WH Chapter 1 Test Review

The body of English law that reflected customs and principles established over time

• Social Contract

• Common Law

• Divine Right

• Democracy

The rights all people have

• Natural Rights

• Bill of Rights

• Divine Right

• Representative Government

A state ruled by the noble class

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Republic

A government in which powers are divided

between federal and state governments

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Parliament

• Federal System

A government controlled by one person

• Oligarchy

• Republic

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

The idea that people can govern themselves

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

A government ruled by a few powerful people

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

A government in which citizens elect the leaders who make government decisions

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

A system for exercising authority

• Predestination

• Government

• United Nations

• Utopian

A government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

• Parliament

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

• Theocracy