Unit 9 Terms

6. rule by an emperor
7. a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy
8. a government should be beholden to the people rather than vice-versa
9. a theory that places the Sun at the center of the Solar System
11. published The Spirit of the Laws and explained the separation of powers.
12. the process of making an area more urban
14. the claim by a state to exclusive or predominant control over a foreign area or territory
16. a group of people agree to give up certain rights and accept a central authority in order to protect their other rights
17. He formulated laws of motion and gravitation
18. He formulated laws of motion and gravitation
19. social contract theory

1. work is organized to meet the need for production using machinery
2. the right that is supposedly given to a king or queen by God to rule a country
3. a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher
4. major European powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa
5. a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.
10. belief that man was born good/idea that society is what corrupts mankind.
13. a Scottish inventor whose work played an important part in the development of the steam engine
14. the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation.
15. who creates a new business, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards