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What is natural law?
The theory that people have the power
Agreement between people and government
A law from God that is higher than human law
Defines right from wrong
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According to Voltaire, what is the best weapon against bad government?
Freedom of speech
Social contract
Separation of powers
Revolution
3
Who believed in the separation of powers?
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Adam Smith
Voltaire
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Who believed that people are naturally good but are corrupted by society?
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Adam Smith
Rousseau
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What system allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches?
Social contract
Checks and balances
Natural law
Federal republic
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Thomas Hobbes believed that humans were naturally good.
True
False
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Who believed that humans are naturally wicked?
Montesquieu
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Rousseau
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Who believed that freedom of speech was important?
Rousseau
Adam Smith
Voltaire
Montesquieu
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Which government system divides power between the national and state governments?
Natural law
Social contract
Checks and balances
Federal republic
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
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Who was the first president and the leader of the American Revolution?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
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Who believed that people are naturally good, but corrupted by society?
Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Montesquieu
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Who helped negotiate French support for the American Revolution?
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
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Who argued that people have natural rights?
Voltaire
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
15
Who was the fourth president and the Father of the Constitution?
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
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Who is considered the father of Capitalism?
Voltaire
John Locke
Adam Smith
Montesquieu
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What system allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches to prevent abuse of power?
System of a Down
Green Day
Checks and Balances
Federal republic
18
Is natural law higher than human law?
True
False
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What is a government in which power is divided between the national, or federal, government and the states?
federal republic
the big game!
national system
state government
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Who believed in the separation of powers?
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Montesquieu
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What is a social contract?
Agreement between people and government
The theory that people have the power
Higher than human law
Defines right from wrong
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What is the definition of natural law?
Higher than human law
God's and nature's law
Higher than human law
Defines right and wrong
