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his. voc. 1
History Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The power and/or right to enforce obedience and make decisions over a group. | authority |
| The business and exchange of goods by purchase, trade, or sale. | commerce |
| government formed by a union of smaller groups (states) in agreement. | federal |
| a system of authority over a group of people. | government |
| goods brought into a country or state for the purpose of trade. | imports |
| that which cannot be felt by touching, immaterial. | intangible |
| authorization by law | license |
| to control, adjust or govern according to a system. | regulate |
| that which can be felt by touching, material. | tangible |
| systems of taxes placed on imports or exports of a country. | tariffs |
| a service to the public such as gas, telephone, water, or electric power. | utilities |
| government by privileged citizens or the upper class. | aristocracy |
| rule by the people. | democracy |
| the right to exercise authority. | jurisdiction |
| hereditary rule bu one person alone; usually a king, queen, or emperor. | monarchy |
| the character of being in agreement with the standards of right conduct. | morality |
| selfish group leadership, as defined by aristotle. | oligarchy |
| a person who is learned in the study of thought and conduct. | philosopher |
| a form of government where the public has input in the various ares of interest of the country. | pluralism |
| aristotles definition of a good government run by the people. | polity |
| a government where the authorities require complete obedience and total submission. | totalitarianism |
| unjust governmental authority; oppressive power. | tyranny |
| one person has complete control over all branches of government | autocracy |
| a system of leaders who carry out all the work of the government through the use of departments. | bureaucracy |
| a leader who has total control over a county, and is unrestrained by law | dictator |
| pupils who go to another country to study its culture for a set amount of time, usually a year. | foreign exchange student |
| an order to bring an arrested person to court and decide whether the imprisonment is legal. | habeus corpus |
| the act of disobedience | insubordination |
| a proposed law. | legislation |
| to hate or abhor. | loathe |
| inflexible; refusing to yield | unrelenting |
| a country in which the government assumes a large share of the social care-taking of the people. | welfare state |
| a system where a person will receive welfare benefits after showing proof of working in a regular job. | workfare |
| the character of being responsible to the people; being answerable to others. | accountability |
| an elected legislative body of a country | congress |
| a set of laws and guidelines laid out for the proper governing of a country. | constitution |
| one of the two houses found in a presidential government. | house of representatives |
| a body of elected officials that is empowered to make laws for a country. | legislature |
| to surpass a veto. | override |
| government with a prime minister and two houses of parliament elected by the people. | parliamentary |
| a government headed be a president, with two houses of congress elected by the people. | presidential |
| a country whose government is controlled by the elected representatives of the population. | republic |
| rejection of a bill passes by the legislature. | veto |
| local geographic boundaries withing which the citizen votes | electoral districts |
| the people of the country voting for the members of the house of commons. | general election |
| oversees law and tax legislation; the more powerful of the two houses of parliament. | house of commons |
| contains the high court. also called the upper house; composed of the lords temporal and spiritual. | house of lords |
| the charging of a public official of a crime or misdeed before a judging body of officials. | impeachment |
| system of courts and the upholding of the laws of the land. | judiciary system |
| largest percentage of the whole body which, by vote, controls the direction of legislature. | majority |
| meeting site of both houses of the British parliament. | palace of westminster |
| the leader of the majority party in the house of commons. | prime minister |
| supremacy of rule; higher authority. | sovereignty |
| action taken to strengthen or weaken a political ideal. | activism |
| an appallingly wicked act | atrocity |
| a supreme ruler with absolute power; usually a demanding and harsh ruler. | dictator |
| ruling political party in Mexico. | institutional revolutionary party |
| communist party of Cambodia. | khmer rouge |
| a smaller party with not as much political clout or election support. | minority party |
| a governmental course of action. | policy |
| working in a unified intellectual effort on a joint project. | collaboration |
| human thought and lifestyle within a certain time period or place. | culture |
| book written by karl marx promoting the working class uprising. a text for marxism and communism. | das kapital |
| god-given instructions and guidelines for life. | divine laws |
| a system of moral values and good conduct. | ethics |
| at the time of the middle ages. | medieval |
| one who tries to create radical change in government and existing political, social, or business structure. | revolutionary |
| the study of Gods truth in His nature. | theology |
| a message to Gentiles about accepting the doctrines of Christianity. | summa contra gentiles |
| unfinished manuscript that endeavored to explain the doctrines of Christianity such as sin and salvation. | summa theologica |
| political system of collective ownership of property, population is of one class. | communism |
| book by marx urging workers to overthrow upper classes; textbook for communism and socialism. | communist manifesto |
| one who disagrees or has a difference of opinion. | dissenter |
| political system in which the government allows citizens to own private business for profit. | free enterprise system |
| secular rather than godly; promoted during the renaissance; putting more emphasis on mans will. | humanistic |
| john miltons writing on the preference of a commonwealth over a monarchy. | of reformation in england |
| a basic rule or standard. | principles |
| a revival of art and learning arising between the 14ht and 16th centuries. | renaissance |
| one who studies individual relationships withing society and relationships to society. | social scientist |
| system where political power and property is to be shared by the whole population. | socialism |
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