Common Terms

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British liberal thinker who believed in natural rights. Promoted the concept of the social contract between government and the governed

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John Locke

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The idea that a contact exists between the government and the people they rule

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Social contract

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The concept that, at birth, all humans should have the right to life, liberty and property

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Natural rights

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The idea that people should be free to do what they like as long as they don’t hurt others

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The harm principle

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French liberal thinking who advocated that the powers of government be separated into branches based on different functions of government

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Monstequieu

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Concept that the government power should be divided between legislative, executive, and judicial branches

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Separation of powers

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The idea that monarchs were chosen by god to rule

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Divine right of kings

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Term for thinkers during the enlightenment

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Philosophers

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Collectiveist, extreme left wing ideology

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Communism

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A rapid and severe decrease in the purchasing power of a currency

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Hyperinflation

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First soviet leader

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Lenin

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Father of communism

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Karl Marx

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Italian dictator, founded fascism

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Mussolini

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Government confiscation of individuals private lands to form a commonly owned public enterprise

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Collectivization

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Early Russian communists

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Boldheviks

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Term of the collection Soviet prison camps in Siberia often used to house dissidents and political prisoners

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Gulag

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The law that gave Hitler dictatorial power

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Enabling acg

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Leader of the German nazi party during the 1930’s and 1940’s

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Hitler

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Authoritarian rule by a small group of people

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Oligarchy

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Authoritarian rule by a single individual

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Dictatorship

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Authoritarian rule that imposes itself on most aspects of life

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Totalitarianism

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The right to vote

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Suffrage

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Blaming another person or group for your problems

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Scapegoating

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Term for a binding vote on an issue by all citizens eligible to vote

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Referendum

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In the parliamentary system, a government that has the most, but less than half of the seats in the legislature

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Minority government

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A voting system in which the person with the most votes wins. Regardless of what share of the total votes they received, a simple plurality System

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First past the post system

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In a parliamentary system, a member of the executive branch who is in charge of a government department

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Minister

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A constituency, the electoral district represented by and elected individual

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Riding

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The monarch’s representative in Canada, Canada’s head of state

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Governor General

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A government where the executive branch must have the support of the majority of the members of the legislative branch to be allowed to govern

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Responsible government

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The title given to someone who runs a government department and is a memeber of cabinet in the United States

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Secretary

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In the US, the president can use this special power to kill any bill passed by less than 2/3 of the members of the legislative branch

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Veto

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The term used to describe the U.S. legislative branch (House of representatives and the senate)

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Congress

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The set of controls that the various US branches of government have over one another

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Cheques and balances

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A British economist whose theories regarding how to manage an economy became ver popular during the 1930’s

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Keynes

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Term given to Franklin Roosevelts series of economic programs that were intended to improve the U.S. economy during the 1930’s

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