Unit Two Vocabulary

What is the purpose of government?

• To protect a person's natural rights

• To dominate other branches of government

• To enforce laws only

• To manage disputes about laws

What are natural rights?

• Rights given by the government

• Rights that can be taken away

• Rights that all people have just because they are human beings

• Rights that are earned through hard work

What is a social contract?

• An agreement among individuals to create and live under a government

• An agreement to give up natural rights

• An agreement to dominate other branches of government

• An agreement to enforce laws only

What is the state of nature?

• A condition in which no governments or laws existed at all

• A condition in which the government has absolute power

• A condition in which natural rights are protected

• A condition in which all people are equal

What is a republican government?

• A government in which the citizens have the power to govern

• A government in which the president has absolute power

• A government in which natural rights are protected

• A government in which the judiciary has the power to govern

What is a constitutional government?

• A government with no limits on powers

• A government in which the citizens have the power to govern

• A government in which the president has absolute power

• A government with limits on powers of the person or group running the government

What is a constitution?

• A legal framework for government that tells how a government is organized and run

• A document that grants unlimited power to the government

• A document that protects natural rights

• A document that outlines the common good

What are checks and balances?

• The powers of different branches of government are balanced

• The government has unlimited power

• The government can dominate other branches

• The government enforces laws without restrictions

What is the common good?

• That which is good for the individual

• That which is good for the government

• That which is good for the community as a whole

• That which is good for the economy

What is a government?

• The people and institutions with authority to make and enforce the laws

• The people and institutions with authority to manage disputes about laws

• The people and institutions with authority to dominate other branches

• The people and institutions with authority to protect natural rights