Unit 2 Review

John Locke's central political value was..

• the protection of individual rights

• designing governments around biblical teachings

• ensuring an equal distribution of wealth

• the empowerment of the majority of people

___________________ believed that without government, people would fight each other all the time.

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Smith

Locke believed that a government's power came from its ___________________.

• army

• power

• people

• science

American's used _________________'s idea of separation of powers to write the US Constitution.

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

You are born with _________________ that can't be taken away: life, liberty, property

• philosophe

• natural rights

• separation of power

• checks and balances

The belief that government should be split into three branches to prevent one person or group from becoming corrupt.

• philosophe

• natural rights

• separation of power

• checks and balances

Related to the idea of separation of powers; each branch of government must have approval from other branches in order to do certain functions.

• A. philosophe
• B. natural rights
• C. separation of power
• D. checks and balances

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that people have the right to abolish their government and create a new one?

• Montesquire
• Locke
• Voltaire
• Rousseau

An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection

• Philosophers
• Democracy
• Social Contract
• Divine Right of Kings