Vocabulary Quiz

the right to rule

• Sovereignty
• Government
• Divine Right Theory

a plan for government

• politics
• constitution
• constitutional law

limits government power and protects individual rights

• politics
• constitution
• constiutional law

a system of government based on rule by the people

• oligarchy
• democracy
• socialism

English philosopher who supported the social contract theory

• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Aristotle

Took the social contract theory a step further

• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Aristotle

the economic system that emphasizes freedom of choice

• command economy
• federalism
• capitalism

attempts to influence the policies and conduct of government

• politics
• command economy
• socialism

sets forth the goals and purpose of a constitution

• Federal System
• Constitutional Law
• Preamble

institution that maintains social order

• Government
• Constutional Law
• laissez-faire