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Liberalism - Core Principles

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Liberalism was part of which intellectual movement?

a)

Illumination

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Renaissance

d)

20th Century Intellectualism

2.

The view that individual freedom is linked to the desire to create a society in which each person can grow and flourish is....

a)

Egoistical Individualism

b)

Atomism

c)

Developmental individualism

d)

The doctrine of the mean

3.

A willingness to accept values, customs and beliefs with which one disagrees is....

a)

Very mature

b)

Permissiveness

c)

Liberalism

d)

Tolerance

4.

Freedom from interferences by other people is...

a)

Negative freedom

b)

Positive freedom

c)

Limited government

d)

Laissez-faire freedom

5.

Having the capacity to act on one's free will and to realise personal potential is..

a)

Negative Freedom

b)

Positive Freedom

c)

Aspirational

d)

Meritocracy

6.

A state with checks and balances and separation of powers to prevent tyranny is an example of a (a)   Government

7.

Why do Liberals believe that the state is a 'necessary evil'? (choose all that apply)

a)

Power is corrupting

b)

The state of nature is nasty, brutish and short

c)

The state is needed to protect the vulnerable

d)

To avert disorder

8.

The liberal belief in rationalism is the opposite to the conservative belief in...

a)

High taxes

b)

Tradition

c)

Empiricism

d)

Human idiocy

9.

The idea that all individuals should have equal chances in life to rise and fall is...

a)

Equality of outcome

b)

Equality of opportunity

c)

Meritcracy

d)

Formal equality

10.

The belief in rights that all humans have by virtue of being born that cannot be taken away is...

a)

Foundational Equality

b)

Equality of Opportunity

c)

Formal Equality

d)

Meritocracy

11.

A society organised on the basis that success is based on ability and hard work is....

a)

A fair society

b)

A just society

c)

A meritocracy

d)

An equal justice society

12.

Classical liberals believe that individuals with different talents should be rewarded differently

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Which early feminist liberal thinker argued that women were no less rational beings than men, and were entitled to the same rights?

a)

Sheila Rowbotham

b)

Deborah Frances-Wright

c)

Betty Friedan

d)

Mary Wollstonecraft

14.

An unofficial agreement shared by everyone in a society in which they give up some freedom in return for security is the....

a)

Liberal Democracy

b)

Social Justice state

c)

Social Contract

d)

Citizens' agreement

15.

Who argued that people must freely give their consent to be governed?

a)

John Stuart Mill

b)

John Locke

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

John Rawls