2.04 Lesson Assessment: American Government 2023 with
complete solution
what was the most important influence on the american founders ?
answer choices:
1. ancient Egypt hierarchies
2. Native American federations
3. African dual governance
4. European Enlightenment
answer: 4. European Enlightenment
Which statement about Thomas Hobbes and John Locke is not correct?
answer choices:
1 .Both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke wrote about contract theories of government.
2.Thomas Hobbes defended powerful government and John Locke thought the power of
government should be limited.
3. Both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke imagined what life was like in a state of
nature.
Correct Response //// 4. Hobbes argued that because the "general will" of the people
was for freedom, the people as a whole should force individual citizens to conform to
the general will.
answer: 4. Hobbes argued that because the "general will" of the people was for
freedom, the people as a whole should force individual citizens to conform to the
general will.
Which of the Enlightenment thinkers would agree with the idea that people have natural
rights that the government should protect?
answer choices:
1.John Locke
2.Descartes
3.Montesquieu
4. Emmerich de Vattel
answer: 1. john locke
What document includes the phrase "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal ..."?
answer choices:
1.the English Bill of Rights
2. the Declaration of Independence
3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract
4.Aristotle's Politics
answer: 2. the Declaration of Independence
What did the Declaration of Independence have in common with most state
constitutions?
complete solution
what was the most important influence on the american founders ?
answer choices:
1. ancient Egypt hierarchies
2. Native American federations
3. African dual governance
4. European Enlightenment
answer: 4. European Enlightenment
Which statement about Thomas Hobbes and John Locke is not correct?
answer choices:
1 .Both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke wrote about contract theories of government.
2.Thomas Hobbes defended powerful government and John Locke thought the power of
government should be limited.
3. Both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke imagined what life was like in a state of
nature.
Correct Response //// 4. Hobbes argued that because the "general will" of the people
was for freedom, the people as a whole should force individual citizens to conform to
the general will.
answer: 4. Hobbes argued that because the "general will" of the people was for
freedom, the people as a whole should force individual citizens to conform to the
general will.
Which of the Enlightenment thinkers would agree with the idea that people have natural
rights that the government should protect?
answer choices:
1.John Locke
2.Descartes
3.Montesquieu
4. Emmerich de Vattel
answer: 1. john locke
What document includes the phrase "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal ..."?
answer choices:
1.the English Bill of Rights
2. the Declaration of Independence
3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract
4.Aristotle's Politics
answer: 2. the Declaration of Independence
What did the Declaration of Independence have in common with most state
constitutions?
