Government Standard 2

Montesquieu is most credited with devising this concept as it relates to our government?

• The Social Contract

• Natural Rights

• Representative Democracy

• Three separate branches

Hobbes was different from the other philosophers. He believed in what form of government?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Anarchy

John Locked believed that without government, life would be lived in...

• a Social Contract

• Tabula Rasa

• State of Nature

• Natural Rights

According to John Locke, if the government failed to protect natural rights, what did citizens have the right to do?

• Divide government into three separate parts

• Elect new government leaders to rule the country

• Create a direct democracy and allow individuals to govern

• Overthrow the government and establish a new one

What was the purpose of the English Bill of Rights?

• Reinstate King James II

• Weaken the role of Parliament

• Establish the British cabinet system

• Limit the power of the British Monarchy

What forced King John of England to grant rights to the nobility, respect the rights of his subjects, and accept limitation to his power as King?

• The Statement of Liberties

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Writ of Habeas Corpus

• The Magna Carta

The American concept of due process can be traced back to common law practices that were first codified in the?

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

What do we mean by a "social contract"?

• An agreement in which student agree to learn certain material in exchange for a specific grade

• An agreement in which people give up some rights and power in exchange for protection by government

• An agreement in which both sides agree to something in order to reach a shared goal

• An agreement in which the government can host social activities to allow for people to get to know their neighbors

In English history, the Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights both reinforced the principles of

• Universal suffrage

• Religious tolerance

• Limited Monarchy

• Laissez-Faire economy

How did the English Bill of Rights limit the power of the Monarch?

• Parliament could not rule without the consent of the monarch

• A cabinet was created to represent Parliament's majority party

• The monarch could not levy taxes without a specific grant from Parliament

• Nobles were selected to be part of the monarch's special advisory group