Directions: Using the words provided, choice the best word to complete each sentence.
A. Social contract
E Checks and balances
B. Consent of govemed
F. Enlightenment
C. State of Nature
G. Natural rights
10. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to protect citizen's
11. The system of
powerful by allowing each to keep an eye on what the other is doing.
12. Influenced by Montesquieu idea of
divided the powers of our government into 3 branches.
D. influence
H. Separation of powers
W
monarchies.
16. A democratic government operates with the
purpose is to protect its citizens.
prevents any one branch of government from getting too
our founding fathers
13. Both Locke and Hobbes believed that in a
14. Citizens of a country have an unspoken.
government in order to prevent chaos and danger for themselves and others.
15. During the
there would be chaos.
with their
many philosophers questioned the power of
and its main