Unit 7 Vocab

2. Rights that are not dependent on laws or customs of a particular culture or government, and so are universal and inalienable
5. a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organized or in people's ideas about it.
7. Social contract theory says that people live together in society in accordance with an agreement that establishes moral and political rules of behavior
8. a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law.
10. Belief that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.
12. Method of procedure that consists of observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
13. Required enrollment of persons by the government, especially for military service
14. popular acceptance of a government, political regime, or system of governance
15. the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it

1. identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
3. a political system in which a single monarch, usually a king or queen, holds complete and unrestrained power over a country
4. commitment to traditional values and ideas with opposition to change or innovation.
6. forming a generalization based on what is known or observed.
9. the opinions and behavior of people who favor extreme changes especially in government
11. the doctrine that kings derive their authority from God, not from their subjects