Unit 5 Terms Flashcards
Absolutism
A system of government where one single ruler holds absolute power; basically monarchy.
Humanism
Belief that a man’s fate is determined by himself rather than religion
Checks and Balances
Shared powers between the seperation of powers
Constitution
Supreme Law of the U.S. made of amendments
Czar
An emperor of Russia before 1917
Divine Right
The right given to a king or queen to rule a country
Enlightenment
Rebirth period of European political, philosophy, religious, scientific, etc. values led by people with a belief that life could be bettered by this change
Equality
all men were created equal and that no one should be born into more power than another
Grievance
Complaint or protest against unfair treatment
Guillotine
a method of executing those condemned to death during the French Revolution.
Individual Human Rights
rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status (life, liberty, and the persaute of happiness)
Jacobin
was a member of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary political movement that was the most famous political club during the French Revolution
Liberty
a state of freedom, especially as opposed to political subjection, imprisonment, or slavery. Its two most generally recognized divisions are political and civil liberty. liberty.
Nationalism
an ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state and holds that such obligations outweigh other individual or group interests.
Popular Sovernity
government based on consent of the people.
Regime
the ruling government of a country
Salon
informal education for women
Secularism
the separation of religion from civil affairs and the state
Separation of Powers
an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
Social Contract
an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection.
Westernization
the adoption of the practices and culture of western Europe by societies and countries in other parts of the world, whether through compulsion or influence
Catholicism
Catholicism is the traditions and beliefs of Catholic Churches
Dark Ages
fall of the Western Roman Empire; period of decline in culture and science
