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First Quarter Review Flashcards

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What does Secular mean?

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Not relating to religion

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What is Humanism?

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Belief in human potential

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What is Monotheism?

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Belief in one God

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What is Polytheism?

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Belief in many Gods

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What is a Monarchy?

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Government ruled by King

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What is a Oligarchy?

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Government ruled by a few

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What is Aristocracy?

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Government ruled by the rich

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What is a Democracy?

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Government ruled by the people

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What is a Republic?

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When people elect leaders to represent them

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What is a Tyrant?

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Ruler that runs everything and doesn’t share power with anyone

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Who was Socrates?

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“Father of Ethics”

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Who wrote “Politics”?

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Aristotle

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Who wrote “The Republic”?

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Plato

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Name 2 Philosophes

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Voltaire and Locke

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“Life, Liberty, Property”

People are born with “Natural Rights” that can’t be taken away.

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Locke

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Freedom of Speech and Religion

“I do not agree with a word you say, but will defend to death your right to say it”

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Voltaire

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What did the Magna Carta do?

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Limited the kings power.

Kings must obey the law.

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Deceleration of independence

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People can “alter or abolish” unjust government

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What did the Bill of Rights do?

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Added to the US Constitution to guarantee individual rights

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What was the “Laissez-faire”?

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Terms used by Adam Smith to promote that government stay out of business

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Who said, “unexamined life is not worth living”?

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Plato

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