Unit 2A Vocabulary Mr. Gary

All Terms authoritarian government autocracy communism constitutional monarchy democratic government dictatorship direct democracy Enlightenment Locke majority rule Montesquieu natural law natural rights oligarchy representative democracy separation of powers social contract socialism

Authoritarian Government A type of Government where one person holds all the power

Autocracy A type of Government where it is ran by one person They have all the power Example: Dictatorship

Communism society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs

Enlightenment Era A new movement in Europe At this time there were new ideas about Science and religions. This lead to new ideas about how people should be treated and Governed

MOnarchy A type of government where Royalty(Kings and Queens) are in charge of the Government

Constitutional Monarchy A government in which the power of the monarch(King or Queen) is listed by a constitution

Democratic Government A Government that is ruled by the people All citizens make choices and have influence

Dicatatorship A type of government where there is one leader Like an autocracy or authoritarian Government But this individual acts very selfishly, he or she is not concerned with the people

Direct Democracy A system in which the people govern themselves and vote DIRECTLY on all issues

Locke John locke was a thinker from the Enlightenment Era. He came up with two great ideas Social Contract-people agree to give up some freedoms and be ruled by a government. In return they get services and protections Natural Law and Natural Rights- People form governments to protect their Natural Rights. Natural Law states that All people have natural rights Natrual Rights are : Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness(Property)

Majority Rule A rule of Democracy What the majority of people want, all will get Ex. Voting

Baron De Montesquieu Thinker from the Enlightenment Era He came up with idea of separation of powers We now have three branches of government, because of his idea

Natural Law Natural law states that we all have natural rights

Natural Rights The rights to Life Liberty And the pursuit of happiness

oligarchy A type of government where A small group that holds all the power

Separation of powers Dividing the power to create law, enforce law and interpret the meaning of law into 3 separate Branches

Social Contract The idea that people will give up some freedom to the government, in exchange for services and protections.

Socialism A type of government where the people Don’t control the market or Economy, The government does. Ex. A car company like Ford, would not be owned by the ford family and investors. It would belong to the Governemnt.