G9 ESS Vocab Revision TriExam 1

a system for controlling society.

• Democracy

• Republic

• Government

• Aristocracy

a government ruled by a small group of noble, landowning families.

• Democracy

• Republic

• Government

• Aristocracy

a government controlled by its citizens, either directly or through representatives.

• Democracy

• Republic

• Government

• Aristocracy

a form of government where power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected by citizens who have the right to vote.

• Democracy

• Republic

• Government

• Aristocracy

a code of moral laws believed to have been given by God to Moses/Musa.

• Islam

• Magna Carta

• Divine Right

• Ten Commandments

a document, written by English nobles, as a way to present their demands to the king.

• Islam

• Magna Carta

• Divine Right

• Ten Commandments

the idea that monarchs are God’s representatives on earth and therefore answer only to God.

• Islam

• Magna Carta

• Divine Right

• Ten Commandments

a monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia in the seventh century AD.

• Islam

• Reformation

• Divine Right

• Constitutional Monarchy

a system of governing in which the ruler’s power is limited by law.

• Islam

• Reformation

• Divine Right

• Constitutional Monarchy

a 16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the pope’s authority.

• Islam

• Reformation

• Divine Right

• Constitutional Monarchy