Government

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Travel by being carried on horseback (6)
  2. 5. A vote to select the winner of a position or political office (8)
  3. 8. A country person (10)
  4. 9. A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War (7)
  5. 11. Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government (12)
  6. 13. Migration into a place (11)
  7. 15. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 1. Persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act (7)
  2. 2. Government in which people vote for their leaders (9)
  3. 4. An autocracy governed by a ___ who usually inherits the authority (8)
  4. 5. Learning at school (9)
  5. 6. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute ___ (12)
  6. 7. The team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring (7)
  7. 10. The geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state (plural) (11)
  8. 12. An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered (plural) (5)
  9. 14. A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative (4)