Enlightenment is when you are learning or understanding. Ignorance (the opposite) is when you have a lack of knowledge and understanding. Prejudice and superstition sprout from ignorance.
Enlightenment is freedom from ignorance.
Elected officials who are sent to a government seat to do the will of the people from their designated districts are called "representatives", since the "represent" the people who elected them.
<span>1. McCarthyism refers to Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who in the mid-50's led an effort to remove communists from the government, and led eventually to a hunt for communists in other private industries, most notably the entertainment industry, forcing individuals to testify in congress at the House UnAmerican Activities Committee.</span>
1. Absolute monarchy, or absolutism, meant that the ultimate authority to run a state was in the hands of a king who ruled by divine right. Divine right was the claim that a king was given his position by some higher power. ... Because kings and queens were given their authority by god, their power was unconditional
2. An oligarchy is a power structure that allows a few businesses, families, or individuals to rule. They have enough power to turn the county to benefit them to the exclusion of other members. They maintain their power through their relationships with each other.
