Gov Semester Review

What are the unalienable rights that are referred to in the Declaration of Independence?

• Freedoms belonging to US Citizens

• Life, Liberty and the Persuit of Happiness

• Happiness, Wealth and Safety

• Happiness, Wealth and Liberty

According to the Declaration of Independence, where does government get its power?

• Consent of the governed

• the leader of the government

• from God

• from standing armies

The division of power between a national government and states government is ...

• Federalism

• Seperation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Limited Government

In a social contract, people give up certian freedoms in exchange for

• order and security

• jobs and health

• wealth and security

• education and health

The concept of popular sovereignty in the Preamble is established by the words

• In God We Trust

• We the people

• Four score and seven years ago

• Liberty and justice for all

The concept of popular sovereignty in the Preamble is established by the words

• In God We Trust

• We the people

• Four score and seven years ago

• Liberty and justice for all

A theory on the development of the state in which a specific population is willing to give up certain rights in order for protection for the well being of all

• evolutionary
• divine right
• force
• social contract

1. Thomas Hobbs and John Locke believed in which of the following theories?

• Social Contract

• Force Theory

• Divine Right

What are Natural Rights?

• Unalienable rights of Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness belonging to all humans

• liberties and properties belonging to all US citizens

• Tabula rasa - born with a mind like a blank slate

• Protection from the Government

When colonists came to the New World, what was one thing they brought with them?

• a devotion to nature

• a belief that Native Americans were excited for them to be there

• Belief in a Supreme Being and Monarchy

• Roman/English laws & Judaeo Christian Morals