True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false.
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| 1. | Plato thought
every person of every class in society should participate in government.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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| 2. | An important
characteristic of Renaissance humanists was their emphasis on _______.
a. | accepting ideas based on Confucian thought | b. | the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church | c. | magic and alchemy | d. | classical Roman and Greek writings | | |
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Speaker
1: “The majesty of the king is borrowed from God, who gives it to
him
for the good of the people. It is good for the people to be
checked
by a superior force.”
Speaker 2: “Reason . . . teaches that all
men are equal and independent, and
that no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or
possessions.”
Speaker 3: “My view is that it is desirable
to be both loved and feared, but it is
difficult to achieve both, and, if one of them has to be lacking, it
is
much safer to be feared than to be loved.”
Speaker 4: “The enjoyment of liberty, and even its
support and preservation,
consists in every man being allowed to speak his thoughts and lay
open his sentiments.”
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| 3. | Base your
answers to this question question on the statements above.
Which speaker’s
statement best reflects the concept of divine right?
a. | Speaker 1 | c. | Speaker
3 | b. | Speaker
2 | d. | Speaker 4 | | | | |
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| 4. | Base your
answers to this question question on the statements above.
Which two speakers would most
likely support the idea of democracy?
a. | 1 and 2 | c. | 3 and
4 | b. | 2 and
3 | d. | 2 and 4 | | | | |
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| 5. | According to the
English philosopher John Locke, an important purpose of government is to
_______.
a. | distribute property equally
among citizens | b. | protect the established
church | c. | protect life, liberty, and
property | d. | guarantee freedom of
religion | | |
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| 6. | The Enlightenment
philosophers believed that the power of government is derived from _______.
a. | divine right rulers | c. | a strong military | b. | the middle class | d. | those who are governed | | | | |
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“The rule of law is more powerful than the rule of the
tyrant.”
--Simón Bolívar
“Whoever has the . . . supreme power . . . is bound to govern by established
standing laws.”
--John Locke
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| 7. | Base your
answers to this question on the quotations above.
What is the main idea
expressed in these quotations?
a. | Rulers should govern with unlimited power. | b. | All governments must be democratic. | c. | Rulers must be subject to the law. | d. | Governments should be based on the laws of
God. | | |
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| 8. | What was a belief
of many writers of the Enlightenment?
a. | The wealthy class should govern society. | b. | People are basically evil. | c. | Kings are responsible only to God. | d. | Ideas can be proven by reason. | | |
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| 9. | Base your
answer to this question on the quotation below.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that
they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among them are Life, Liberty,
and the pursuit of Happiness . . . “
This statement best expresses
the philosophy of _______.
(New York Regents) a. | Adam Smith | c. | Thomas
Hobbes | b. | Karl
Marx | d. | John Locke | | | | |
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| 10. | Base your
answer to this question on the passage below.
“[When] the legislature shall . . . grasp [for] themselves, or put into the
hands of any other, an absolute power over their lives, liberties, and estates of the people, . . .
they forfeit the power the people had put into their hands for quite contrary ends, and it [passes]
to the people, who have a right to resume their original liberty . . .
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--John Locke, Two Treatises on Civil
Government
Which idea is expressed in this passage?
(NY Regents) a. | The people should give up their liberty to create an orderly
society. | b. | People have the right to
rebel if their natural rights are denied. | c. | Governments should be obeyed regardless of their
actions. | d. | Liberty can only be
guaranteed in a direct democracy. | | |
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