Government

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice (8)
  2. 3. A sum of money allocated for a particular purpose (6)
  3. 6. The government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United (10)
  4. 8. A vote that blocks a decision (4)
  5. 11. Elected leader of a country (9)
  6. 12. A statute in draft before it becomes law (4)
  7. 13. Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government (12)
  8. 15. Government in which people vote for their leaders (9)
  9. 16. The legislature of the United States government (8)

Down

  1. 1. Staying steady without falling over (plural) (8)
  2. 4. People who make and enforce a country's laws (10)
  3. 5. A written order directing a bank to pay money (plural) (6)
  4. 7. A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch (8)
  5. 9. The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation (5)
  6. 10. A statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (9)
  7. 14. The upper house of the United States Congress (6)