Why Government?

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

• Behemoth
• Gargantua
• Leviathan
• Colossus

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

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 

Locke believed that all people are born with 3 Natural Rights. What are those Natural Rights?

• Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
• Life, liberty and property
• Tabula rasa - born with a mind like a blank slate
• Protection from the Government

What was the idea of people living without government called?

• Social Contract
• Leviathan
• State of Nature
• State of the Union

When people agree to give up some rights and power in exchange for protection are participating in a:

• Leviathan
• State of Nature
• Social Contract
• Tabula Rasa

How did Hobbes sum up people's quality of life in a state of nature?

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• poor, nasty, brutish, and short
• fulfilling, long-lived, philosophical, and introspective
• scared, hungry, lonely, and cold

Describing the human state of existence before any governments developed which would be similar to the way animals live in the wild is an example of

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

This form of government where one leader has absolute control over citizens’ lives and does not represent citizens.

• dictatorship

• democracy

• autocracy

• oligarchy