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Midterm Exam Vocabulary
Modern World History Mr. Bridges
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Social Studies
9th Grade
01/08/2013

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Who wrote the encylcopedia
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denis diderot
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Who wrote the social contract
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jean-jacques rosseau
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Who wrote the two treatises of government
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john locke
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Who wrote the spirit of laws
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montesquieu
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Who wrote the wealth of nations
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adam smith
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Who wrote the institutes of the Christian religion
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john calvin
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humanism
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a renaissance intellectual movement in wich thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievments
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indulgence
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the church of England asked for money to clear all sins
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theocracy
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a government controlled by a religious leader
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absolute monarch
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a king or queen that has unlimited power and seeks to control all aspects of society
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divine right
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the idea that monarchs are god's representatives on earth and therefore only answerable by god
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armada
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any fleet of warships
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limited monarchy
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a monarchy limited by laws and a constitution
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natural laws
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a principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature,right reason, or religion as ethically binding in human society
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