Why Government?

What is the "State of Nature" according to Hobbes?

• Agreement between people and their government
• Everyone had a right to everything
• People are born with a tabula rasa - blank slate
• Life, Liberty and Property

What was the name of Thomas Hobbes's book on government?

• Behemoth
• Gargantua
• Leviathan
• Colossus

According to Hobbes, people agreed to give up some __________________ in exchange for __________________ as part of the social contract.

• rights and power / protection
• food and shelter / weapons
• security and protection / freedom
• money / goods and services

Hobbes believed that a single __________, or ruler, should have complete authority over the people.

• emperor
• magnate
• overlord
• sovereign

John Locke's thinking influenced what American founder?

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• Alexander Hamilton
• Thomas Jefferson

According to Locke, all humans share a set of __________.

•  internal organs
• natural rights
• hopes and dreams
• traits and motivations

For both Hobbes and Locke, the social contract is an agreement between...

• plaintiff and defendant
• sovereign states
• companies and shareholders
• citizens and government

The phrase 'tabula rasa' means...

• empty table
• blank slate
• table of truth
• blank space

What does Locke believe the people have the right to do if the government fails to hold up its end of the social contract?

• People cannot question the government
• People can do what they want 
• People can revolt
• People have no say 

Hobbes believed in the 3 branches of government.

• True
• False