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WorksheetsConstitutional Principles and Enlightenment Ideals
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A "Social Contract" is an agreement between a ruler and who?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Dictator
c)
Citizens
d)
Aliens
2.
John Locke talked about the "Tabula Rasa" which mean everybody is born with this?
a)
Blank Slate
b)
Problems
c)
King Red
d)
Full Slate
3.
John Locke believed these people had these type of right?
a)
No Rights
b)
Freedom Rights
c)
Natural Rights
d)
Unnatural Rights
4.
According to John Locke what must the government do with people's rights?
a)
Get rid of them
b)
Protect Them
c)
Get Over them
5.
John Locke inspired the writing of this important document by Thomas Jefferson
a)
US Constitution
b)
The Magna Carta
c)
The Declaration of Independence
d)
English Bill of Rights
6.
Baron de Montesquieu developed this idea for government
a)
One House Congress
b)
Checks and Balances
c)
No House Congress
d)
The President
7.
Who believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances?
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Rousseau
c)
Hobbes
d)
Voltaire
8.
Who believed the government should protect a person's three natural rights: life, liberty, and property?
a)
Rousseau
b)
Beccaria
c)
Wollstonecraft
d)
Locke
9.
Promoted democracy, believed that people had the right to life, liberty, and property.
a)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
b)
John Locke
c)
Sir Isaac Newton
d)
Thomas Hobbes
10.
Which of these was greatly influenced by the Enlightenment?
a)
the Magna Carta
b)
the American Revolution
c)
the Scientific Revolution
d)
the divine right of kings
11.
A government leader who has all the power
a)
Democracy
b)
Anarchy
c)
Absolute Monarchy
d)
Separation of Powers
12.
Life, Liberty and Property or the Pursuit of Happiness
a)
Natural Rights
b)
Democracy
c)
Anarchy
d)
Divine Right of Kings
13.
An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection
a)
Philosophers
b)
Democracy
c)
Social Contract
d)
Divine Right of Kings
14.
This is the idea that “the people” give the government power to protect their natural rights and must live by the rules?
a)
Separation of Powers
b)
Checks and Balances
c)
Social Contract
d)
Rule of Law
15.
What document was most influenced by John Locke’s ideas?
a)
The Constitution
b)
The Magna Carta
c)
The Bill of Rights
d)
The Declaration of Independence
16.
Enlightenment thinker John Locke thought that rights come from?
a)
The government
b)
The Declaration of Independence
c)
God or nature
d)
The king
17.
Thomas Jefferson described the social contract as?
a)
natural law
b)
a declaration of independence
c)
consent of the governed
d)
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
18.
The “Enlightenment” was a time known for?
a)
a lot of crime and poverty
b)
learning to make the world a better place
c)
fighting against the British
d)
returning to the way things used to be
19.
Which colonial leader introduced the ideas of John Locke’s “social contract” theory into the Declaration of Independence?
a)
John Hancock
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
James Madison
d)
Thomas Jefferson
20.
Which work publicized the concept of “natural rights” later found in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Magna Carta
b)
The English Bill of Rights
c)
The Mayflower Compact
d)
John Locke’s Two Treaties of Government
21.
According to the Declaration of Independence, what was an “unalienable right” that all governments should protect?
a)
The right to social equality
b)
The right to personal liberty
c)
The right to religious equality
d)
The right to elect government officials
22.
Which statement best describes the role of government according to the Declaration of Independence?
a)
“The main purpose of government is to expand the glorify the state.”
b)
“The main purpose of government is to protect the unalienable rights of individuals.
c)
“The main purpose of government is to protect the rights and privileges of His Majesty, the King.”
d)
“The main purpose of government is to promote the general welfare of the community by taking steps toward social equality.”
23.
According to this passage, what is the principal role of government? “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
a)
To promote greater social equality
b)
To protect the natural rights of citizens
c)
To glorify the ruler in the eyes of the Creator
d)
To help individuals cooperate against the forces of nature
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