Basics of Government

Which of the following would not be a listed reason for the purpose of a government?

• Create wealth for its citizens

• Provide leadership

• Provide national security

• Maintain order

Which governmental theory is described as a government that evolved from the family structure?

• Evolutionary

• Familial

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

The state emerged when cooperation was needed as population grew, but only became organized when a few people took control. This describes which political theory?

• Force

• Covenant

• Divine Rights

• Evolutionary

"European monarchs of the 17th and 18th centuries put forth the idea that their rule came from God alone." Based on which theory did they believe this?

• Divine Right

• Force

• Social Contract

• Evolution

Locke claimed that people have natural rights and the role of the government is to protect these rights. This is one version of which political theory?

• Social Contract

• Force

• Divine Rights

• Evolutionary

Which of the following was not a political theory for the formation of government?

• Force Theory

• Political Asymmetry Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

Describe two differences between Locke's and Hobbe's views of people in the State of Nature and the Social Contract

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What did Locke believe was the essential role of government in his theory of a Social Contract?

• To protect life, liberty and property

• To guard against foreign invasion

• To provide for the safety of its citizens

• To guide them economically

Which of the following defines Locke's view of where a state of nature exists?

• Wherever there is no legitimate political authority able to judge disputes

• Wherever people are at war with each other

• Wherever people steal from each other

• Wherever the government is run so poorly that it is ineffective

Which of the following statements would NOT be TRUE regarding John Locke?

• He attended Oxford.

• He believed in the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and property.

• He believed that man was inherently violent and brutish.

• He embraced the ideas of natural rights and law.