Across
- 2. a form of nationalism wherein the nation is defined by a shared heritage, which usually includes a common language, a common faith, and a common ethnic ancestry
- 5. a form of government in which power ultimately rests with the people, either directly or through elected representatives
- 6. an eighteenth-century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason
- 8. a sum of money levied by government on income, property, or sales and used for its services and administration
- 10. an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market
- 11. freedom and independence; self-governance
- 12. an authoritarian governing system in which a hereditary ruler holds complete power until death
- 14. one who believes in a progressive political philosophy, which favors government promotion of social change and the importance of individual liberty
- 16. the middle class
- 17. the set of basic laws and principles by which a nation, state, or other organization is governed
- 18. the quality or state of being independent; freedom from outside control
- 20. relating to a social system in which a father rules, and descent and succession are traced through the father
- 22. concern for or devotion to one’s own nation, especially desire for national progress, defense, or independence
- 23. a massive upheaval in ideas or ways of doing something, or the widescale change or transformation that occurs because of it
- 24. the power of self-government, with independence from outside control; autonomy
- 25. the body of beliefs, symbols, and political and social aims that characterizes a particular group or institution
Down
- 1. a period of significant change that occurred during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as new scientific discoveries and innovations transformed history
- 3. a state or nation where supreme political power is exercised by elected representatives acting in the name of the people
- 4. a high-ranking social class, having special privileges and influence and usually determined by heredity
- 7. the modern autonomous (self-governing) nation, considered as a unit of political organization
- 9. the doctrine that a state is subject to the will of the people who comprise that state
- 13. a person belonging by birth or naturalization to a political and geographic entity, especially a nation
- 15. a person who favors the traditional and opposes rapid change
- 19. a people living in the same geographic region and having a common history, language, and culture
- 21. a person who advocates fundamental or extreme social and political changes