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Test 1, Part 3 Flashcards

1
Q

What is political authority?

A

The power to decide

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2
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What would be the only way to have true anarchy?

A

Kill everybody and everything

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3
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What is a social contract?

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An agreement between the people and the government where the people give their all, and a certain amount of freedom, to a leader so the community will be protected fr any dangers that may be present.

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4
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What are natural rights?

A

Rights you are granted at birth that no one can take away

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5
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What is sociology?

A

The study of human behavior

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Who created sociology?

A

Charles Louis de Secondat (AKA Baron de Montesquieu)

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7
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What is popular soveriegnty?

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Government created by and subject to the will of the people.

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8
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What type of government was popular sovereignty? Explain.

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Democracy because the majority belief controls the power of government

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9
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What is anachronism?

A

The representation of someone or something that lies outside the chronological, proper, or historical order.

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10
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What is a physiocrat?

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A philosophe who uses natural laws to try to explain a rational, economist theory, or process, system, or organization.

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Who were physiocrats?

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Enlightenment thinkers (philosophes)

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12
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According to physiocrats, why is mercantilism bad?

A

It has a definitive end

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13
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What is mercantilism?

A

When the home country makes money

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What is laissez-faire?

A

An economic policy, or political, that is allowed to operate with little governmental interference.

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15
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Laissez-faire is a French word that means what?

A

To let alone

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16
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In laissez-faire, how do you gain power?

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If you have more money, weapons, etc

17
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What is a tariff?

A

Tax on trade

18
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Are tariffs usually on imports or exports?

A

Imports

19
Q

What do tariffs cause?

A

Prices of goods to increase

20
Q

What is censorship?

A

Restricting of access to ideas and/or information

21
Q

What is a salon?

A

Where the philosophes hid so no one could find them

22
Q

Where were the salons?

A

A large sitting room in the home of a noble

23
Q

Why did the philosophes hide in the homes of the nobles?

A

Nobody would think to look there

24
Q

Why did the women let the philosophes in the salon?

A

They supported women’s rights

25
Q

What was the only reason nations like the U.S. exist?

A

Salons

26
Q

Who kept the Enlightenment ideas alive?

A

Women

27
Q

If a person does what they are supposed to do then what?

A

The world will never go bad

28
Q

What is anarchy?

A

The absence of any form of political authority

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