Unit 1 Democracy

John Locke argued against Divine Right because he said all people are born with

• Natural Rights
• Happiness
• Common Law
• Divine Right

Who believed that in an ideal society the government should be controlled by a class of “philosopher kings”? 

• Thomas Aquinas
• Muhammad
• Plato
• Lao-tzu

The ________________________ was a new way of viewing the natural world-based on observation, and inquiry.

• Reformation
• Scientific Revolution
• Renaissance
• Enlightenment

Jewish and Christian beliefs differ from the Greco-Roman tradition in matters concerning the importance of

• belief in one God.
• individual morality.
• the family unit.
• the role of law.

A Roman form of government which citizens elect leaders is?

• Aristocracy
• Direct Democracy
• Monarchy
• Republic

What was the primary activity of a philosopher in ancient Greece?

• working toward democracy
• criticizing the government
• reforming the laws
• thinking about natural laws

Scholars generally relied on ancient authorities, church teaching, common sense, and legends to explain the physical world.

• Old Method
• New Method

Scholars used observation, experimentation and scientific reasoning to gather knowledge and draw conclusions about the physical world.

• New Method
• Old Method

In which of the following documents is the principle of limitation of governmental power first stated? (in other words, which one is the oldest?)

• English Bill of Rights
• French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta

The formation of the Catholic Church was influenced most by

• the Greeks
• the Romans
• the Egyptians
• the Mesopotamians