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FOUR PHILOSOPHER TEST AND REVIEW

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

NATURAL RIGHTS

TWO TREATISE OF GOVERNMENT

CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED

PEOPLE ELECT LEADERS

PEOPLE CAN REMOVE LEADERS

BELIEVED IN A DEMOCRACY

WOULD FAVOR FEDERALISM

WOULD FAVOR BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

WOULD FAVOR CHECKS AND BALANCES

WOULD FAVOR 3 LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT

WOULD FAVOR CONCURRENT POWERS

WOULD FAVOR POWERE BEING DIVIDED

WOULD NOT FAVOR A DEMOCRACY

WOULD FAVOR A DICTATOR

BELIEVED IN THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY

BELIEVED THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE AN AGREEMENT/CONTRACT

BELIEVED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT MISTREAT PEOPLE

BELIEVED THAT THE WORLD MADE MAN CRUEL

WROTE THE BOOK "THE LEVIATHAN"

WROTE THE BOOK "THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS"

LOCKE
MONTESQUIEU
HOBBES
ROUSSEAU
2.

LOCKE BELIEVED IN THE FOLLOWING​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   ​ (e)  

Choose from the below words
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
DICTATORSHIP
SLAVERY
THE PEOPLE WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO LEAD
DEMOCRACY
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED
BORN WITH NATURAL RIGHTS
RIGHTS CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY
TWO TREATISE OF GOVERNMENT
3.

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   ​ (e)  

Choose from the below words
FEDERALISM
CHECKS AND BALANCES
A DEMOCRACY
GIVE PEOPLE DUE PROCESS OF LAW
SYSTEM BUILT ON SEPARATION OF POWERS
COMMUNISM
A DICTATORSHIP
AN OLIGARCHY
A TYPE OF MONARCHY
BELIEF IN TOTALITARIANISM
4.

A REQUIREMENT FOR SENATOR IS (a)   YEARS OLD

5.

Who was John Locke?

a)

A Doctor

b)

A Philosopher

c)

A Minister

d)

A Political Scientist

6.

Which American Founding Father did John Locke influence the most?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

7.

Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Pursuit of Happiness

d)

Property

8.

What was the purpose of government according to Locke?

a)

To share the riches of the kingdom

b)

To keep power in the hands of the King

c)

To end the state of nature PROPOSED BY HOBBES

9.

John Locke believed that all people had:

a)

Natural Rights

b)

Individual rights

c)

Some rights

10.

What were John Locke's 3 natural rights?

a)

Life, Liberty, pursuit of happiness

b)

Live, Laugh, Love

c)

Life, Liberty, Property

d)

Life, Speech, Religion

11.

John Locke believed in what phrase?

a)

Society of the Banana contract Thoery

b)

"consent of the governed"

c)

Natural Contract Theory

d)

Rights Contract Theory

12.

What role did the government have, according to John Locke?

a)

Protect the people's natural rights

b)

Take away people's natural rights

c)

Help determine the people's natural rights

13.

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

a)

Remove the government from office

b)

Petition the government for their rights

c)

Nothing, the people don't have rights

14.

Thomas Jefferson used John Locke's natural rights in which famous U.S. document?

a)

U.S. constitution

b)

Declaration of independence

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

Magna Carta

15.

Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Pursuit of Happiness

d)

Property

16.

What philosopher stated people were born basically selfish and evil.

a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
17.
In a state of nature, there will be total chaos, violence and eventual death.
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
18.

People are basically good and born with natural rights

a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
19.
People can never be trusted.
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
20.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and property.
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
21.
He wrote a book called 'The Leviathan.'
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
22.
In a social contract, people agree to obey government as long as government is protecting their freedoms.
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
23.
In a social contract, people must give up ALL their freedoms.
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
24.
He wrote a book called 'Two Treatises on Government.'
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
25.

Thomas Hobbes wrote in defense of _, that is, a monarch with the unlimited right to rule.

a)

democratic monarchy

b)

absolute monarchy

c)

constitutional monarchy

d)

parliamentary monarchy

26.

What did Hobbes describe people as?

a)

kindhearted

b)

community builders

c)

generous

d)

selfish

27.

