1.3 Fast and the Curious

What term describes the rich, upper-class, landowning aristocrats in ancient Rome?

• Plebians

• Patricians

• Feudal lords

• Bourgeoisie

Which term refers to the common folk in ancient Roman society?

• Patricians

• Nobles

• Plebians

• Serfs

What is the term for a loosely organized system in which powerful lords divided their land among lesser lords?

• Colonialism

• Feudalism

• Mercantilism

• Capitalism

What is the belief that the government has the right to make public policies called?

• Sovereignty

• Legitimacy

• Authority

• Autocracy

What is the concept that kings have the right to rule based on the belief that God granted them that authority?

• Social contract

• Divine right of kings

• Mandate of heaven

• Popular sovereignty

What term describes the control of one nation over lands abroad?

• Imperialism

• Colonialism

• Nationalism

• Globalization

Which economic and political theory emphasizes money as the chief source of wealth to increase the absolute power of the monarchy?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Mercantilism

• Communism

Who was the English jurist that believed strongly in "common law"?

• John Locke

• William Blackstone

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Which French philosopher, known as Voltaire, advocated reason, freedom of religion, and the importance of science?

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Francois-Marie Arouet

• Denis Diderot

• Montesquieu

Who believed that government should have separation of powers, an idea crucial to political theory?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Voltaire