Government

Governments have control over which of the following decisions?

• Setting tax rates

• Choosing family vacation spots

• Deciding what movies are popular

• Selecting individual career paths

Some decisions governments have control over include: _________.

• Laws

• Personal hobbies

• Favorite foods

• Weather patterns

Some decisions governments have control over include: _________.

• Taxes

• Favorite movies

• Personal hobbies

• Pet names

Some decisions governments have control over include: _________.

• Wars

• Personal hobbies

• Favorite foods

• Private dreams

Some decisions governments have control over include: _________.

• Treaties

• Weather patterns

• Planetary orbits

• The laws of physics

The purpose of government is to:

• maintain order and provide services

• control all aspects of citizens' lives

• eliminate all laws and rules

• focus only on economic growth

The purpose of government is to: _______ & _______ the citizens of the nation.

• Protect & Serve

• Ignore & Exploit

• Punish & Isolate

• Distract & Divide

What is Social Contract Theory?

• A) A philosophy or way of thinking developed by French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau and English philosopher John Locke.

• B) A type of government system based on monarchy.

• C) A scientific theory about society.

• D) A religious belief system.

Who are the philosophers associated with the development of Social Contract Theory?

• A) Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Locke

• B) Plato and Aristotle

• C) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

• D) Thomas Hobbes and Adam Smith

Fill in the blank: Social Contract Theory is the belief that there is a contract between the citizens and government, where citizens would give the government the right to rule, or power, as long as the government promised to protect the rights of the citizens or do _______ acts in the best interest of the citizens.

• good

• selfish

• illegal

• harmful