Question

understanding basic governments crossword

across

1. ___ enforces or carry out the laws
2. the ___ system is designed to prevent abuse of power by any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
3. the ___ is put in place to prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

down

1. the ___ branch of government interprets or gives meaning to the laws
2. a ___ is a system that makes and enforces laws for a country or community.
3. there are ___ primary groups or branches of a government:
4. the ___ branch of government creates or changes the law

word bank
three legislative checks and balances
government separation of powers executive
judicial

Explanation:

• For "4. ___ enforces or carry out the laws", the executive branch enforces laws, so it's "executive".
• For "6. The ___ system is designed to prevent abuse of power by any branch of government from becoming too powerful", "Separation of Powers" divides government powers.
• For "7. The ___ is put in place to prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful", "checks and balances" is the mechanism.
• For "1. The ___ branch of government interprets or gives meaning to the laws", the judicial branch interprets laws.
• For "2. A ___ is a system that makes and enforces laws for a country or community", "government" fits.
• For "3. There are ___ primary groups or branches of a government", it's "three".
• For "5. The ___ branch of government creates or changes the law", the legislative branch makes laws.

Answer:

1. executive
2. Separation of Powers
3. checks and balances
4. judicial
5. government
6. three
7. legislative