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Governments (7-2)
Government Vocab. for 7th Grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a plan of government | Constitution |
| our duty as citizens | Civic Virtue |
| an educated person who uses reason to study life | Philosophe |
| rights belonging to all humans from birth | Human Rights |
| law that applied to everyone and could be understood with reason | Natural Law |
| "Great Charter" which established the idea of limited government | Magna Carta |
| Government led by kings and queens | Monarchy |
| An agreement between citizens and their ruler | Social Contract |
| A system that places absolute or total power in the hands of the ruler | Absolutism |
| Consists of Amendments to protect the rights of the people | Bill of Rights |
| A period when scientists used reason to explain how the universe worked | Enlightenment |