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Which form of government is based on the idea that people can govern themselves?
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Democracy
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How are powers divided in a federal system?
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Between central and state governments.
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What is a republic?
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A government in which citizens elect leaders who make government decisions.
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Which Enlightnment thinker believed that all human beings had a right to life liberty and property?
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John Locke
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When did the Reformation begin?
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When Martin Luther began criticizing the Catholic Church's practice of selling pardons for sins
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What was the Magna Carta?
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A document signed by King John, guaranteeing certain English rights
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What form of government did England establish during the Glorius Revolutution?
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constitutional monarchy
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Which war led to the creation of a short lived rebublic whose leaders resorted to a Reign of Terror during a national crisis?
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the French Revolution
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What form of government is ruled by a small group of noble, land owning families.
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aristocracy
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What form of governmet is ruled by a few powerful people?
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Oligarchy
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What form of government is ruled by a single person called a king.
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monarchy
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What greek leader strengthened democracy by increasing the number of paid public officials and by paying jurors?
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Pericles
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This is a form of government in which citizens rule and make laws directly rather than through representatives.
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direct democracy
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True/False: Common law refects customs and principals established over time.
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True
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This king of England was responsilbe for creating the Model Parliment?
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Edward l
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