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to be exiled or thrown out
a) excommunication
b) enlightenment
c) democracy
d) reason

a period that brought about philosophical changes in government, individual rights, and science reason
a) Scientific Revolution
b) democracy
c) social contract
d) Enlightenment

use of scientific and logical thinking
a) excommunication
b) reason
c) natural rights
d) general will

the period when people starting using science to explain things instead of religion 1500s-1700s
a) Enlightenment
b) Scientific Revolution
c) representative democracy
d) Declaration of Independence

a method made up of steps to find a proven answer scientifically
a) scientific method
b) popular sovereignty
c) general will
d) natural rights

earth-centered universe
a) heliocentric theory
b) democracy
c) natural rights
d) geocentric theory

sun-centered universe
a) geocentric theory
b) social contract
c) heliocentric theory
d) scientific method

system in which people hold the power, usually through the vote
a) absolute monarch
b) democracy
c) unlimited government
d) totalitarian government

citizens choose other citizens to represent them in the decision-making processes of government
a) representative democracy
b) absolute monarchy
c) enlightenment
d) civil liberities

an agreement between citizens and their ruler or government
a) general will
b) popular sovereignty
c) social contract
d) civil liberities

rights belonging to all humans from birth
a) excommunication
b) separation of powers
c) general will
d) natural rights

division of powers among branches of government
a) separation of powers
b) social contract
c) popular sovereignty
d) civil liberities

he government’s duty is to make policies that benefit the majority and that are based on decisions by majority rule
a) popular sovereignty
b) general will
c) civil liberities
d) state of nature

The state of being subject only to laws established for the good of the community, especially with regard to freedom of action and speech (liberties)
a) state of nature
b) natural rights
c) scientific method
d) civil liberities

Governments get their power and legitimacy based on what the people or citizens want (People have a say)
a) popular sovereignty
b) social contract
c) natural rights
d) general will

human existence before social and political organization
a) social contract
b) excommunication
c) state of nature
d) civil liberities

document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring independence from Great Britain; it used ideas of Enlightenment thinkers
a) Enlightenment
b) Declaration of Independence
c) Scientific Revolution
d) scientific method

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