Gov Unit 1 Review

In a democratic government, the questions of "how should we govern" and "what should government do" are controlled by

• the leaders.

• the military.

• the elected representatives.

• the people.

According to the social contract theory, where does the government get its power?

• "the legislature"
• "the laws of nature"
• "the consent of the governed"
• the King of England

What is an agreement between people and the government?

• Consent
• Natural Rights
• Social Contract
• Voting

What is the main purpose of government?

• To protect the rights of the people
• To protect the life of people's things
• To give people things

Hobbes' book was called...

• Qur'an

• Leviathan

• Odyssey

• Don Quixote

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

John Locke helped to create which contract theory?

• Society of the Banana contract Thoery

• Social Contract Theory

• Natural Contract Theory

• Rights Contract Theory

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

• Overthrow the government

• Petition the government for their rights

• Nothing, the people don't have rights

Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Property

The idea of Natural Rights can be attributed to who?

• George Washington
• Adam Smith
• John Locke
• Thomas Jefferson