Government - Founding Philosophies

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12th Grade
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Susan Cunnington
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16 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which philosopher is this?
People are born with natural rights to life, liberty, & property. The purpose of government is to protect their natural rights. If your government does not protect your rights, you have the right to replace it.
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which philosopher is this?
Government needs to have separate but equal branches so that power can be balanced and no one branch will become too powerful.
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which philosopher is this?
Life in the state of nature would be nasty, brutish and short. He believed that people need a strong ruler to keep the peace and keep people safe.
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which philosopher would agree with this?
Governments are formed to protect people. People give up any individual rights in exchange for this protection.
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
Hobbes
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which person is this?
He worked to organize English Common Law.
Mason
Jefferson
Franklin
Blackstone
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which person is this?
He was a large plantation owner. He wrote the Virginia Compact. He believed that slavery was harmful to
America in the long term, even though he was a slave owner himself.
Mason
Jefferson
Franklin
Madison
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which person is this?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence and made the Louisiana Purchase.
Mason
Jefferson
Franklin
Madison
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
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