World History 1st Semester

What was Plato's school of philosophy called?

• Academy

• Lyceum

• Symposium

• Agora

Who developed the concept of the "social contract"?

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Aristotle

• Confucius

• Karl Marx

What term describes the logical argument form with two premises and a conclusion?

• Syllogisms

• Paradoxes

• Analogies

• Metaphors

Which political concept divides government into legislative, executive, and judicial branches?

• Separation of powers

• Checks and balances

• Federalism

• Direct democracy

According to Hobbes, what is the condition of mankind without government?

• State of nature

• Social contract

• Utopia

• Republic

What political ideology emphasizes individual rights and freedoms?

• Liberalism

• Conservatism

• Socialism

• Fascism

Which document limited the power of the English monarchy in 1215?

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

What type of government gives all power to a single ruler?

• Absolute monarchy

• Constitutional monarchy

• Republic

• Democracy

In which type of monarchy is the ruler's power limited by law?

• Constitutional monarchy

• Absolute monarchy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

What 17th-century event in England peacefully replaced James II with William and Mary?

• Glorious Revolution

• English Civil War

• War of the Roses

• Hundred Years' War