7TH GRADE CIVICS UNIT 1

What are natural rights?

• Basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person

• Basic rights and freedoms that belong to SOME people

• Basic rights that belong to NO people

• Complicated rights that belong to every person

What are some examples of natural rights?

• Life, Liberty, Property

• Life, Liberty, Pets

• Death, Liberty, Property

• Death, Liberty, Pets

What is the golden rule?

• Do unto others as you would have them do unto you (treat others the way you want to be treated)

• Gold is the best money

• Treat other people poorly

• Listen to your parents

What was the first legal document protecting human rights?

• Magna Carta

• Constitution

• Caveman Law

• Declaration of Independence

Who was John Locke?

• An English philosopher

• A locksmith

• A President

• A King

What is the social contract?

• An agreement that people should consent to follow some laws in exchange for the protection that these laws would give them

• An agreement that lets people do what they want.

• A contract to use social media

• A disagreement among people

What is a state of nature?

• Where there is no government and no laws

• When there is A LOT of government and laws

• When people hang out in nature

• When there is SOME government and law

What is power?

• The ability to control or direct someone or something

• What gives us electricity

• An energy drink

• When you CANNOT control someone

What is authority?

• Power combined with the right to exercise it

• Just power

• Just authority

• Not power at all

Where does authority come from (there are 5)?

• Roles, Customs, Law, Moral Principles, Consent

• Roles, Customs, Laws, Consent

• Roles, Customs, Laws

• Roles, Customs, Law, Magna Carta, Consent