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Question | Answer |
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What was one means by which Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian values spread throughout Europe in the first centuries A.D.? | expansion of the Roman Empire |
Which group said "innocent until proven guilty"? | Greco-Romans |
In Judeo-Christian tradition, helping others in need should be the | responsibility of every person. |
Type of law handed down by the Jews and Christians? | Moral code of law |
The Ten Commandments handed down from the Jews and Christians is what kind of law? | Moral and Ethical |
Which characteristic is shared by the ancient Roman Republic and the United States | Both societies established a form of representative government. |
A Democratic system of government where people rule through elected officials is know as what type? | Republic/representative |
John Locke and Rousseau believe that people are basically ______ | good |
What are natural rights according to Locke? | Life, liberty, property |
Rousseau and Locke would be believe in what kind of government? | A society in which the people chose the rule |
According to Locke, what should be protected by the government? | Natural rights |
Which of the following is a concept from classical Athens that is central to Western political thought today? | Individual achievement, dignity, and worth are of great importance |
The Greeks had a political system where citizens vote for everything. What was it called? | Direct Democracy |
The Greco/Romans gave us what kind of law? | civil code of law |
Which was the most significant effect of the European Enlightenment period? | It provided the intellectual spark for the American and French Revolutions. |
The Enlightenment thinker John Locke argued that life, liberty, and property are? | Natural rights that should be protected by government |
Ancient Greek philosophers helped the development of democracy by? | Promoting reason and thought |
With which of the following would an Enlightenment thinker most agree? | The right to rule comes from the consent of the people |
Which group wrote about changing the relationship between people and their government? | Writers of the Enlightenment |
Making laws, serving on juries, holding office and voting are what according to the Greeks and Romans? | Duties of every citizen. |
The writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment believed the government decisions should be based on? | Laws of nature and reason |
Who says men are evil and need a strong monarch to control them? | Hobbes |
What form of government is based on the idea that people can govern themselves? | Democracy |
A new government based on the principle of popular sovereignty must | affirm the idea that its power comes from the people. |
In which of the following ways did Montesquieu influence the Constitution of the United States? | system of checks and balances, 3 branches of governement |