American Government: Standard 2

Which of the following accurately defines rule of law?

• "We are a nation of laws, not of men."
• "No one is above the law, no one is below the law.
• Everyone is held accountable to the law.
• all of the above

The Magna Carta of 1215 started the path to which form of government in modern day England?

• communism
• absolute monarchy
• oligarchy
• parliamentary democracy

What is the Petition of Rights?

• A set of laws that prohibit monarchy from infringing Civil Rights.

• A law set that limits all power everywhere.

• The English version of Boycotting.

Which of the following is the best comparison for the Petition of Rights?

• The "English" Bill of Rights.

• The Constitution.

• An essay written to persuade something to occur.

• You know It's not this one.

What was the name of Thomas Hobbes's book on government?

• Behemoth
• Gargantua
• Leviathan
• Colossus

How did Hobbes sum up people's quality of life in a state of nature?

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• poor, nasty, brutish, and short
• fulfilling, long-lived, philosophical, and introspective
• scared, hungry, lonely, and cold

John Locke's thinking influenced what American founder?

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• Alexander Hamilton
• Thomas Jefferson

According to Locke, all humans share a set of __________.

•  internal organs
• natural rights
• hopes and dreams
• traits and motivations

For both Hobbes and Locke, the social contract is an agreement between...

• plaintiff and defendant
• sovereign states
• companies and shareholders
• citizens and government

Locke's inalienable rights include...

• life, liberty, and property
• pizza, chipa, and soda
• life, property, and travel
• freedom of speech, freedom to bear arms, and freedom of assembly