Semester Exam

He wrote about the idea that all people were equal and enjoyed certain natural rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and property. This idea exerted a powerful influence on colonial thinkers an

He believed in the idea that a government formed by a social contract was legitimate if it was based on popular sovereignty.

He introduced the idea of separation of powers, in which governments are organized to prevent any one person or group from dominating others.

He wrote about the English common law and set the foundation for the American judicial / legal system especially with regarding a national government as the protector of people and their life, liberty, and property.

Introduced the idea that government was the result of a social contract between people and their rulers. He did not believe that the people had the right to overthrow a tyrannical government.

His “five books” set the precedent for law including moral laws, social laws, and food laws.

Which of the following is not one of the four fundamental factors of the free enterprise system?

Any system of government in which a small group holds power.

The ideas of a single leader are glorified.

The people govern themselves by voting on issues individually as citizens. (Majority rule)

a government run by religious leaders

This type of government is one where the central government is restricted, local governments have some self-government, and ultimate power is held by the voters who choose their representatives (rule of law)

combine elements of capitalism and socialism

economic system in which government owns the basic means of production, determines the use of resources, distributes products and wages, and provides social services for its people

economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions.