Which of the following best describes the role of government according to John Locke?

To protect the natural rights of its citizens.

To control every aspect of citizens' lives.

To promote the wealth of the ruling class.

To enforce religious doctrines.

What is a key principle of the social contract theory as it relates to the authority of the state?

The authority of the state is derived from the consent of the governed.

The state has unlimited power over its citizens.

The state should control all economic resources.

Citizens have no right to overthrow their government.

What does the concept of checks and balances aim to prevent?

Any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

The formation of political parties.

The overpopulation of a country.

What does the separation of powers refer to?

The division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to prevent any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.

The physical separation of the government's executive facilities.

The division of a country into different regions, each with its own government.

The separation of church and state.

What was Mary Wollstonecraft's view on education for women?

Mary Wollstonecraft believed in providing equal education opportunities for women.

Mary Wollstonecraft believed that women should not receive any education.

Mary Wollstonecraft believed that women should only receive basic education.

Mary Wollstonecraft believed that women should receive education only in certain subjects.

What were some of the key arguments made in 'Vindication of the Rights of Woman'?

Advocating for women's education, challenging traditional gender roles, and criticizing the idea that women are intellectually inferior to men.

Encouraging women to prioritize marriage and motherhood, promoting the idea of women's natural submissiveness, and defending the exclusion of women from education.

Arguing for women's exclusion from the public sphere, supporting traditional gender roles, and defending the idea of women's intellectual inferiority.

Promoting women's suffrage, advocating for women's right to property, and challenging the idea of women's domesticity.

What is the regulator in a free market economy?

competition based upon supply and demand

Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations describes

Mercantilism as an ideal economic system

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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People have natural rights: life, liberty and property

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Voltaire

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Baron de Montesquieu

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

0 sec • 1 pt

People enter into a social contract with the government. You give up some of your rights and the govt. protects you

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Voltaire

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Baron de Montesquieu

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

0 sec • 1 pt

Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Voltaire

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Baron de Montesquieu

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

0 sec • 1 pt

If the government does not preserve your natural rights, the people have the right to alter or abolish it (even through a revolt)

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Voltaire

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Baron de Montesquieu

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Three branches of government with checks and balances is the best way to prevent tyranny.

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Voltaire

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Baron de Montesquieu

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Supported democracy.

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Voltaire

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Baron de Montesquieu

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Government is guided by the general will or consent of the governed.

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Voltaire

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Baron de Montesquieu

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21.2 - Ideas of the Enlightenment

People have natural rights: life, liberty and property

People enter into a social contract with the government. You give up some of your rights and the govt. protects you

Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion

If the government does not preserve your natural rights, the people have the right to alter or abolish it (even through a revolt)

Three branches of government with checks and balances is the best way to prevent tyranny.

Supported democracy.

Government is guided by the general will or consent of the governed.

Who argued that a strong central authority is necessary to prevent chaos and maintain order in society?

Which philosopher believed that laws should reflect the general will of the people?

Who promoted the idea that government power should be divided to prevent abuse?

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