iCivics: Foundations of Government

Thomas Hobbes is known for which of the following?

• Natural Rights
• Divine Right of Kings
• Social Contract
• Common Law

What is the key concept behind the Social Contract?

• It is a contract you sign with your cell phone carrier when downloading social media apps.

• You surrender every right you have to the government with no benefit for yourself.

• You agree to have inappropriate content removed from apps such as Snapchat.

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

The idea of Natural Rights can be attributed to who?

• George Washington
• Adam Smith
• John Locke
• Thomas Jefferson

Natural Rights are rights all people have and are born with...

• Protection, Laws and Order

• Life, Liberty and Property

• Tabula Rasa

• Money, Money, Money

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

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

• Everyone would get along and be peaceful.

• We'd all still live in the Garden of Eden rocking those wicked fig leafs.

• Santa Claus is king and we're all just elves in his workshop!

Hobbes and Locke disagreed fundamentally on the role of government... read closely.

• Hobbes: Once the Social Contract, gov't must do what the people want.

• Hobbes: Once the Social Contract is in place, gov't has no obligations to the people.

• Locke: Once the Social Contract is in place, gov't must uphold it's end or the people may change or overthrow it.

• Locke: Once the Social Contract is in place, gov't can do as it pleases.

To be recognized as a State, what are ALL of the essential characteristics?

• Territory

• Sovereignty

• Population

• Government

• All of these

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

• Property

• Liberty

• Territory

• Sovereignty

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

• State of Nature

• Sovereignty

• Tabula Rasa

• Social Contract

Sovereignty means...

• the ability to rule absolutely within a territory.

• nothing really... No one knows.

• the supernatural ability to create rain.

• the right of the people to have their natural rights protected.