Citizenship & Government

The study of citizenship & government

• Geography

• Civics

• World History

member of a community or country

• citizen

• alien

• immigrant

the ruling authority of a country

• citizen

• immigration

• government

Wrote "Leviathan" and thought the best form of government would have one strong ruler (monarch) with no rebellions allowed

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

English philosopher who thought people had natural rights that should be protected by the government (democracy)

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

Which of the following was a natural right according to John Locke?

• life

• liberty

• property

• all of these

"Demos" means

• people

• government

• rights

"Kratos" means

• rule; power

• citizen

• government

Life without government as described by Locke & Hobbes

• state of nature

• social contract

• democracy

agreement between the people and government according to John Locke

• social contract

• state of nature

• monarchy