WH Unit 8 Vocabulary

a political system in which the ruler is chosen by hereditary title and uses power to control all aspects of political life

• absolute monarchy

• limited monarchy

• sovereignty

• Parliament

political system in which the power of the monarch is limited by a constitution

• absolute monarchy

• limited monarchy

• sovereignty

• Parliament

belief that a monarchy’s power was given to them by the authority of God

• divine right

• limited monarchy

• sovereignty

• theocracy

the overthrow of one government and its replacement with another

• political revolution

• fascism

• sovereignty

• estate

freedom from external control

• sovereignty

• absolute monarchy

• limited monarchy

• estate

middle class in revolutionary France

• bourgeoise

• estate

• totalitarian

• proletariat

division of social class in revolutionary France

• estate

• bourgeois

• totalitarian

• proletariat

extreme patriotism and devotion to the supremacy of one’s nation

• nationalism

• fascism

• totalitarianism

• absolute

the legislative body in France until 1789, representing the three estates of the realm

• Estates General

• Parliament

• absolute monarchy

• bourgeoisie

agreement, between the ruled and their rulers, defining the rights and duties of each

• social contract

• absolute monarchy

• limited monarchy

• sovereignty