WorksheetsThoughts on Government: Philosophically Correct (icivics)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu is associated with what idea?
freedom of speech
elected representatives
What natural rights did John Locke believe all people have?
health and wealth
life, liberty, property
freedom of speech and religion
right to a fair trial
Thomas Hobbs is considered an outlier because he believes a Social Contract must have this type of person in charge?
A Fair Leader
A Weak King
An Absolute Monarch
The President
What type of government exists when power is specifically passed down through family lineage?
Direct Democracy
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Oligarchy
What do you call a type of government where political power comes from the people?
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Anarchy
Democracy
"The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.”
Sincerely,
______
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
“Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.”
Sincerely,
John Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
“It is not wisdom but AUTHORITY that makes a law.”
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
___ believed that in a state of nature, man would live in constant fear with no time to accomplish anything enjoyable.
Locke
Hobbes
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.”
Locke
Hobbes
Montesquieu
____considered these rights—equality, life, liberty, property, and others—to be natural rights that humans have simply because they are human.
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
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.
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Believes a social contract is broken when a leader does not protect the people or their property.
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Government is bound to follow the laws just like everyone else. This idea is called rule of law.
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
___explained that direct democracy (everyone votes) was a way to give everyone the same amount of political power.
.
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
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.
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
______ argued every eligible citizen needs to vote on each law. Each person will have an EQUAL voice in this direct democracy.
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
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 ____
Social contract
democratic republic
monarchy
State of Nature
_____ described human life in a state of nature
as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
Locke
Hobbes
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
Hobbes
Locke
___explained that direct democracy (everyone votes) was a way to give everyone the same amount of political power.
.
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
He described
savages in a state of nature as free,
equal, peaceful, and happy.
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
