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Terms
Terms
Philosophers
Economy
100

An institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting the people under its control is known as?

Government

100

This Plan called for each state to have one vote in Congress instead of the number of votes being based on population. It was introduced to the Constitutional Convention by William Paterson

NJ Plan

100

A socialist who is committed to democracy but wants government involvement in the distribution of wealth

Democratic socialist

100

These two presidents were impeached

Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

100

An economic system combining private and public enterprise.

Mixed economy

200

The idea that people are chosen by god or gods rule is known as?

Divine Right

200

A legislature consisting of two separate chambers, each serving as a check on the other's power.

Bicameral

200

A written instrument from the authorities of a society granting rights or privileges

Charter

200

He was a French Enlightenment thinker who wrote about the importance of separating powers of government.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

200

An economy where the market determines prices, products, and services rather than the government

Free enterprise

300

A state without a government and laws is known as?

Anarchy

300

This plan, also known as the Great Compromise of 1787, was proposed by Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth during the Constitutional Convention at the State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 23, 1787

Connecticut Plan

300

Workers who produce the goods

Proletariat

300

This philosopher argued that people create society by entering a social contract.

Thomas Hobbes

300

An economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government

Command economy

400

A form of government with a monarch at the head

Monarchy

400

This Plan was a proposal to the US Constitutional Convention for a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature

Virginia Plan

400

A government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government

Representative government

400

This political theorist believed that property rights and other basic rights such as Freedom of Speech and religion come from people living together in a community.


Charles-Louis de Montesquieu

400

An economic system in which the government plays a significant role in the economy is called?

Socialism

500

A government that gives all key powers to the national government or central government is known as?

Unitary system

500

This refers to the purchase, sale or exchange of commodities, transportation of people, money or goods, and navigation of waters between different states.

Interstate Commerce

500

A government in which voters hold sovereign power, elected representatives, responsible to the people, exercise that power

Republic

500

This philosopher argued that people create society by entering a social contract. What was his name?

John Locke

500

What kind of economy does America have?

Free enterprise