Origins in Government

Which of the following is a well-known example of using force theory to establish a new country?

• None of these are correct.

• The United States

• Brazil

• Norway

Which of the following is an alternative to using force theory?

• Medical theory

• Evolution theory

• Social contract theory

• None of these are correct.

__________ is the process in which people from another country or territory establish a new society in a foreign area.

• Expansion

• Colonization

• None of these are correct.

• Occupation

What is the common element of Divine Right theory?

• Annexation

• Negotiation

• Taken by force

• Right to rule was given by God

The _____ theory states that the first governments were created from the family, and over time, as the family grew into a clan and then a tribe, a government was born with an elder from the family chosen as leader.

• Evolutionary Theory

• Social Contract Theory

• Divine Right of Kings Theory

• 1. Force Theory

  
  

According to John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau, the first governments were formed from a society of people who all agreed to give up their freedoms to do as they pleased to have laws that protected them from each other.

• Force Theory

• 1. Evolutionary Theory

• 1. Divine Right of Kings Theory

• Social Contract Theory

What are the four theories of Government?

• evolutionary, force, divine left, social media, job contract

• Never back down never give up

• evolutionary, force, divine right, and social contract

• Social contract theory. Democracy, American Government,

Which Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?

• Jen-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

The image concerns government.

Which Enlightenment idea is represented by the image?

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• social contract

• natural laws

Use the quotation to answer the question:

"to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." - from DIO

Which Enlightenment idea is expressed in this statement?

• Baran de Montesquieu's theory of separation of powers

• John Locke's idea of the social contract

• Jen-Jacques Rousseau's theory of divine right

• James Madison's view of individual liberty