Chapter 2 Section 1 + 4 Vocab

Question 1

enlightenment

Answer 1

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

Question 2

monarch

Answer 2

king or queen

Question 3

legislature

Answer 3

a group of people that makes laws

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 possesses 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 colonial governments

Question 11

compact

Answer 11

an agreement, or contract, among a group of people

Question 12

document

Answer 12

a written paper that provides information or proof of something

Question 13

authority

Answer 13

power or influence over other people or groups

Question 14

grant

Answer 14

to allow or permit

Question 15

mercantilism

Answer 15

the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys

Question 16

boycott

Answer 16

the refusal to purchase certain goods

Question 17

repeal

Answer 17

to cancel a law

Question 18

delegate

Answer 18

a representative to a meeting

Question 19

independence

Answer 19

self-reliance and freedom from outside control

Question 20

challenge

Answer 20

a demand for justification or a dispute

Question 21

restore

Answer 21

to bring back into existence or put back in an original condition