Unit 1 Vocab Quiz

This philosopher describes the state of nature where all individuals were naturally equal. However, were free to do what was needed for survival including being warlike and brutish. He favored a government in which people should give up their individual liberties to the government in order to have peace and order.

• Hobbes/Leviathan

• Locke/Second Treatise on Government

• Rousseau/The Social Contract

• Montesquieu/The Spirit of the Laws

In this form of government, all aspects of citizens' economic, political and social lives are controlled.

• Authoritarian

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Republic

King John's tyrannical power led to the creation of this document. This document introduced the ideas of limited government, due process law, trial by jury, and the protection of private property and civil liberties.

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Right

• English Bill of Rights

• Social Contract Theory

This philosopher believes that people have "natural rights" such as life, liberty, and property. These rights are unalienable meaning they cannot be surrendered.

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

Which of the following is a proper example of an oligarchy?

• The people electing representatives to vote for them

• The people voting directly on an issue

• The people lead by a small group of people who usually force their way in

• One person leading the government like a King or Queen

Th Latin terms "Demo" and "Kratos" makes up this term meaning that the people rule

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Presidential

• Democratic

This type of government system fuses the executive and legislative branch. The people vote for the legislative branch and then those that are elected choose the executive branch.

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• Direct Democracy

• Republic

This type of government only works on a smaller scale. in this government, citizens rule themselves rather than electing representatives to govern on their behalf.

• Parliamentary

• Direct Democracy

• Republic

• Autocracy

Inspired by Montesquieu, the US government was established with three separate branches of government; legislative, executive, and judicial. This is an example of type of government?

• Democratic

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• Direct Democracy

This document sets clear limits on the monarchy; it is similar to the document granting the US basic rights like the right to bear arms, no cruel or unusual punishment, and the tight to free speech and debate.

• Magna Carta

• Leviathan

• Petition of Right

• English Bill of Rights