Why Government?/Types of Government

The idea that the people must give up their right to absolute freedom in exchange for the government’s protection.

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

• State of Nature

• Soveriegnty

According to John Locke, what is the main job of government?

• To punish the people if they break the law.

• To protect the rights of the people.

• To make sure that the people obey the law.

• To let the people choose their king.

What are rights that people are born with that John Locke thought were life, liberty, and property?

• State of Nature

• Natural Rights

• Sovereignty

• None of the Above

Because Thomas Hobbs believed that people were selfish, ambitious, and wicked, how did he feel they needed to be ruled?

• By democracy

• By an oligarchy

• By absolute monarchy

• By theocracy

A state in which there were no governments, and therefore no rules. Nobody is in charge. Both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke taught this concept.

 

• State of Nature

• Sovereignty

• Theocracy

• Democracy

What did English philosopher John Locke believe about the Social Contract?

• That once the people chose a government, they couldn't question or overthrow the government.

• That people should be ruled by absolute monarchy

• That people had to give up their right to freedom for the government's protection. He also thought that if the government didn't protect the rights of people, the people could change or replace the government.

• That the people should remain in a state of nature.

What is the ability to rule absolutely within a territory?

• Sovereignty

• Population

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

What did John Locke believe a person had to do to have "Natural Rights"?

• Reach the age of 18

• Be descendants of royalty

• Serve in the military

• Be born

What is government?

• The people who live in a defined space

• The area in which a sovereign state's rule applies

• All of these answers are correct

• The organization inside a state that controls the actions and policies of a state

What were the three "Natural Rights" that English Philosopher John Locke believe all people were born with?

• Liberty, life, and family

• Life, liberty, and property

• Property, liberty, and money

• Liberty, life, and Freedom of Speech