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Political Thought Quiz 5 (30 MCQs)

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1. What was the title of Machiavelli's handbook for politicians?
2. What was one of the main purposes of the Magna Carta?
3. Rousseau and Locke believed the government should
4. One important similarity between the American Revolution and the French Revolution is that they both
5. What is the concept of general will?
6. Which policy implemented by Manuel L. Quezon aimed to empower local industries and reduce dependence on imports?
7. "I think we should continue to emphasize the history and culture of the West, while encompassing the rest, because the West has in fact made the world we know. Anyone who wants to participate in the world community in the coming century had better know how and why the West has defined, and will continue to define, world civilization. Why do I say that? Because everybody wants what we have:science and technology, prosperity, and democracy-that is, our philosophy, our economics, our politics. It is the simple truth that science and technology emerge out of Western philosophy, not out of the philosophy of India, China, or the African nations. Since it is a fact that people everywhere aspire to the material advantages that flow, uniquely I think, from the modes of social organization that the West has devised-its economics, its science and technology, and also its politics and philosophy-I think it is time to stop apologizing and start analyzing what has made [the West] the world-defining power that it is." Jacob Neusner, historian, "It is Time to Stop Apologizing for Western Civilization and to Start Analyzing Why It Defines World Culture, " The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989 The author's argument regarding the effects of Western philosophy on the world is likely based on which of the following?
8. According Plato, the ruling class would be made of .....
9. Known as the father of Liberalism, this English philosopher is one of the most influential political philosophers of the modern period. In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch. He argued that people have rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and property, that have a foundation independent of the laws of any particular society. He used the claim that men are naturally free and equal as part of the justification for understanding legitimate political government as the result of a social contract where people in the state of nature conditionally transfer some of their rights to the government in order to better ensure the stable, comfortable enjoyment of their lives, liberty, and property. Since governments exist by the consent of the people in order to protect the rights of the people and promote the public good, governments that fail to do so can be resisted and replaced with new governments.
10. What are natural rights?
11. This French Philosopher and writer believed social progress could be achieved through reason and that no authority-religious or political or otherwise-should be immune to challenge by reason.
12. Which of the following is NOT one of the important limits on the monarchy created by the English Bill of Rights?
13. Which of the following actions best represents Andres Bonifacio's political philosophy in practice?
14. The Magna Carta and the English bill of rights both
15. A government in which all citizens could vote on all lawmaking decisions, is best described as a/an ..... ?
16. This group supported women's right to vote
17. Montesquieu believes that there should be a balance and separation of power between
18. In which forms of government was ruled based at least partially on wealth?
19. The United States Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen reflect a shared concern for
20. Which was NOT a reform of Solon?
21. How did the U.S. Constitution set up a strong but not tyrannical government?
22. People agree to give up freedom and follow laws and government agrees to protect people. What is this an example of?
23. Political Thought:Divine Right is the doctrine that men derive their authority from God, not from their subjects, from which it follows that rebellion is the worst of political crimes.
24. The Glorious Revolution can best be described as .....
25. The following quote from the Declaration of Independence represents an idea from which philosopher? "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ..... "
26. Where was Voltaire born?
27. When did John Locke argue was a proper time to change or replace an existing government?
28. According to Plato, what is knowledge?
29. Who was influenced Locke, when he wrote the Declaration of Independence?
30. How are powers divided in the federal system?
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