Hobbes' book was called...

a)

Qur'an

b)

Leviathan

c)

Odyssey

d)

Don Quixote

28.

Hobbes thought that an absolute ________ _ would be the best form of government.

a)

republic

b)

monarchy

c)

democracy

d)

oligrachy

29.

People give up some portion of their freedom in exchange for ____, according to Thomas Hobbes.

a)

legitimacy

b)

security

c)

oligarchy

d)

better schools

30.

Hobbes saw human beings as __________.

a)

Kind and Selfless

b)

Selfish and Aggressive

c)

Self-Interested, but not always violent

d)

Shaped by our experiences in life.

31.

Why did Hobbes believe it was necessary to have all the power in the hands of 1 King?

a)

It would prevent war and chaos and mankind destroying themselves

b)

They could make rules faster

c)

They could declare war against enemies of the kingdom

d)

It would be easier to make decisions

32.
Where was Rousseau born?
a)
Paris, France
b)
Geneva, Switzerland
c)
Rome, Italy
33.
What did Rousseau claim to be true?
a)

All men are born equal and the world made mankind evil

b)
Music is the answer to everything
c)
Kids only cause problems
d)
The taller you are the smarter you become
34.

Rousseau believed that children

a)

should always be silent

b)

need military training

c)

are pure and wise

d)

must respect the king

35.

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the separation of powers (3 branches)

a)

John Locke

b)

Rousseau

c)

Montesqueieu

d)

Hobbes

36.

The graphic shows the three branches that divide the functions and powers of government in the United States. 

Which Enlightenment philosopher proposed separation of powers as the best way to protect liberty? 

a)

A. Voltaire 

b)

B. Montesquieu 

c)

C. Mary Wollstonecraft 

d)

D. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

37.

With ideas like the Separation of Powers, Baron de Montesquieu influenced this American document.

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Bill of Rights

c)

The Magna Carta

d)

The Constitution

38.

Montesquieu argued that the 3 branches of government should have power over each other and stop a branch if it got too powerful. This is known as ____________.

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Checks of Power

39.

French judge, man of letters, and political philosopher. He is the principal source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world.

a)

Napoleon

b)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

c)

Voltaire

d)

Baron de Montesquieu

40.
Baron de Montesquieu established two ideas that helped mold today's government in the United States. Those two ideas were....
a)

reason and progress 

b)

Separation of Power and Checks and Balances 

c)

General Will and Social Contract

41.
Why did Montesquieu believe that checks and balances were needed in governments?
a)
To make sure that each branch of government is correct
b)
Keep the different branches of government from getting too much power
42.

The three branches of government are...

a)

Judicial

b)

Executive

c)

Legislative

d)

All of the above

43.
Who wrote Common Sense?
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Thomas Paine
44.
Which enlightenment thinker wrote about natural rights?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Thomas Hobbes
c)
John Locke
d)
Thomas Paine
45.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Sam Adams

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

46.

PHILOSOPHER ROUSSEAU BELIEVED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE (a)   (OPPOSITE OF MINORITY) PEOPLE

47.

LOCKE WROTE THE BOOK "THE TWO TREATISE OF (a)  

48.

Montesquieu wrote the book, "Spirit of the (a)   "

49.

Rousseau also wrote the book, " the discourse of (a)   "

50.

Hobbes believed that mankind was in a "state of (a)   "

51.

The fictitious sea monster Hobbes wrote about was called "The (a)   "

52.

What Philosopher would like our system of Checks and Balances (a)   (last name only)

53.

PHILOSOPHER (a)   (LAST NAME) BELIEVED IN SEPARATION OF POWERS

54.

VOLTAIRE BELIEVED IN SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND (a)  

55.

THE TERM CONSENT MEANS TO HAVE (a)  

56.

THE TERM RATIFY MEANS TO (a)  

57.

THE TERM (a)   MEANS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

58.

THE TERM (a)   MEANS TO CHANGE

59.

A (a)   LEGISLATURE IS A TWO-HOUSE POLITICAL BODY

60.

A (a)   LEGISLATURE IS A ONE-HOUSE POLITICAL BODY