| A | B |
|---|
| import | to buy from another country |
| limited government | idea that a government may only use the powers given to it by the people |
| colony | settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties with its homeland |
| commerce | the buying and selling of goods in large amounts over long distances |
| invest | to put money into a project |
| theory | an explanation of how or why something happens |
| rationalism | the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge |
| scientific method | orderly way of collecting and analyzing evidence |
| hypothesis | proposed explanation of the facts |
| natural law | law that applies to everyone and can be understood by reason |
| social contract | agreement between rulers and the people upon which a government is based |
| separation of powers | equal division of power among the branches of government |
| deism | religious belief based on reason |
| absolutism | a system of rule in which monarchs held total power and claimed to rule by the will of God |
| representative government | a system of government in which people elect leaders to make laws |
| constitution | a written plan of government |
| popular sovereignty | the idea that government gets its power from the people |
| export | to sell to another country |
