Unit 4.1 Vocab Review

an authoritarian governing system in which a hereditary ruler holds complete power until death

• Absolute Monarchy

• Republic

• Constitution

• Revolution

the set of basic laws and principles by which a nation, state, or other organization is governed

• Constitution

• Conservative

• Enlightenment

• Republic

a person belonging by birth or naturalization to a political and geographic entity, especially a nation

• Citizen

• Radical

• Conservative

• Liberal

a person who advocates fundamental or extreme social and political changes

• Radical

• Liberal

• Conservative

• Citizen

a person who favors the traditional and opposes rapid change

• Conservative

• Liberal

• Radical

• Citizen

a massive upheaval in ideas or ways of doing something, or the wide scale change or transformation that occurs because of it

• Revolution

• Laissez-Faire

• Radical

• Enlightenment

the idea that government should not interfere with or regulate industries and businesses.

• Laissez-Faire

• Liberal

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitution

a state or nation where supreme political power is exercised by elected representatives acting in the name of the people

• Republic

• Absolute Monarchy

• Citizen

• Revolution

18th-century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society.

• Enlightenment

• Republic

• Revolution

• Liberal

one who believes in a progressive political philosophy, which favors government promotion of social change

• Liberal

• Conservative

• Radical

• Citizen