Honors American Foundations Final
Exam Study Guide
1. In class we discussed what power is. We had many great answers;
however we settled on two. Water are the two terms that best describe
what power is?
a) Influence
b) Demands
c) Control
d) Security - ANSWER a) Influence
b) Control
2. Next, we discussed authority. Again, we had many great answers
describing what authority is; however, we settled on one.
a) When people believe their rule is supreme
b) When people accept someone's power than that person has authority
c) When people accept that the government has their best interest in mind
d) When people accept that anarchy is the best type of government
e) No answer fits - ANSWER b) When people accept someone's power
than that person has authority
3. Which of the following are universal rights that all people should have
simply because they are born -- regardless if they were born into great
amounts of wealth or into the poorest hut? Remember there is a difference
between a right and a privilege.
a) the right to love
b) the right to think freely
c) the right to drive a car
d) the right to worship whatever God they wish
e) the right to express themselves - ANSWER a) the right to love
b) the right to think freely
d) the right to worship whatever God they wish
e) the right to express themselves
4. What is one of the purposes of government as we talked about several
times?
a) to rule
b) to make laws
,c) to provide order
d) to strive everyone towards the common good
e) no answer fits - ANSWER c) to provide order
5. Building off of question 4, what is the other purpose of government?
a) to provide security
b) to make war
c) to make dominate others
d) to tax its people
e) to make policy - ANSWER a) to provide security
6. According to John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, who enters into the
social contract?
a) people and invading armies
b) people and government
c) people and animals
d) people and computers - ANSWER b) people and government
7. Who came up with the Natural Right's philosophy anyway?
a) Thomas Hobbes
b) John Locke
c) Baron de'Montesquieu
d) Jean -- Jacque Rousseau - ANSWER b) John Locke
8. The Roman Republic promoted (the) ____, that is, what was best for the
entire society.
a) factions
b) established religion
c) common good
d) representative democracy
e) moral education - ANSWER c) common good
9. Classical Republicanism had three main components. Which of the
following is part of Classical Republicanism?
a) state of nature
b) natural rights
c) law of nature
d) civic virtue
e) no answer fits - ANSWER d) civic virtue
, 10. In Classical Republicanism people were discouraged from spending
much time doing such things as making money, traveling, reading, or
spending too much time with their families. Is this a true or a false
statement?
a) true
b) false - ANSWER a) true
11. To make sure people participated in their government, individual rights
were greatly limited in Classical Republicanism. Is this a true or a false
statement?
a) true
b) false - ANSWER a) true
12. People who believed in Classical Republicanism were convinced that
things did not just come to them automatically. Citizens must be taught
these traits to be a successful citizen in Classical Republicanism. How
were the individuals educated?
a) Faith based education
b) Natural right education
c) Natural law education
d) Moral education
e) no answer fits - ANSWER d) Moral education
13. Stressed the rights of the individual to life, liberty, and property -
ANSWER Natural Rights Philosophy
14. Stressed that human nature is such that individual behavior is
motivated by self-interest. - ANSWER Classical Republicanism
15. Stressed promoting the common good above the rights of the individual
- ANSWER Classical Republicanism
16. Stressed that individuals should be motivated by civic virtue - ANSWER
Classical Republicanism
17. Stressed that society is a collection of individuals, each sharing the
same right to pursue his or her own welfare - ANSWER Natural Rights
Philosophy
Exam Study Guide
1. In class we discussed what power is. We had many great answers;
however we settled on two. Water are the two terms that best describe
what power is?
a) Influence
b) Demands
c) Control
d) Security - ANSWER a) Influence
b) Control
2. Next, we discussed authority. Again, we had many great answers
describing what authority is; however, we settled on one.
a) When people believe their rule is supreme
b) When people accept someone's power than that person has authority
c) When people accept that the government has their best interest in mind
d) When people accept that anarchy is the best type of government
e) No answer fits - ANSWER b) When people accept someone's power
than that person has authority
3. Which of the following are universal rights that all people should have
simply because they are born -- regardless if they were born into great
amounts of wealth or into the poorest hut? Remember there is a difference
between a right and a privilege.
a) the right to love
b) the right to think freely
c) the right to drive a car
d) the right to worship whatever God they wish
e) the right to express themselves - ANSWER a) the right to love
b) the right to think freely
d) the right to worship whatever God they wish
e) the right to express themselves
4. What is one of the purposes of government as we talked about several
times?
a) to rule
b) to make laws
,c) to provide order
d) to strive everyone towards the common good
e) no answer fits - ANSWER c) to provide order
5. Building off of question 4, what is the other purpose of government?
a) to provide security
b) to make war
c) to make dominate others
d) to tax its people
e) to make policy - ANSWER a) to provide security
6. According to John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, who enters into the
social contract?
a) people and invading armies
b) people and government
c) people and animals
d) people and computers - ANSWER b) people and government
7. Who came up with the Natural Right's philosophy anyway?
a) Thomas Hobbes
b) John Locke
c) Baron de'Montesquieu
d) Jean -- Jacque Rousseau - ANSWER b) John Locke
8. The Roman Republic promoted (the) ____, that is, what was best for the
entire society.
a) factions
b) established religion
c) common good
d) representative democracy
e) moral education - ANSWER c) common good
9. Classical Republicanism had three main components. Which of the
following is part of Classical Republicanism?
a) state of nature
b) natural rights
c) law of nature
d) civic virtue
e) no answer fits - ANSWER d) civic virtue
, 10. In Classical Republicanism people were discouraged from spending
much time doing such things as making money, traveling, reading, or
spending too much time with their families. Is this a true or a false
statement?
a) true
b) false - ANSWER a) true
11. To make sure people participated in their government, individual rights
were greatly limited in Classical Republicanism. Is this a true or a false
statement?
a) true
b) false - ANSWER a) true
12. People who believed in Classical Republicanism were convinced that
things did not just come to them automatically. Citizens must be taught
these traits to be a successful citizen in Classical Republicanism. How
were the individuals educated?
a) Faith based education
b) Natural right education
c) Natural law education
d) Moral education
e) no answer fits - ANSWER d) Moral education
13. Stressed the rights of the individual to life, liberty, and property -
ANSWER Natural Rights Philosophy
14. Stressed that human nature is such that individual behavior is
motivated by self-interest. - ANSWER Classical Republicanism
15. Stressed promoting the common good above the rights of the individual
- ANSWER Classical Republicanism
16. Stressed that individuals should be motivated by civic virtue - ANSWER
Classical Republicanism
17. Stressed that society is a collection of individuals, each sharing the
same right to pursue his or her own welfare - ANSWER Natural Rights
Philosophy
