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WorksheetsNatural Rights
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
The Englishman who conceived, or developed, natural rights was:
Cesare Beccaria
Napoleon Bonaparte
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Which of the following options best describes natural rights?
Rights, freedoms, and privileges guaranteed by nature of existence and being born.
Rights, freedoms, and privileges granted by a member of a religious organization.
Rights, freedoms, and privileges that were earned by reaching age 18.
Rights, freedoms, and privileges that were paid for by taxes.
What was the time period in European history during which people began to question the way governments treated those living under their control?
Renaissance
Reformation
Enlightenment
Revolution
Unalienable
a government that is justified by people's consent
cannot be taken away
life, liberty, and property
republic
first time the monarch agreed to limit it's power
people make decisions, ballot questions, town meeting and wide participation in voting
elected representatives, no monarch, devoted to public good
democracy
people make decisions, ballot questions, town meeting and wide participation in voting
best for the community as a whole
a government that is justified by people's consent
a system where different branches of government can limit each other's powers- this prevents each branch from gaining too much power
Who was John Locke?
Italian diplomat, politician
English philosopher and physician
Italian polymath
What do Americans value as the basic individual or natural rights?
Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
Personal safety and security
Owning property and voting
Freedom, education, separation
A government facing protests and demonstrations that are supported by most of its citizens and spread across its territory has lost
individual rights
rule of law
consent of the governed
limited government
The Constitution divides the U.S. government into three branches that can each stop, or check, actions of the other branches. This division of power is a result of the principle of
rule of law
individual rights
representative government
limited government
