Unit 1 Vocab Flashcards
A system for exercising authority
Government
The idea that people can govern themselves
Democracy
A state ruled by the noble class
Aristocracy
Adult male residents who were granted rights and responsibilities
Citizens
A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives
Direct democracy
Government controlled by one person
Monarchy
Reason and intelligence to discover predictable patterns
Natural laws
A form of government in which power rests in the citizen
Republic
Aristocratic branch
Senate
Religion of the Hebrews
Judaism
Codes given to the leader Moses by god in 1200 B.C
Ten Commandments
Leaders and teachers who were believed by the Jews to be messengers from God
Prophets
Religion founded by Jesus
Christianity
Brilliant cultural movement in Europe
Renaissance
Religious reform movement that began in the 16th century
Reformation
The political and Economic system of the middles ages
Feudalism
Customs and principles established over time
Common law
The source of traditional English respect for individual rights and liberties
Magna Carta
To have the law work in known orderly ways
Due process of law
Englands national legislature
Parliament
When monarchs are chosen by a God and responsible only to god to challenge the authority of the monarch
Divine rights
The turning points in English constitutional history
Glorious revolution
Where the powers of the ruler are restricted by the constitution and the laws of the country
Constitutional monarchy
Formal summary of the rights and liberties considered essential to the people
Bill of rights
