Semester Test Government

Thomas Hobbes is known for which of the following?

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

The idea of Natural Rights can be attributed to who?

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

The Articles of Confederation were structured the way they were because the former colonies feared...

• a strong government
• poverty
• free press

In the first part of the Declaration, Jefferson wrote that all men have rights.  These included "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness".  What is the first part of the Declaration called?

• The Closing
• The Body
• The Phone Number
• The Preamble

Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin

What are the three inalienable rights that all people have?

• Food, Shelter, and Clothing
• Life, Liberty and Death
• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Who believes humans are born poor, nasty, brutish and short?

• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• The English Monarchy
• Sir William Jones

What is an agreement between people and the government?

• Consent
• Natural Rights
• Social Contract
• Voting

Definition: In a representative system of government, the people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the people’s behalf.

• Consent of the Governed

• Representative Government

• Federalism

• Democracy

Which principle best matches the quote? Use the clues.

“The House of Representatives, like that of one branch at least of all the State legislatures, is elected immediately by the great body of the people." James Madison, The Federalist 39

• Limited Government

• Representative Government

• Rule of Law