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- 1. Multiple Choice
What did Hobbes describe people as?
kindhearted
mean
generous
selfish
- 2. Multiple Choice
Hobbes' book was called...
Qur'an
Leviathan
Odyssey
Don Quixote
- 3. Multiple Choice
In Hobbes' mind, who should be in charge?
king
pope
queen
himself
- 4. Multiple Choice
Hobbes thought that a _ would be the best form of unitary, absolute government.
republic
monarchy
democracy
oligrachy
- 5. Multiple Choice
People give up some portion of their liberty in exchange for _, according to Thomas Hobbes.
legitimacy
security
oligarchy
antidisestablishmentarianism
- 6. Multiple Choice
Hobbes saw human beings as __________.
Kind and Selfless
Selfish and Aggressive
Self-Interested, but not always violent
Shaped by our experiences in life.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why did Hobbes believe it was necessary to have all the power in the hands of 1 King?
It would prevent war and chaos
They could make rules faster
They could declare war against enemies of the kingdom
It would be easier to make decisions
- 8. Multiple Choice
For both Hobbes and Locke, the social contract is an agreement between...plaintiff and defendantsovereign statescompanies and shareholderscitizens and government - 9. Multiple ChoiceLocke's inalienable rights include...life, liberty, and propertypizza, chipa, and sodalife, property, and travelfreedom of speech, freedom to bear arms, and freedom of assembly
- 10. Multiple ChoiceHow did Hobbes view human nature?We are inquisitive and industrious.We are naturally selfish and quick to fight.We are naturally altruistic and usually willing to compromise.We are born a 'blank slate', and we develop differently according to our life's experiences..
- 11. Multiple ChoiceHow did Locke view human nature?We are a born a 'blank slate', and we develop differently according to our life's experiences..We are naturally altruistic and usually willing to compromise.We are inquisitive and industrious.We are naturally selfish and quick to fight.
- 12. Multiple Choice
According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?
Overthrow the government
Petition the government for their rights
Nothing, the people don't have rights
- 13. Multiple Choice
What role did the government have, according to John Locke?
Protect the people's natural rights
Take away people's natural rights
Help determine the people's natural rights
- 14. Multiple Choice
Tabula rasa theory suggests that people are born...
evil and need to be governed.
good and need no government.
a blank slate, neither good or bad.
to be in nature living with the animals.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Locke believed that the job of government was...
to create and enforce laws.
to give people as much freedom as possible.
to prevent the country from going to war.
to make the country as rich as possible.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHow did Hobbes sum up people's quality of life in a state of nature?life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinesspoor, nasty, brutish, and shortfulfilling, long-lived, philosophical, and introspectivescared, hungry, lonely, and cold
- 17. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Hobbes, people agreed to give up some __________________ in exchange for __________________ as part of the social contract.rights and power / protectionfood and shelter / weaponssecurity and protection / freedommoney / goods and services
- 18. Multiple ChoiceFor both Hobbes and Locke, the social contract is an agreement between...plaintiff and defendantsovereign statescompanies and shareholderscitizens and government
- 19. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Locke, all humans share a set of __________.internal organsnatural rightshopes and dreamstraits and motivations
- 20. Multiple Choice
The willingness of people to hand over their rights to rules in exchange for law and social order is called...
method of government
enlightenment agreement
social contract
US Constitiution
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