Absolutism & Enlightenment Unit Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. a system of government by one person with absolute power.
  2. 4. The person who runs the government and sees that the laws are carried out
  3. 7. an intellectual movement that took place in Europe in the 1600s and 1700s. Philosophers tried to use reason, not religion, to understand the world.
  4. 9. the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property
  5. 11. A government in which the king or queen has absolute power.
  6. 14. A form of government in which people elect representatives to create and enforce laws
  7. 15. branch of government responsible for courts that try cases
  8. 16. a sudden and large shift in government or society.
  9. 17. Division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
Down
  1. 1. A voluntary agreement between the government and the governed
  2. 3. A form of government in which people vote directly against or in favor of decisions, policies, and laws.
  3. 5. having a single legislative, or lawmaking body.
  4. 6. branch of government that is responsible for making laws
  5. 8. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god.
  6. 10. A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
  7. 12. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches
  8. 13. the body of fundamental laws setting out the structures and processes of a government