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26 Fall Government 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One of the earliest Sumerian law codes | Code of Ur-Nammu |
| First large-scale Babylonian law code | Hammurabi's Code |
| "Eye for an eye" principle of punishment | Retributive Justice |
| Innocent until proven guilty, part of Hammurabi's Code | Presumption of Innocence |
| Direct democracy where citizens voted on laws | Athenian Democracy |
| System where citizens vote on laws directly | Direct Democracy |
| Representative system where citizens elected officials | Roman Republic |
| First Roman written laws, basis for due process | Twelve Tables |
| Legal right to know what you are accused of | Habeas Corpus |
| Unified Byzantine legal system, basis for modern civil law | Justinian's Code |
| Limited the king's power, established rule of law | Magna Carta |
| Taxing principle argued in the Magna Carta | No Taxation Without Representation |
| Shifted England from Catholicism to Protestantism | Henry VIII |
| War between Charles I and Parliament over royal power | English Civil War |
| Established parliamentary sovereignty by overthrowing King James II | Glorious Revolution |
| Granted Parliament control over laws, taxes, and military | English Bill of Rights |
| 1700s and 1800s European intellectual movement promoting reason, science, and individual rights | The Enlightenment |
| Inherent rights to life, liberty, and property given by God or nature | Natural Rights |
| Agreement where people give up some rights for government protection | Social Contract |
| The right of people to govern themselves | Popular Sovereignty |
| No one is above the law | Rule of Law |
| This thinker thought the state of nature was peaceful | John Locke |
| This thinker thought the state of nature was chaotic and filled with conflict | Thomas Hobbes |
| This thinker believed government should be by the consent of the governed | John Locke |
| This thinker believed a strong, absolute authority was necessary to maintain order | Thomas Hobbes |
| Critic of capitalism, advocating for a classless society | Karl Marx |
| Government should be | Separation of Powers |
| Voltaire's advocacy for personal religious choice | Religious Freedom |
| The idea that the people hold the ultimate authority | Popular Sovereignty (Rousseau) |
| Punishments should be proportional to the crime | Proportional Justice |
| Government should protect individual freedoms | Civil Liberties |
| Dividing powers to prevent tyranny | Checks and Balances |
| Advocating the division of religion from government | Separation of Church and State |
| When a government protects individual rights, not control lives | Limited government |
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