Unit 5: Absolutism, Enlightenment and Revolution Vocabulary

The acceptance or belief that a monarch should control everything about a nation and is not restricted by law or unwritten norms is known as:

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Absolutism

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

What is a monarchy that exists alongside and as part of a set of written laws, where the monarchs do not have total power in the government?

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Federal Monarchy

• Elective Monarchy

What is the political and religious belief that God gives the royal family, and the king in particular, the right to rule?

• Divine Right

• Mandate of Heaven

• Social Contract

• Constitutional Monarchy

What is a system of government that is ruled by a King or Queen that usually gain power by inheriting it through their family?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Republic

What is a 1628 document in England that helped citizens gain rights and limited some of the power of the English monarchy?

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Petition of Right

• Habeas Corpus Act

The supreme power or authority held by a ruler, usually a monarch, is known as:

• Democracy

• Sovereignty

• Republic

• Anarchy

A gathering of people in the 17th & 18th centuries that discussed trendy Enlightened topics, art, society, and politics is known as a:

• Salon

• Symposium

• Forum

• Assembly

A group of unchanging moral principles that are a foundation for all human rights is known as:

• Natural Law

• Cultural Norms

• Legal Precedents

• Social Contracts

What is the belief/theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than religious belief?

• Rationalism

• Empiricism

• Existentialism

• Nihilism

A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system, is called a:

• Revolution

• Reformation

• Evolution

• Resolution