Worksheet # 44 Questions Home

John Locke Montesquieu Federalism Checks and Balances Popular Sovereignty

Social Contract Despot Separation of Powers Enlightenment Limited Powers

1) A tyrant or abusive ruler:______________.

2) A time period in the world when people turned to Reason to explain

nature and decide how to do things:________________.

3) A British thinker of the 18th century who said that good government is an

agreement of the people and those who rule to do what is just: _______________.

4) The name this thinker gave to this idea:____________.

5) Principle of the U.S. Constitution that the people of the country are the first and

ultimate rulers:_______________.

6) Principle of the U.S. Constitution that the different functions of government

should be handled by different people and different institutions:______________.

7) French thinker who first proposed this idea:_________________.

8) Principle of the U.S. Constitution that the different parts of government

should play a part in how the others do their job:________________.

9) Principle of the U.S. Constitution that the government should have only certain

powers to do certain things:____________________.

10) Principle of the U.S. Constitution that the National Government and the

State governments would both have power to make laws:________________.

Thought Question: Why did delegates believe that the government should be

limited in what actions it could take? Why did they think power should be

distributed to different parts of the government?