Who argued that all humans are born with natural rights?
Locke
Hobbes
Machiavelli
Montesquieu
32% got this right
What are the “natural rights” argued?
Life, Liberty, Equality, Property
Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Wollstonecraft
Life, Freedom, Equality, Property
Life. Liberty, Equality, Popularity
38% got this right
Who argued that government and powers should be separated?
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Locke
Machiavelli
23% got this right
What describes a system in which each branch of government has some power over the other?
Separation of powers
Checks and balances
Exclusion
Vindication
53% got this right
Who, in their book Leviathan, proposed an idea called the social contract?
Hobbes
Locke
Montesquieu
Wollstonecraft
37% got this right
A social contract is:
An agreement between people and the government
An agreement between governments around the world
Made between a bank and a customer
Signed when you buy a car
68% got this right
Who advocated for women’s educational and social equity?
Wollstonecraft
Hobbes
Locke
Montesquieu
32% got this right
Finish the quote: “A government that ignores women is a _______ one.”
Defective
Disrespectful
Educated
Erroneous
40% got this right
Who was a leading thinker in modern political science and ethics?
Machiavelli
Hobbes
Locke
Montesquieu
42% got this right
Enlightenment thinkers began to criticize European governments ruled by:
Monarchs
Hobbes
Presidents
Prime Ministers
66% got this right
In a social contract, people give up some ________ and the government provides protection.
Freedoms
Agreements
Philosophy
Science
68% got this right
Which of the following was not one of the topics focused on by Enlightenment thinkers to study government?
Science
Authority
Responsibility
Rights
62% got this right
Locke said that if the government fails to protect people’s rights, then people have the right to:
Overthrow it
Die
Get over it
Leave
64% got this right
What part of the Constitution explains the social contract (the relationship between people and government)?
Preamble
27th Amendment
Article I
Article II
28% got this right
Which philosopher is noted for their belief in representative democracy?
Locke
Hobbes
Machiavelli
Montesquieu