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16 Cards in this Set
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Machiavelli believed that the basis of the ruler's authority was:
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power
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Some of Machiavelli's ideas have become the basis for authoritarian states, but he is more important for his use of the empirical method
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true
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Hobbes called the imaginary time in history when man lived without man-made laws or government the state of ______.
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nature
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Hobbes believed that man's essential nature was:
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evil
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What liberties or rights did Hobbes say man had under the rule of a government?
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the right to demand protection against other men
the right to self defense |
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According to Machiavelli, what were the purposes of the state?
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to gain power
to gain prestige |
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Unlike Hobbes, who believed in the authority of the state, John Locke believed in:
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the rights of man
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John Locke stressed that the limits of government power were natural rights and:
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natural law
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John Stuart Mill decided that the rights of man should be:
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limited
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Locke said that the primary purpose of government was the:
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protection of rights
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In the summer of 1776, _____ wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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Jefferson
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The frontier of the American colonies must have seemed like the state of nature described by what two men?
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Hobbes and Locke
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The body of the Declaration of Independence lists the actions of King George
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true
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what are the three main types of environments people live in?
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social
physical political |
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The concept of the nation that could be created, directed, and served by rational thought was established by the ______.
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Greeks
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What is the difference between a support and a demand?
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A demand is something where you tell the government to do this, or you ask the government to this cause it will help the state. It's giving a demand.
A support is something where you are showing the government you appriciate what they are doing and you like what they have done for your state. It's giving support. |
