Features/Jobs/Natural rights

Territory, population, government, and sovereignty are:

• Jobs of the government

• Natural rights

• Features of a nation/state/country

Make laws, keep order, protect the nation, and help the citizens are:

• Features of a nation/state/country

• Jobs of the government

• Natural rights

The ruling authority of a nation, state, or community is called:

• dictator

• government

• natural rights

Life, liberty, and property are examples of:

• natural rights

• features of a nation

• jobs of the government

Natural rights are best defined as:

• rights given by the government

• right all people are born with

• rights found in a state of nature

According to John Locke, the purpose of government is to:

• Make war

• provide jobs

• protect the people's rights

In a state of nature:

• there is no government and always war

• government protects people's rights

• people and government reach a social contract

An agreement in which people give the government some power in return for the government's protection is called:

• natural rights

• constitution

• social contract

According to John Locke, the best government is:

• one in which the people have some power

• one in which a monarch has complete power

• no government at all

In a monarchy, the ruler gains political power by:

• being chosen by the people

• being chosen by the Pope

• being born into a royal family