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GOVT.2 Political Philosophies

Quiz by William Tuning

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17 questions
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  • Q1
    type of government that came from Athens
    Direct Democracy
    30s
  • Q2
    type of government that came from Rome
    Republic/Representative Democracy
    30s
  • Q3
    Pilgrims signed this document to create an orderly society
    Mayflower Compact
    30s
  • Q4
    Limited power of the monarch, no standing army in peacetime, free elections, right of petition, Parliamentary checks on power
    English Bill of Rights
    30s
  • Q5
    Guarantee of trial by jury, Protection against martial law, Protection against quartering of troops, Protection of private property
    English Petition of Rights
    30s
  • Q6
    Limited power of government, Fundamental rights, trial by jury, Due process of law
    Magna Carta
    30s
  • Q7
    Wrote The Social Contract about the agreement between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    30s
  • Q8
    believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central government to keep order
    Thomas Hobbes
    30s
  • Q9
    Life, Liberty, and Property (John Locke)
    natural rights
    30s
  • Q10
    wrote The Spirit of the Laws; Separation of Powers
    Montesquieu
    30s
  • Q11
    "Government is created to protect the rights of people and has only the limited and specific powers the people consent to give it."
    John Locke
    30s
  • Q12
    Land ownership, Representation, The right to create a council to make their own laws
    rights of Englishmen guaranteed by the charters of the Virginia Company of London.
    30s
  • Q13
    "just powers are derived from the consent of the government"
    Social Contract Theory
    30s
  • Q14
    States that all Virginians should have certain rights, including freedom of religion and the press, Basis for the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States
    Virginia Declaration of Rights
    30s
  • Q15
    Author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
    George Mason
    30s

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