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Hobbes & Locke & Foundations of Gov't

Authored by Denise Knotwell

Social Studies

12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Hobbes, state of nature is like

a state of war

a natural rights

an ideal society

tabula rosa

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 4 pts

A social contract is NOT

an agreement between all class members, students and teachers, of how they will act and treat one another.

a contract of how members will cooperate for benefit of all

an agreement of what laws each member should follow

an agreement of how much power each member is willing to give up for safety

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 4 pts

What ingredients need to be part of an institution, all of the following EXCEPT

It must be a permanent

Rules need to be defined & transparent

Authority must be defined

New Members must be systematically instructed

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 4 pts

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According to Hobbes, people agreed to give up some __________________ in exchange for __________________ as part of the social contract.

rights and power / protection
food and shelter / weapons
security and protection / freedom
money / goods and services

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 4 pts

A political system in which the supreme power lies in citizens who can elect people to represent them is all of the following EXCEPT

A Representative Democracy

A state of nature

Republicanism

popular sovereignty

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

When was the first time in modern history that a major (powerful) government gave up some authority to its citizens?

Magna Carta

Declaration of Independence

Bill of Rights

Articles of Confederation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

When the Framers of our Constitution wrote it in the summer of 1787, they began with the Preamble as a way of setting the goals for good government. They were considering the philosophers ideal of gov't....

providing the needs of all citizens

considering the needs of citizens

providing an authoritarian because that is considered the common good

providing what the elite population needed first and then consider what the average citizen

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