Unit 2 Vocabulary Test

Match the term to its definition.

• Autocracy

• a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. --usually those with $$$$

• Oligarchy

• a government ruled by a king or queen, with succession of rulers kept within the family but are a constitution limits their powers

• Democracy

• A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.

• Limited Monarchy

• a government ruled by a king or queen, with succession of rulers kept within the family and they have complete rule

• Absolute Monarchy

• a system of government by one person with absolute power. There are 3 main types of autocracies- Absolute Monarchs, Dictators, Totalitarians

A government controlled by religious leaders.

• Devine Right of Kings

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy

someone who has absolute power — or who at least behaves as if they do by bossing others around

Match the terms to their definition.

• Articles of Confederation

• This political revolution began with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 where American colonists sought to balance the power between government and the people and protect the rights of citizens in a democracy.

• Declaration of Independence

• 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)

• U.S. Constitution

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  The document written in 1787 and ratified in 1788 that sets forth the institutional structure of the U.S. government and the tasks these institutions perform. It replaced the Articles of Confederation.

• American Revolution

• The document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain

Match the economic system to its definition.

• Socialism

• an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

• Capitalism

• 
  A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.

• Communism

• A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
  Private ownership is taken away. Goal is to rid society of social classes.