Government - Founding Philosophies

Government - Founding Philosophies

12th Grade

16 Qs

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Government - Founding Philosophies

Government - Founding Philosophies

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.2.6, RI.11-12.5, RI.8.1

+26

Standards-aligned

Created by

Susan Cunnington

Used 10+ times

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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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