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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who believed that the power of government should be held by someone who wears a crown?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
- 2. Multiple Choice
In a state of nature there is
no leader to rule the people.
the option to have whatever you have the power to take.
chaos and conflict.
All of the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
Hobbes believed that with a social contract, that the people would give up certain rights for
leadership.
natural rights.
protection.
freedom.
- 4. Multiple Choice
John Locke believed that everyone is born with a tabula rasa, which is
the unresolved feelings of conflict from previous generations.
a blank slate that would be begin to be filled up with life experiences.
the debt of their ancestors.
being born to live the same condition that their parents experienced (royalty, poverty, power, etc.).
- 5. Multiple Choice
John Locke and Thomas Hobbes view of a state of nature was
similar.
opposite from each other.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Hobbes believed that once the people agreed to a social contract that
they lost the ability to rebel against a leader.
they still had the power to reject the leader.
- 7. Multiple Choice
John Locke believed that each person was born with natural rights, which included
the right to life.
the right to liberty.
the right to property.
all of the above.
- 8. Multiple Choice
John Locke believed that the purpose of government was to give people protection, including the protection of everyone's
natural rights.
right to become the leader.
right to live anywhere.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which thinker believed that the people had a right to rebel against government leadership if the leadership failed to protect natural rights?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
- 10. Multiple Choice
The best definition of a social contract is
an agreement between a government and the people where certain rights of the people are given up in exchange for protection from the government.
an agreement between a government and the people where rights are given up because they are "subjects of the crown."
an agreement between a government and the people where rights are given up because otherwise war would occur between everyone.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Take a close look at the first passage of the Declaration of Independence, by enlarging the picture shown with this question: Which thinker has the most of his mindset reflected in the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
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