AP GOPO: SOCIAL CONTRACT

According to Locke and Jefferson, which is not a natural right?

• Justice

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Life

• Property

According to Locke, why do people leave the State of Nature?

• To vote

• To protect their natural rights

• To become more powerful than their neighbors

• To promote equality

Social contract is best described as

• When a society has a consensus about its basic beliefs

• When we elect representatives to govern on our behalf

• When the people vote directly on all matters

• When people agree to obey the government as long as it protects their rights

Which is an example of a limited government?

• Dictatorship

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

Why did Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence?

• To ask France for help against Great Britain

• To ask the King of Great Britain to change his mind

• To explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain

• To prove John Locke wrong

According to Jefferson, when can people alter or abolish their government?

• When the government raises taxes too much

• When the government abuses their rights

• When they don't like the results of an election

• When the politicians put milk in their bowls before the cereal

What did Hobbes describe people as?

• kindhearted

• mean

• generous

• selfish

Hobbes' book was called...

• Qur'an

• Leviathan

• Odyssey

• Don Quixote

Why did Hobbes believe it was necessary to have all the power in the hands of 1 King?

• It would prevent war and chaos

• They could make rules faster

• They could declare war against enemies of the kingdom

• It would be easier to make decisions

For both Hobbes and Locke, the social contract is an agreement between...

• plaintiff and defendant
• sovereign states
• companies and shareholders
• citizens and government