2.01 Quiz for Civics---Ms. Johnson

Which of the following ideas from the Baron de Montesquieu influenced the Founding Fathers?

• Natural Law

• Social Contract

• Separation of Powers

• Declaration of Independence

Which of the following ideas did both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke write about?

• Natural Law

• Social Contract

• Declaration of Independence

• Separation of Powers

Which of Europe's Enlightenment philosophers wrote about natural rights?

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• George Washington

• Thomas Hobbes

According to John Locke, the "natural rights" are

• separation of powers

• will of the majority and power

• social contracts and voting

• life, liberty, and property

The idea of "natural rights" means that

• people have the right to life, liberty, and property

• government may rule because of citizen agreement

• people divide government into three tasks

• government has final authority over all citizens

Which of the following ideas is about dividing government into legislative, judicial, and executive branches?

• Separation of powers

• Social contract

• natural rights

• will of the majority

If people believe that separation of powers is important, which of the following would not be a government they support?

• a government where responsibility is divided between groups of people

• a government where a single ruler, like a king, makes all the decisions

• a government with legislative, executive, and judicial branches

• a government where no one group of people has all the control

The ancient Romans influenced the Enlightenment thinkers and the Founding Fathers. Which of the following events best reflects the republican government of ancient Rome?

• A town holds a meeting, and every citizen present votes to make a decision.

• People vote for representatives who will make decisions on their behalf.

• The president makes a speech about the need to protect rights for all citizens.

• National leaders decide to split government into three separate branches.

Imagine your local police arrest a person suspected of robbing many homes and stores. This is an example of how government

• abuses the power citizens give to it

• makes laws through representatives

• fulfills its promise in the social contract

• operates by the rule of direct democracy

John Locke believed that if government does not protect natural rights, then

• citizens know that the government is working because they have safety

• it breaks the social contract, and people can create a new government

• citizens should combine the parts of government into a single branch

• it must have a good reason for doing so, and citizens should not complain