POL-1 First Quiz

Question 1

Government ruled by or subject to religious authority

Answer 1

Theocracy

Question 2

James Madison and the other Founders of the American republic feared that majority rule was bound to undermine freedom and threaten the rights of the individual

Answer 2

Founders Limits on Tyranny

Question 3

Hobbes believed that the only true and correct form of government was the absolute monarchy. If man is placed in a state of nature (that is, without any form of government) humans would be in a state of constant warfare with one another. he believed the only form of government strong enough to hold humanity’s cruel impulses in check was absolute monarchy, where a king wielded supreme and unchecked power over his subjects.

Answer 3

Thomas Hobbes

Question 4

Locke believed that the original state of nature was happy and characterized by reason and tolerance. In that state all people were equal and independent, and none had a right to harm another’s “life, health, liberty, or possessions.” The state should be guided by natural law.

Answer 4

John Locke

Question 5

Massachusetts, 1786; Result of a near “perfect storm” of developments: plummeting prices for crops, a dramatic increase in state taxes to pay of Revolutionary Wars Debts, and Governor James Bowdoin’s insistence that note-holders be pain in full buy the state.

Answer 5

Shay’s Rebellion

Question 6

In a confederation, the constituent states get together for certain common purposes but retain ultimate individual authority and can veto major central governmental actions. The United Nations and the American Government under the _____________ are examples.

Answer 6

Articles of Confederation