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Limited - Unlimited - Enlightenment
Question | Answer |
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Which Enlightenment thinker discussed ideas about the importance of having three branches of government? | Charles Montesquieu |
Who said everyone is born with natural rights? | John Locke |
What are natural rights? | life, liberty, ownership of property |
Which two Enlightenment thinkers said there is a social contract between the people and their government? | John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
Who said people have a right to overthrow bad governments and get new ones? | John Locke |
What are the three branches of government? | executive, legislative, judicial |
Whose ideas are about the importance of having checks and balances in government? | Charles Montesquieu |
He spoke out against slavery and for free speech and religious freedom. | Voltaire |
What type of government does the U.S. have, limited or unlimited? | Limited |
His ideas are part of the United States Declaration of Independence | John Locke |
Monarchs rule along with a constitution in this type of government | Constitutional monarchy |
Belief that God gives leaders the right to rule | Divine right |
What is another name for the Enlightenment? | Age of Reason |
Who said government should express the will of the people? | Rousseau |
Which document show how a government is organized? | Constitution |
Who are England's law-makers? | Parliament |
What are the two parts of Congress? | Senate and House of Representatives |
Who leads the executive branch of our government? | President |
Which group leads the legislative branch of our government? | Congress |
What are some other names for a government with total control? | authoritarian, unlimited, dictatorship, absolutist |