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History, Social Studies, Philosophy
10th -
12thgrade
Enlightenment Philosophy Review
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John Locke supported the right of the people to do this if government failed to protect natural rights.
revolution
continue to obey
petition
emigration
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According to John Locke, these are given by God and cannot be taken by the government. The protection of these is the purpose of the government.
divine rights
systemic rights
natural rights
preternatural rights
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John Locke wrote this book around 1689 to explain his opposition to the divine right of kings and uphold his version of the social contract theory.
The Prince
Leviathan
Two Treatises on Government
The Social Contract
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The influence of John Locke is clear in this document, although he died in 1704 and this document was written in 1776.
The Declaration of Independence
The Communist Manifesto
The U.S. Constitution
The Social Contract
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Thomas Hobbes wrote in defense of _, that is, a monarch with the unlimited right to rule.
democratic monarchy
absolute monarchy
constitutional monarchy
parliamentary monarchy
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Thomas Hobbes wrote in _, his best-known book on political philosophy, that life in the state of nature is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
Discourses on Livy
Leviathan
Two Treatises on Government
The Prince
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The theory of the divine right of kings held that _ gave monarchs the right to rule.
the social contract
God
the Force
public consensus
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is the Leviathan?The social contract between the government and peopleMonarchy with little powerThe monsterA way of living before governments
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According to Montesquieu, what is the main purpose of government?
to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual
to build a wall
to create laws that everyone agree on
to open Chic Fil A on Sundays
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To him, what was the best form of government?
where each powers (legislative, executive, and judicial) were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful
democracy
absolute monarchy
every man for himself
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is an agreement between people and the government?ConsentNatural RightsSocial ContractVoting
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.According to Hobbes & Locke, what is the purpose of government?Make us happy.Take our money.Enforce order.Protect all people.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Who believed that man is born evil & selfish, and needs to be controlled. Life without a strong government would be nasty, brutish, and shortHobbesLocke
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Social contract theory means that people agree to give up some of their rights for the government's protection.TrueFalse
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.True or False:
Jean Jacques Rousseau political beliefs were that the government should of been ruled by a king/queen.TrueFalse - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.He created a ______ contract.sociallawschoolindifferent