The enlightenment and basic government terms

Question 1

what is absolute monarchy?

Answer 1

the king has total power

Question 2

what is limited monarchy?

Answer 2

king shares power with parliament and the constitution

Question 3

what is a democracy?

Answer 3

rule by the people

Question 4

what is a direct democracy?

Answer 4

citizens decide on the issues on their own (takes long time)

Question 5

what is a republic?

Answer 5

citizens vote in others with similar ideas

Question 6

what is a dictatorship?

Answer 6

rule by force (normaly by one person)

Question 7

what is federalism

Answer 7

division of power between national and state governments

Question 8

what is a free command economy?

Answer 8

you have total control of money and what you do with it

Question 9

what is sovereignty?

Answer 9

the right to rule and enforce laws and legal authority to do something

Question 10

what is a command economy?

Answer 10

no freedom with money, can own property.

Question 11

what is mixed economy?

Answer 11

some restrictions on what you can do with money set by government but the people also have some freedom with money (used in the usa)

Question 12

what is the divine right of kings?

Answer 12

That god put theking on the throne

Question 13

what ideas did ancient Greece establish?

Answer 13

direct democracy and the word politics

Question 14

what ideas did ancient rome establish?

Answer 14

the right to an appeal
equal treatment
innocent until proven guilty
and vetoing

Question 15

what ideas did the enlightenment establish

Answer 15

modern ideas of freedom and individual rights

Question 16

when was the enlightenment?

Answer 16

1600-1700’s

Question 17

what was the enlightenment?

Answer 17

the birth of science and freedom

Question 18

who is a social contract with?

Answer 18

two groups (in this case between the government and the people)

Question 19

what was the opposite of divine right of kings?

Answer 19

social contracts

Question 20

what did Hobbes believe?

Answer 20

that the king rules; and the people obey
people are savages

Question 21

what did Locke believe?

Answer 21

king must protect life liberty and propriety and if he doesn’t the people can replace him with someone that will grant them these rights

Question 22

what did Smith create?

Answer 22

created economic freedom

Question 23

what did Beccaria believe?

Answer 23

that the death penalty and torture shouldn’t be used and allowed

Question 24

what did voltere influence?

Answer 24

the first amendment- freedom of religionpress and speech

Question 25

what did montesquieu influence?

Answer 25

the idea of separation of powers

Question 26

what idea did the magna carta establish?

Answer 26

limited government.