WorksheetsOur Natural Rights
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which one of Locke’s ideas about government was included in the Declaration of Independence?
The government should control all aspects of life.
There should be no government.
A monarchy is the best government.
Government gets its right to govern from the consent of the people.
Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
When you agree to something, you give your ___________.
canton
consent
limited government
state of nature
According to Locke and the Founders who is to judge if the government has failed?
The president
The people
A board of officials
The king
“The Respublicae” is Latin for what?
“Thing of the people”
“Thing of the government”
“Large government”
“No government”
The doctrine that assumes that human beings had rights in a “state of nature” and create government in order to protect those rights is known as what?
civil rights
political rights
natural rights
right of revolution
Who exerted the most influence on the thinking of the Founders during the time of the Revolution?
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Ben Franklin
Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
The idea that human beings had rights in a "state of nature" and created government in order to protect those rights is known as ____________.
legitimate
consent
natural rights
state of nature
Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
A ____________ government cannot exist until the people have given their consent to be ruled by it.
legitimate
republic
social contract
democracy
Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.
The hypothetical condition of people living together in a society that is the basis of natural rights' philosophy is known as __________.
democracy
human nature
natural rights
state of nature
A classmate is confused about the difference between limited government and unlimited government. What would be the best explanation of the difference?
Limited government protects natural rights and unlimited government uses power as they choose.
There is no difference.
Limited government has no restrictions and unlimited government protects natural rights.
Limited government has no use in a civil society, while unlimited government does.
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