Government Quiz #1 Review Game

Which Enlightenment Thinker came up with the idea of natural rights?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

Which document created the idea of a constitutional monarchy?

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Olive Branch Petition

The Magna Carta introduced the ideas of ______.

• limited government

• rule of law

• due process

• All of the answers are correct

The idea that all people must follow the laws, and that the laws are enforced fairly.

• Self-Government

• Rule of Law

• Due Process

• Limited Government

The power of government is limited by the Constitution & each branch is limited in what it can do.

• Self-Government

• Rule of Law

• Due Process

• Limited Government

Rights that cannot be taken away are _______.

• natural rights

• unalienable rights

• self-evident

• just powers

People agreeing to give up some rights and power in exchange for protection falls in line with _______.

• natural rights

• just laws

• the social contract

• the state of nature

Montesquieu came up with the ideas of _________.

• checks and balances and separation of powers

• separation of powers and natural rights

• checks and balances and the social contract

• natural rights and the social contract

John Locke believed the government gets its power to rule from ____________.

• god

• the people

• a social contract

• common law

The belief that the sovereign/state's power came from God.

• divine rights of kings

• direct democracy

• constitutional monarchy

• no answer is correct