Federalism

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. Property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation (8)
  2. 8. The act of rewriting something (6)
  3. 10. The idea of a ___ organization of more or less self-governing units (10)
  4. 11. A middle way between two extremes (10)
  5. 12. Elected leader of a country (9)
  6. 14. Human beings (6)
  7. 15. A person appointed or elected to represent others (8)

Down

  1. 1. A rule made by the government (plural) (4)
  2. 2. The head of a city government (5)
  3. 3. A preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (8)
  4. 4. Something regarded as a normative example (plural) (5)
  5. 6. A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War (7)
  6. 7. People who make and enforce a country's laws (10)
  7. 9. The power or right to give orders or make decisions (9)
  8. 13. Government in which people vote for their leaders (9)
  9. 14. Strength or the ability to control things (plural) (6)