Unit 1: Test Study Guide

The human mind at birth is a blank slate.

• Tabula Rasa
• Education

• Unformed Consciousness

Natural Rights

• rights you are born with and can't be taken away

• Jail Time

• sadness and fear

• Health, education, and friendship.

People want to live and will fight to survive.

• companionship

• wealth

• death

• Life

People want to be as free as possible to make their own decisions.

• Rules

• Property

• Life

• Liberty

Everyone has the right to everything.

• State of Nature

• Social Contract

• Bill of Rights

• Rasa

A contract between people and their government.

• State of Nature

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

• Rasa

Philosopher who help give us the idea of separation of powers.

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Rasa

Philosopher who helped give us the ideas of freedom of religion, press, and speech.

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Rasa

Enlightenment

• A period of time when people came up with new ideas about human existence, basic rights, and government.

• A movement advocating for absolute monarchy.
• A historical period focused on religious dogma.
• A cultural trend promoting collectivism.

US Constitution

• No rules for our country

• Rule book for our country.