Check In ~ Foundations of Gov

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?

• Kick out the government

• Petition the government for their rights

• Nothing, the people don't have rights

• Tabula rasa

What was the purpose of government according to Locke?

• To share the riches of the kingdom

• To keep power in the hands of the King

• To end the state of nature

• To share human nature

What role did the government have, according to John Locke?

• Protect the people's natural rights

• Take away people's natural rights

• Help determine the people's natural rights

• Rule with total control

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

• legitimacy

• security

• oligarchy

• better schools

What did Hobbes describe people as?

• generous and kind

• blank slates

• divine beings

• quick to fight

Hobbes' book was called...

• Qur'an

• Leviathan

• Odyssey

• Don Quixote

In Hobbes' mind, who should be in charge?

• king

• pope

• the people

• himself

Hobbes thought that a ____ would be the best form of government.

• republic

• monarchy

• democracy

• oligarchy

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

• legitimacy

• security

• money

• power