Honors Civics 9 - Unit 2 Vocab

Question 1

legislature

Answer 1

a group of people that make laws

Question 2

Enlightenment

Answer 2

movement that spread the idea that reasons and science could improve society

Question 3

monarch

Answer 3

king or queen

Question 4

precedent

Answer 4

a ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case

Question 5

common law

Answer 5

a system of law based on precedent and customs

Question 6

natural rights

Answer 6

freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property

Question 7

social contract

Answer 7

an agreement among people in a society with a government

Question 8

colony

Answer 8

a group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere

Question 9

joint-stock company

Answer 9

investors provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit

Question 10

charter

Answer 10

a written document granting land and the authority to set up a colonial government OR a government document granting permission to organize a corporation