8th Grade S.S. Unit 2 Review

everyone has a right to everything; no rules, no one in charge

• state of nature

• natural rights

• social contract

a set of rights all human beings share: life, liberty, property

• state of nature

• natural rights

• social contract

an agreement where people give up some rights and power in exchange for protection

• state of nature

• natural rights

• social contract

citizens create and vote on the laws themselves, not through elected representatives

• direct democracy

• trial by jury

decisions about a case were made by the people

• direct democracy

• trial by jury

citizens elect representatives to run the government for them

• republic

• democracy

a legislative body of government (kind of like Congress in the U.S.)

• parliment

• contract

Humans are naturally selfish and quick to fight

• Hobbes

• Locke

Human beings share a set of natural rights: life, liberty, and the right to property

• Hobbes

• Locke

The people do not get the power back once they hand it over to the government.

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Rousseau