Basics of Government

Which of the following would not be a listed reason for the purpose of a government?

• Create wealth for its citizens

• Provide leadership

• Provide national security

• Maintain order

Which governmental theory is described as a government that evolved from the family structure?

• Evolutionary

• Familial

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

The state emerged when cooperation was needed as population grew, but only became organized when a few people took control. This describes which political theory?

• Force

• Covenant

• Divine Rights

• Evolutionary

"European monarchs of the 17th and 18th centuries put forth the idea that their rule came from God alone." Based on which theory did they believe this?

• Divine Right

• Force

• Social Contract

• Evolution

Locke claimed that people have natural rights and the role of the government is to protect these rights. This is one version of which political theory?

• Social Contract

• Force

• Divine Rights

• Evolutionary

Which of the following was not a political theory for the formation of government?

• Force Theory

• Political Asymmetry Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

Describe two differences between Locke's and Hobbe's views of people in the State of Nature and the Social Contract

What did Locke believe was the essential role of government in his theory of a Social Contract?

• To protect life, liberty and property

• To guard against foreign invasion

• To provide for the safety of its citizens

• To guide them economically

Which of the following defines Locke's view of where a state of nature exists?

• Wherever there is no legitimate political authority able to judge disputes

• Wherever people are at war with each other

• Wherever people steal from each other

• Wherever the government is run so poorly that it is ineffective

Which of the following statements would NOT be TRUE regarding John Locke?

• He attended Oxford.

• He believed in the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and property.

• He believed that man was inherently violent and brutish.

• He embraced the ideas of natural rights and law.