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Thoughts on Government: Philosophically Correct (icivics)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
John Locke said that people are born with what?
a)
right to jury trial
b)
right to be a citizen
c)
natural rights
d)
freedom of speech
2.
What is the relationship between government and the people called, according to Enlightenment ideas?
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Group contract
c)
Social contract
d)
Natural rights
3.

Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu is associated with what idea?

a)
separation of powers
b)

freedom of speech

c)
natural rights
d)
social contract
4.
In a direct democracy, who votes on laws?
a)
all eligible citizens
b)

elected representatives

c)
the King
d)
nobles
5.

What natural rights did John Locke believe all people have?

a)

health and wealth

b)

life, liberty, property

c)

freedom of speech and religion

d)

right to a fair trial

6.

Thomas Hobbs is considered an outlier because he believes a Social Contract must have this type of person in charge?

a)

A Fair Leader

b)

A Weak King

c)

An Absolute Monarch

d)

The President

7.

What type of government exists when power is specifically passed down through family lineage?

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Monarchy

d)

Oligarchy

8.

What do you call a type of government where political power comes from the people?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Anarchy

d)

Democracy

9.

"The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.”

Sincerely,

______

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

10.

“Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.”

Sincerely,

a)

John Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

11.

“It is not wisdom but AUTHORITY that makes a law.”

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

12.

___ believed that in a state of nature, man would live in constant fear with no time to accomplish anything enjoyable.

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

13.

Believed man, in a STATE OF NATURE, is a peaceful place where everyone is equal and people could do what they wanted as long as they didn’t bother others’ “life, health, liberty, or possessions.”

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

14.

____considered these rights—equality, life, liberty, property, and others—to be natural rights that humans have simply because they are human.

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

d)

Montesquieu

15.

Natural rights are not given by any leader, so they can’t be taken away or denied by a leader or the government. In other words, natural rights are rights that are unalienable.

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

d)

Montesquieu

16.

Believes a social contract is broken when a leader does not protect the people or their property.

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

d)

Montesquieu

17.

Government is bound to follow the laws just like everyone else. This idea is called rule of law.

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

d)

Montesquieu

18.

___explained that direct democracy (everyone votes) was a way to give everyone the same amount of political power.

.

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

d)

Montesquieu

19.

Believes that no one person should makes, enforces and enforces the law. A separation of powers ensures that no branch of government has enough power to abuse the rights of the people.

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

d)

Montesquieu

20.

______ argued every eligible citizen needs to vote on each law. Each person will have an EQUAL voice in this direct democracy.

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

21.

When people agree to give up some of their freedoms for protection and order and choose a person to be their leader, they are agreeing to a ____

a)

Social contract

b)

democratic republic

c)

monarchy

d)

State of Nature

22.

_____ described human life in a state of nature

as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

23.

The Leviathan is a powerful crowned giant rising above the landscape, wielding both a sword (a symbol of earthly authority) and a crosier (a symbol of religious authority).  

The body and arms are made up of the bodies of hundreds of people, all turned to look at him in allegiance

a)

Hobbes

b)

Locke

24.

___explained that direct democracy (everyone votes) was a way to give everyone the same amount of political power.

.

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

d)

Montesquieu

25.

He described

savages in a state of nature as free,

equal, peaceful, and happy.

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

d)

Montesquieu