| 1. | direct democracy | | a form of democracy in which the people vote firsthand |
| 2. | Enlightenment | | movement during the 1700s that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society |
| 3. | limited government | | the principal that a ruler or a government is not all-powerful; a government that can do only what the people allow it to do |
| 4. | natural law | | concept put forth by John Locke that there were certain moral truths that applied to all people, regardless of the particular place where they lived or the agreements they had made |
| 5. | natural rights | | freedoms all people possess from birth relating to life, liberty, and property |
| 6. | Representative Democracy | | a government where people rule through elected representatives |
| 7. | republic | | a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives |
| 8. | social contract | | an agreement among people in a society with a government |
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