7th Grade Social Studies Quiz 1

What term describes the agreement by which people give up some freedoms in exchange for protection and order provided by the government?

• Liberty

• Social Contract

• Colony

• Subject

Which word refers to the freedom to act or think without being stopped by unnecessary force?

• Consent

• Natural Rights

• Liberty

• Indentured Servant

What are the basic rights that are believed to belong to all humans from birth?

• State of Nature

• Natural Rights

• Self-sufficient

• Founders

What is the term for a person who is legally bound to work for another for a specified period of time in exchange for passage to a new country?

• Subject

• Indentured Servant

• Founder

• Social Contract

Which term describes a group of people who settle in a distant land but remain under the rule of their native country?

• Founders

• Colony

• Social Contract

• Self-sufficient

What is the term for the original leaders who established a new system of government or organization?

• Founders

• Subject

• State of Nature

• Indentured Servant

What term describes the condition in which no governments or laws exist at all?

• State of Nature

• Social Contract

• Liberty

• Colony

Which word refers to the approval or agreement for something to happen?

• Consent

• Natural Rights

• Self-sufficient

• Subject

What term describes a person who is under the rule of a monarch or government?

• Indentured Servant

• Subject

• Founders

• Liberty

What term describes the ability to provide for oneself without the help of others?

• Self-sufficient

• Social Contract

• Colony

• Consent