Unit -1: Govt. Summer 2024

According to John Locke, these are given by God and cannot be taken by the government. The protection of these is the purpose of the government.

• divine rights

• systemic rights

• natural rights

• preternatural rights

Thomas Hobbes wrote in defense of _, that is, a monarch with the unlimited right to rule.

• democratic monarchy

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional monarchy

• parliamentary monarchy

What is an agreement between people and the government?

• Consent
• Natural Rights
• Social Contract
• Voting

According to Hobbes & Locke, what is the purpose of government?

• Make us happy.
• Take our money.
• Enforce order.
• Protect all people. 

Social contract theory means that people agree to give up some of their rights for the government's protection.

• True
• False

What did the Magna Carta do?

• Gave more power to the King
• Limited the power of the King
• Got rid of the Feudal System in England
• Gave more power to the Common People

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

• Social Contract

• Democracy

• Capitalism

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.

• Capitalism

• Democracy

• Social Contract

• Business Agreement

Montesquieu, wanting to protect the people and limit government from getting too powerful, said there should be _________ and _________ in place.

• law and order

• checks and balances

• checks and lawyers

• scales and balances

Which one of Locke’s ideas about government was included in the Declaration of Independence?

• The government should control all aspects of life.

• There should be no government.

• A monarchy is the best government.

• Government gets its right to govern from the consent of the people.