Locke & Montesquieu: Review

Locke & Montesquieu: Review

Enlightenment Thinkers who influenced our Founding Fathers

Montesquieu's Ideas about Government

Multiple Choice

Montesquieu argued that the 3 branches of government should have power over each other and stop a branch if it got too powerful. This is known as ____________.

• Checks and Balances

• Liberty

• Separation of Powers

• Checks of Power

Multiple Choice

With ideas like the Separation of Powers, Baron de Montesquieu influenced this American document.

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Constitution

Multiple Choice

How many branches is the government divided into based on Separation of Powers?

• 2

• 3

• 6

• 4

Multiple Choice

Breaking up power between the 3 branches of government is called ______________.

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Liberty

• Checks of Power

Multiple Choice

Montesquieu believed in a system based on...

• Democracy and Republic

• Confederation and Federation

• Separation of powers

• Judicial power and Democracy

John Locke's Ideas about Government

Multiple Choice

John Locke believed that all people had:

• Natural Rights

• No rights

• Some rights

• Animal rights

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of government according to Locke?

• To share the riches of the kingdom

• To keep power in the hands of the King

• Protect people and their rights

• To allow power to be taken by force

Multiple Choice

In a social contract the people agree to give up some freedom and power for

• protection

• money

• jobs

• food

Multiple Choice

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

• Overthrow (change) the government

• Petition the government for their rights

• Nothing, the people don't have rights

Multiple Choice

Which American Founding Father did John Locke influence the most?

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson