World Unit 2 Exam

The idea that governments should use the checks and balance system to make sure that one branch cannot become all powerful is attributed to

• John Locke

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

This document was the first to suggest that freedoms of speech, religion, and press are things people value.

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• U.S. Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

This document established the idea of Habeas Corpus (requires that a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.)

• English Bill of Rights

• U.S. Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

These two documents were the first to exhibit the idea of rule of law and due process:

• The Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence

• English Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta

• Magna Carta and the U.S. Bill of Rights

• The English Bill of Rights and the U.S. Bill of Rights

Both __________ and _______ believed that people naturally give up certain rights to a government in order to maintain social order

• Locke and Montesquieu

• Hobbes and Locke

• Rousseau and Montesquieu

• Locke and Rousseau

This document stated that people have the right to bear arms.

• U.S. Bill of Rights

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

This document was the first to state that there should be no cruel and unusual punishments.

• U.S. Bill of Rights

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

The idea that people are born with natural rights that cannot be taken away from them was first proposed by

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• John Locke

According to this philosopher, the people have the right to alter or abolish government.

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

This person believed that governments should govern based on the principle of popular sovereignty (the will of the majority)

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean Jacques Rousseau