LImbaugh's US Government and Enlightenment Honors Quiz

The institution through which society makes and enforces its policies:

• compromise

• elections

• government

• public domain

According to John Locke, a primary purpose of government is

• The protection of private property

• The preservation of equality among all citizens

• Economic prosperity

• To guarantee all citizens happiness

The civilization that gave us Direct Democracy

• Egyptian

• Sumerian

• Greek

• Roman

The U.S. government under the Articles of Confederation can best be described as

• dictatorial

• overly bureaucratic

• weak and ineffective

• a personal tool of George Washington

Thomas Hobbes explains his views on freedom and government in

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

• Leviathan

• Second Treatise of Civil Government

John Locke explains his views on freedom and government in

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

• Leviathan

• Second Treatise of Civil Government

What is the best definition of a direct democracy?

• citizens vote on laws in an assembly

• citizens elect officials to represent them in the government

• power is held by one person who rules by force

• power is held by a few people

The civilization that gave us a Republic mode of government

• Egyptian

• Sumerian

• Greek

• Roman

According to Hobbes, without a common power to keep them in awe and under control humans would exist in a state of:

• peace and harmony

• mutual indifference

• war of every man against every man

• cautious mistrust

In "The Spirit of the Laws", Baron de Montesquieu developed the theory of

• separation of church and state

• separation of powers

• feudalism

• freedom of religion