Prep for Civics Unit 1 Test

What is Thomas Hobbes' social contract?

• People agree to give up some of their POWER in exchange for PROTECTION from the government.

• People agree to give up some of their FREEDOMS in exchange for PROTECTION OF CITIZENS' RIGHTS from the government.

Thomas Hobbes believed a king should have total authority over the people. Did he think people should have the right to rebel against their government?

• yes

• no

John Locke believed in a set of natural rights that all people share. These are the rights to _____.

• freedom of speech and freedom of religion

• land, food, and tools

• life, liberty, and property

What is John Locke's social contract?

• People agree to give up some of their POWER in exchange for PROTECTION from the government.

• People agree to give up some of their FREEDOMS in exchange for PROTECTION OF CITIZENS' RIGHTS from the government.

Did John Locke think people have a right to rebel against the government?

• yes

• no

What is a sovereign state?

• a continent

• a country

• part of a country

• a city

What are the 4 requirements that make a country a country?

• territory, population, capital city, sovereignty

• territory, national anthem, government, sovereignty

• flag, population, government, sovereignty

• territory, population, government, sovereignty

What is sovereignty?

• The organization inside a country that controls its laws

• The area in which a country's rule applies

• The ability of a country to rule itself with no interference from another country

• The group of people who are the citizens of a country

Who rules a MONARCHY?

• A leader who inherited power (king or queen)

• A leader who is elected by the people

• A small group of people 

• A leader who has seized absolute control over citizens' lives

Who rules a DICTATORSHIP?

• No leader / no government

• A leader who has seized absolute control over citizens' lives

• A leader who runs the country under the authority of a religion

• A leader who is elected by the people