Foundations of Government

What is the key concept behind the Social Contract?

• It is a contract you sign with your cell phone carrier when downloading social media apps.

• You surrender every right you have to the government with no benefit for yourself.

• You agree to have inappropriate content removed from apps such as Snapchat.

• You surrender certain rights in order for the government to provide you with protection and order.

The idea of Natural Rights can be attributed to who?

• George Washington
• Adam Smith
• John Locke
• Thomas Jefferson

Natural Rights are rights all people have and are born with...

• Protection, Laws and Order

• Life, Liberty and Property

• Tabula Rasa

• Money, Money, Money

To be recognized as a State, what are ALL of the essential characteristics?

• Territory

• Sovereignty

• Population

• Government

• All of these

Which term is the area in which a state's rule applies?

• Property

• Liberty

• Territory

• Sovereignty

The right of a country to self-rule or control its own destiny.

• State of Nature

• Sovereignty

• Tabula Rasa

• Social Contract

What is Popular Sovereignty?

• The idea that people empower government
• The majority vote for a national election
• The concept that populations determine the size of the state
• The theory that popular presidents held more power

Definition: System of government in which power rests with the people.

• Consent of the Governed

• Federalism

• Representative Government

• Democracy

A system of government, often fascist, with just one person ruling with complete and absolute power.

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

A written plan of government.

• The Declaration of Independence

• The English Bill of Right

• The Constitution

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