Contemporary Issues

Hobbes believed a single _________, or ruler, should have total authority over the people.

• government

• sovereign

• order

John Locke was born in ________ in 1632.

• England

• Germany

• Belgium

A (a)   is an agreement in which both sides agree to something in order to reach a shared goal.

Hobbes saw humans as naturally selfish and quick to fight. He believed that before there were governments, people lived in a state of nature. Which one does not belong?

• everyone had a right to everything

• people would always be at war with everyone else

• nobody would produce anything like inventions, art, or even crops or tools

• he thought governments should work

Locke says that people are born with a mind like a tabula rasa.

• False

• True

• Maybe

________refers to the fact that people want to live and will fight to survive.

• Property

• Life

• Liberty

_____________represents the fact that people want to own things that help them survive, such as land, food, and tools.

• Liberty

• Life

• Property

means a blank slate or page

• clear

• taluba rasa

• tabula rasa

(a)   means that people want to be as free as possible to make their own decisions

Locke considered becoming a minister, started his career as a doctor, but ended up as a philosopher and ____________.

• Pilot

• Soldier

• Political Scientist

• Politician