Social Contract Theory Test Review

Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Property

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

• Overthrow the government

• Petition the government for their rights

• Nothing, the people don't have rights

Who was John Locke? (3 Answers)

• A Doctor

• A Philosopher

• A Minister

• A Political Scientist

What did John Locke Influence?

• Haitian Revolution

• Frech Revolution

• U.S. Revolution

• U.S. Founding Documents

What did Hobbes describe people as?

• kindhearted

• mean

• generous

• selfish

Hobbes' book was called...

• Qur'an

• Leviathan

• Odyssey

• Don Quixote

In Hobbes' mind, who should be in charge?

• king

• pope

• queen

• himself

Hobbes thought that a _ would be the best form of unitary, absolute government.

• republic

• monarchy

• democracy

• oligrachy

People give up some portion of their liberty in exchange for _, according to Thomas Hobbes.

• legitimacy

• security

• oligarchy

• antidisestablishmentarianism

Hobbes saw human beings as __________.

• Kind and Selfless

• Selfish and Aggressive

• Self-Interested, but not always violent

• Shaped by our experiences in life.