Why Government? and Who Rules? Limiting Government.

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Before governments, Thomas Hobbes believed that people lived in a...

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State of Nature

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What is a social contract?

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An agreement between a government and its citizens

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Which philosopher created the idea of the tabula rasa, the belief that humans are born with a blank slate?

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John Locke

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Which value would Hobbes and Locke agree upon? Options: Life, liberty, and property are people’s rights, The government should protect people’s natural rights, Without the government, people would be in a state of nature, People should have political power

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Without the government, people would be in a state of nature

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"The government should offer protections and provide services." Who would agree?

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Locke

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The United States has a _____ as its form of government.

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Representative Democracy

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In a democratic government, people have...

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political power

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A theocracy can exist as a democracy, dictatorship, or monarchy.

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True

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An oligarchy is a form of government that is ruled by...

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A select few

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Means that citizens give their permission to be governed.

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Consent of the Governed