1) Popular Sovereignty: One way people show power in our government is ___. 2) Limited Government: The Constitution limits government power by ___. 3) Separation of Powers: Each branch has different powers, such as ___. 4) Checks and Balances: One way the branches check each other is ___. 5) Federalism: Power is shared between ___ and ___. 6) Republicanism: Citizens use their power by ___. 7) Individual Rights: The Bill of Rights protects ___. 8) A time when checks and balances worked was when ___. 9) Today we can see federalism when ___. 10) Separation of powers and checks and balances are connected because __ 11) The most important principle is ___ because ___. 12) If we didn’t have separation of powers, ___ might happen.

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