Govt. Unit 1 Exam Review

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

Hobbes believed that people were greedy and bad and as a result needed ________.

• a king/monarch

• a constitutional monarchy

• a republic

• a direct democracy

The Magna Carta introduced the ideas of

• limited government

• rule of law

• due process

• all of the answers are correct

The English Bill of Rights expanded the power of Parliament and the people while

• establishing an absolute monarchy

• following Rousseau's idea of direct democracy

• limiting the power of the king

• creating a socialist government

Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" _____________.

• supported the English Bill of Rights

• followed the ideas of Hobbes

• created the basis for the new government in the U.S.

• Encouraged colonists to seek independence from Britain

Popular or representative system where the people create and run their own government.

• self-government

• rule of law

• due process

• limited government

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

People have the right to fair & reasonable laws that are enforced justly and equally.

• self-government

• rule of law

• due process

• limited government

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

• self-government

• rule of law

• due process

• limited government