PMA 1 Review 2425

According to Locke, what is the role of the government within the Social Contract?

• To give up some of their rights for protection

• To limit the rights of citizens

• To give citizens life, liberty, and property

• To protect the rights of Citizens

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

• Overthrow the government

• Petition the government for their rights

• Nothing, the people don't have rights

• Create three branches

How is the influence of the Magna Carta still seen in the government today?

• Rule of Law is applied to the government

• Limited government power

• Citizens have Natural Rights

• Citizens have self-government

Which document was written to express colonial grievances and the desire for self-government?

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

What are the Natural Rights as found in the Declaration of Independence?

• Life, Liberty, and Property

• Life, Liberty, and Personal Freedoms

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

• Life, Liberty, and free will

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

How can citizens fulfill these words from the Declaration of Independence?

• By running for office

• By attending civic meetings

• By obeying laws

• By voting

Which characteristic serves as a long-term protection against tyranny and is a foundation of liberty in the United States?

• right to trial
• rule of law
• commerce clause
• elastic clause

News article, "Miami Ex-Officer Gets 2 Years' Prison for Gambling Bribes, " www.cbslocal.com, May 17, 2015

Based on the title, how is rule of law reflected in society?

• Leaders and government officials are held accountable to the law.

• Leaders and government officials are not accountable to the law.

• There is no transparency of institutions.

• The laws are not legitimate.

"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government..."

Which enlightenment principle is reflected in this quote?

• Montesquieu's

  Separation of Power

• John Locke's

  Natural Rights

• John Locke's

  Social Contract

• Montesquieu's

  Checks & Balances

Based on the quote, which Enlightenment principle would James Madison likely support?

• Due Process

• Social Contract

• Separation of Power

• Self-Government