14)
  2. 5. A rule made by the government (plural) (4)
  3. 7. People who make and enforce a country's laws (10)
  4. 9. The status of a ___ with rights and duties (11)
  5. 10. An extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization (7)
  6. 13. The idea of a ___ organization of more or less self-governing units (10)
  7. 14. Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice (8)
  8. 16. To succeed in passing through, around, or over (9)

Down

  1. 1. An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (plural) (6)
  2. 2. A vote that blocks a decision (4)
  3. 3. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute ___ (12)
  4. 6. A person used as a cover for some questionable activity (10)
  5. 8. A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation (4)
  6. 11. Government in which people vote for their leaders (9)
  7. 12. The upper house of the United States Congress (6)
  8. 15. A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War (7)