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Why We Need Government

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you give your approval for something, you are giving your ______________.

a)

Consent

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Delegate

d)

Faction

2.

What do we call the rights that all people have that are based on laws of nature?

a)

Consent

b)

Natural Rights

c)

State of Nature

d)

Faction

3.

What do we call a condition in which no governments or laws existed at all?

a)

Consent

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Faction

d)

State of Nature

4.

What are the wealthy upper class members called?

a)

Aristocrats

b)

Delegates

c)

Scribes

d)

Kings

5.

What doe we call the idea that citizens should put aside their own self interests in favor of the common good?

a)

Civic Virtue

b)

Freedom

c)

Liberty

d)

Civic Engagement

6.

What do we call that which is good for the community as a whole?

a)

Common Good

b)

Civic Virture

c)

Common Sense

d)

Common Law

7.

What are special interests groups called?

a)

Factions

b)

Republicans

c)

Democrats

d)

Lobbyists

8.

What does it mean to entrust power to someone else to represent us or serve our interests?

a)

Delegate

b)

Hire

c)

Employ

d)

Consent

9.

What are the 3 things that John Locke felt were natural rights of all people?

a)

Life, Liberty, Property

b)

Food, Shelter, Clothing

c)

Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness

d)

Freedom of Religion, Right to Vote, Food

10.

What do we call the agreement where Locke said that the best way to in avoid the downfalls of state of nature, the everyone should agree with others to create and live under a government who makes and enforces laws?

a)

Social Contract

b)

Constitution

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Socialism

11.

The purpose of government according to Locke was what?

a)

to protect natural rights

b)

to prevent war

c)

to make sure there is equity among the people

d)

to protect indigenous animals

12.

According to Locke and the natural rights philosophy, no one would have the right to govern anyone else without what?

a)

Consent of the people

b)

A King

c)

A Prophecy

d)

Consent of the president

13.

This type of government's main purpose is to serve the common good.

a)

Republican Government

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Socialism

d)

Communism

14.

Which type of government is it when the people themselves control the government?

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Republican government

c)

Socialism

d)

Communism

15.

Who is often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution"?

a)

James Madison

b)

John Locke

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Benjamin Rush

16.

Which ancient Republic's ideas and values were promoted among the American colonies?

a)

Roman

b)

Egyptian

c)

Greece

d)

African

17.

The main goal of this document was to form one civil government.

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Social Contract

c)

Constitution

d)

Interstate Compact

18.

What was the colony called where the first written constitution of the American colonies established by those on the Mayflower?

a)

Plymouth Colony

b)

Maryland Colony

c)

New Hampshire Colony

d)

Jamestown Colony

19.

Select all of the following that were DISADVANTAGES to the republican government.

a)

People have to be alike

b)

Large and diverse populations = factions

c)

Representatives are elected to serve common good

d)

Representatives are responsible to the people