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Unit 1 Vocab Flashcards

1
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A system for exercising authority

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Government

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2
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The idea that people can govern themselves

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Democracy

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3
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A state ruled by the noble class

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Aristocracy

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4
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Adult male residents who were granted rights and responsibilities

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Citizens

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5
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A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

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Direct democracy

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6
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Government controlled by one person

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Monarchy

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7
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Reason and intelligence to discover predictable patterns

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Natural laws

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8
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A form of government in which power rests in the citizen

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Republic

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9
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Aristocratic branch

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Senate

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10
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Religion of the Hebrews

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Judaism

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11
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Codes given to the leader Moses by god in 1200 B.C

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Ten Commandments

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12
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Leaders and teachers who were believed by the Jews to be messengers from God

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Prophets

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13
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Religion founded by Jesus

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Christianity

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14
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Brilliant cultural movement in Europe

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Renaissance

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15
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Religious reform movement that began in the 16th century

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Reformation

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16
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The political and Economic system of the middles ages

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Feudalism

17
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Customs and principles established over time

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Common law

18
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The source of traditional English respect for individual rights and liberties

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Magna Carta

19
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To have the law work in known orderly ways

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Due process of law

20
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Englands national legislature

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Parliament

21
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When monarchs are chosen by a God and responsible only to god to challenge the authority of the monarch

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Divine rights

22
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The turning points in English constitutional history

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Glorious revolution

23
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Where the powers of the ruler are restricted by the constitution and the laws of the country

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Constitutional monarchy

24
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Formal summary of the rights and liberties considered essential to the people

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Bill of rights

25
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Intellectual movement

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Enlightenment

26
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The agreement that people definite and limit their individual rights thus creating an organized society or government

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Social contract

27
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The right to life liberty and property

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Natural rights

28
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Dividing government into three separate branches

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Separation of power

29
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The colonist fight for independence from Great Britain

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American revolution

30
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Citizens elect representatives to make laws and polices for them

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Representative government

31
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Executive, legislative and judicial branch with checks and balances

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Federal system

32
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The fight to win democractic freedoms for the people

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French Revolution

33
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An international organization working for world peace and the betterment of humanity

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United Nations

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