Glossary Terms
Type of government where all citizens decide how they are governed rather than electing a representative to vote for them.
What is direct democracy?
Thinker who believed that all humans had natural rights of life, liberty and property
Who is John Locke?
Who is Plato?
Type of government where power is lies with the people
What is a democracy?
Written set of laws in Rome
What are the Twelve Tables?
Freedom to make decisions for yourself in society
What is liberty?
Thinker who believed that government should have separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
One of the two philosophers we read about. This one wrote "The Politics"
Who is Aristotle?
Type of government where citizens choose someone to represent them on their behalf rather than voting for themselves
What is an indirect democracy?
Type of ruler who gains power by appealing to emotions
What is a demagogue?
Laws given to Moses that influenced democratic thinking and laws
What are the Ten Commandments?
Thinker who believed that religion should be private
Who is Voltaire?
This philosopher's name starts with an "s"
Who is Socrates?
Type of government where a ruler (male or female) rules for life based on their nobility or family line
What is a monarchy?
Term given to people in Rome who were lower class or poor
What are plebians?
Group of 500 men in Athens that ran the daily business in Athens
What is the boule?
Either thinker who believed that government and people should operate with a social contract
Who is Rousseau or Hobbs?
This man gave a famous funeral oration speech in Athens that clarified what democracy should be (was a glossary term)
Who is Pericles?
Type of government where a ruler holds all of the power and has no one to check his selfish motives
What is a tyranny?
People who did not have the right to vote in ancient Greece
Who are women, slaves, or foreigners?
Wealthy upper class citizens in Rome
What are patricians?
Female thinker who believed men and women should have equality?
Who is Olympe de Gouges?
This person is one of the most controversial people in all time which is interesting since he preached peace, love and the equality of all under his father
Who is Jesus?
Type of government where only the few have power, many times based on wealth or social standing
What is an oligarchy?
What is rule of law?