Civics EOC Review Terms C.1.1

a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• Checks and Accounts

• Weighs and Means

• Checks and Balances

• Fair and Balanced

an agreement made by the people to establish a government and abide by its laws

• Consent of the Governed

• Agreement of the Masses

• Consent of Surety

• Content of the Text

a period in European history when many educated people stressed the importance of learning and reasoning; education was considered the key to understanding and solving society’s problems

• The Enlightenment

• The Awakening

• The Renaissance

• The Happening

a person’s ability to be free and independent

• Individual Liberty

• Circumstantial Liberty

• Individual Ideas

• Chasing Liberty

having an effect or impact on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of another or others

• Influence

• Implication

• Inference

• Inflation

laws passed by government to protect natural rights

• Natural Law

• Natural State

• Natural Rights

• Natural Registry

the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments; life, liberty, and property

• Natural Rights

• Natural Law

• Natural State

• Natural Registration

the structure of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that sets up three branches with their own distinct powers and responsibilities

• Separation of Powers

• Separation of Balances

• Checks and Balances

• Branch Management

an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines the rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government

• Social Contract

• Consent of the Governed

• Social Structure

• Formal Contract

Which Enlightenment thinker supported the idea of Separated of Powers?

• Montesquieu

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Paine