Thoughts on Government: Philosophically Correct (icivics)

John Locke said that people are born with what?

• right to jury trial
• right to be a citizen
• natural rights
• freedom of speech

What is the relationship between government and the people called, according to Enlightenment ideas?

• Mayflower Compact
• Group contract
• Social contract
• Natural rights

Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu is associated with what idea?

• separation of powers
• freedom of speech

• natural rights
• social contract

In a direct democracy, who votes on laws?

• all eligible citizens
• elected representatives

• the King
• nobles

What natural rights did John Locke believe all people have?

• health and wealth

• life, liberty, property

• freedom of speech and religion

• right to a fair trial

Thomas Hobbs is considered an outlier because he believes a Social Contract must have this type of person in charge?

• A Fair Leader

• A Weak King

• An Absolute Monarch

• The President

What type of government exists when power is specifically passed down through family lineage?

• Direct Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

What do you call a type of government where political power comes from the people?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

• Democracy

"The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.”

Sincerely,

______

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

“Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.”

Sincerely,

• John Locke

• Hobbes

• Rousseau