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Forms O' Government
Movements and People of Europe
Those Important Theories
Those Roman Theories and People
Democracy
100
A ruler with unlimited power
What is a dictator
100
The revival of culture and intellect
What is the Renaissance
100
People give consent to be ruled over
What is social contract
100
A person who studies ideas
What is a philosopher
100
people vote promptly on the issues
What is direct democracy
200
A few people rule but they aren't corrupt
What is aristocracy
200
They emphasized individual rights; believer of natural rights
Who is John Locke
200
getting the right to rule from God
What is Divine right
200
Doing what's best for the whole
What is Common good
200
When people vote for representatives that keep their interests in mind
What is indirect democracy
300
When a few rich corrupt people rule
What is oligarchy
300
It's commonly associated with the scientific method, industrialization, and rationality
What is The Enlightenment
300
Rights that everyone has in a state of nature
What is natural rights
300
A greek philosopher
What is Aristotle
300
A government that has a constitution that restricts it
What is limited government
400
British legislator
What is parliament
400
The religious reformation that challenged the Catholic Church
What is protest reformation
400
Belief that the higher law should limit the government
What is Constitutionalism
400
Putting your community or country before your own private desires
What is civic virtue
400
The higher law that limits the government
What is constitutional Government
500
A mixed constitution
What is a polity
500
An economic system in which business are privately owned and for profit
What is capitalism
500
Life, liberty and estate
What is inalienable rights
500
A group of people who have one common goal
What is faction
500
Majority rule
What is popular sovereignty