Test 1, Part 3 Flashcards
What is political authority?
The power to decide
What would be the only way to have true anarchy?
Kill everybody and everything
What is a social contract?
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.
What are natural rights?
Rights you are granted at birth that no one can take away
What is sociology?
The study of human behavior
Who created sociology?
Charles Louis de Secondat (AKA Baron de Montesquieu)
What is popular soveriegnty?
Government created by and subject to the will of the people.
What type of government was popular sovereignty? Explain.
Democracy because the majority belief controls the power of government
What is anachronism?
The representation of someone or something that lies outside the chronological, proper, or historical order.
What is a physiocrat?
A philosophe who uses natural laws to try to explain a rational, economist theory, or process, system, or organization.
Who were physiocrats?
Enlightenment thinkers (philosophes)
According to physiocrats, why is mercantilism bad?
It has a definitive end
What is mercantilism?
When the home country makes money
What is laissez-faire?
An economic policy, or political, that is allowed to operate with little governmental interference.
Laissez-faire is a French word that means what?
To let alone
In laissez-faire, how do you gain power?
If you have more money, weapons, etc
What is a tariff?
Tax on trade
Are tariffs usually on imports or exports?
Imports
What do tariffs cause?
Prices of goods to increase
What is censorship?
Restricting of access to ideas and/or information
What is a salon?
Where the philosophes hid so no one could find them
Where were the salons?
A large sitting room in the home of a noble
Why did the philosophes hide in the homes of the nobles?
Nobody would think to look there
Why did the women let the philosophes in the salon?
They supported women’s rights
What was the only reason nations like the U.S. exist?
Salons
Who kept the Enlightenment ideas alive?
Women
If a person does what they are supposed to do then what?
The world will never go bad
What is anarchy?
The absence of any form of political authority
