Basic Principles Quiz

The dominant form of government for thousands of years prior to the enlightenment was...

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Republicanism

• Constitutional Monarchy

The Enlightenment Period refers to...

• 1453-1500

• 1685-1815

• 1900-2001

• 428-1500

John Locke proposed the idea that everyone was born with the right to life, liberty, health, and possessions. He called these...

• Basic Rights

• Natural Rights

• Bills of Rights

• Miranda Rights

What is the sole purpose of government according to John Locke?

• To protect peoples' natural rights

• To escape a state of nature

• To administer laws and ordinances

• To subjugate the people

Who came up with the idea that if the government failed to do its job, the people should have the right to revolution?

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Machiavelli

Who came up with the idea that people enter into a 'social contract' with their government in exchange for protections?

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Machiavelli

Who came up with the idea that government should separate the powers traditionally in the hands of one person among equal branches of government?

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Machiavelli

________________________ is the power of the Supreme Court to determine laws and executive actions unconstitutional.

_______________________ is the idea that everyone must follow laws, reglardless of class or status.

_______________________ is the idea that power in government is derived from the people.