iCivics: Foundations of Government

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Thomas Hobbes is known for which of the following? Natural Rights, Divine Right of Kings, Social Contract, Common Law

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Social Contract

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What is the key concept behind the Social Contract?

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You surrender certain rights in order for the government to provide you with protection and order.

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The idea of Natural Rights can be attributed to who?

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John Locke

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Natural Rights are rights all people have and are born with... Options: Protection, Laws and Order; Life, Liberty and Property; Tabula Rasa; Money, Money, Money

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Life, Liberty and Property

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According to both Hobbes and Locke, in a State of Nature...

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There are no rules, no one in charge and no way for people to protect themselves.

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To be recognized as a State, what are ALL of the essential characteristics? Territory, Sovereignty, Population, Government, All of these

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Territory, Sovereignty, Population, Government

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Which term is the area in which a state's rule applies?

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Territory

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The right of a country to self-rule or control its own destiny.

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Sovereignty

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What is Popular Sovereignty?

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The idea that people empower government.

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System of government in which power rests with the people.

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Democracy