Unit 1 Practice Test

What best defines a social contract?

• People ruling themselves with elections
• People protesting if they government doesn't protect natural rights.
• People joining together agreeing to give up some freedoms for protection.
• Natural rights are with you when you are born and cannot be taken away.

What is the definition of the word "Sovereign"?

• Free
• The Supreme Authority
• To combine two different things
• A person who works on behalf of the king

This Enlightenment philosopher wrote about Natural Rights?

• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Charles Montesquieu
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What are your natural rights?

• Life, Liberty, Property
• Order
• Life, Liberty, the pursuit of happiness
• Freedom and Ownership

What are natural rights?

• Rights that you get from the English Bill of Rights
• Rights that you get from the Constitution
• Rights that you get automatically for being born
• Rights that you get from the Magna Carta

What did Thomas Hobbes believe life is like in the state of nature?

• Awesome
• Peaceful and Pastoral
• Living with Nature like on a farm
• Nasty, Brutish, and Short

This philosopher believed that a government's power should be split between the executive, legislative and judicial branches. In addition, each branch should have the power to check and balance each other's powers.

• Charles Montesquieu
• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What did Thomas Hobbes believe the purpose of government was?

• Create order
• Protect the rights of people
• Protect free speech
• Prosecute Criminals

Which Philosopher believed that a government headed by a king was the best form that the sovereign could take. Placing all power in the hands of a king would provide a more consistent, firm exercise of political authority.

• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Charles Montesquieu

What kind of Government did Thomas Hobbes believe was the best?

• Democracy
• Absolute Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Theocracy