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WorksheetsWhy Government?
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Before governments, Thomas Hobbes believed that people lived in a...
Community of Cooperation
State of Nature
State of Being
Nature of Humans
What does Hobbes describe as the state of nature?
Time without rights
Lots of fighting
No protections
No security
A social contract is...
An agreement between a government and its citizens
A demand from the government
An organization to protect citizens
A demand of the people
Which philosopher created the idea of tabula rasa, the belief that humans are born with a blank slate?
Rene Descartes
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
George Berkeley
Locke believed that people shared these natural rights...
Life
Liberty
Property
Pursuit of Happiness
How is LOCKE'S view of the social contract different from Hobbes?
Governments protect people's natural rights
People can revolt if the government does not fulfill their promises
People need to give up all of their rights to live peacefully
Three branches of government are necessary
Which value would Hobbes and Locke agree upon?
Life, liberty, and property
The government should protect people's natural rights
Without the government, people would be in a state of nature
People should have political power
In Hobbes' belief, the American colonists had the right to rebel against the British King.
True
False
The government should offer protections and provide services. Who would agree?
Hobbes
Locke
Both
Neither
Which philosopher do you agree with more?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
