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General American Trivia
100

What are the two areas of Hard Power

Military and Economic Power

100

What is the concept in politics that centers around authority? 

Sovereignty 

100

Who did Locke really influence within American Politics? (Person)

Thomas Jefferson

100

Philosopher that believed humans were naturally good.

Jean Jacque Rousseau

100

Who is the current vice president of the US?

JD Vance

200

He argued for the separation of powers...

Baron de Montesquieu

200

What is the study of knowledge referred to as? (Correct Spelling)

Philosophy

200

What are Locke's Natural Rights?

  • Life

  • Liberty

  • Estate (Property)

200

Power bullying

Hard Power

200

Where was the original capitol of the USA?

Philadelphia 

300

The use and application of _______ is the definition of politics.

Power

300

What is it called when a spiritual authority is given to a leader?

Divine Right of Kings

300

Leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people - What is this concept called?

Popular Sovereignty 

300

What is the name of Hobbes's famous book which he puts forth his concepts?

Leviathan 

300

What US state is known as the Sunshine State?

Florida

400

What are the three areas of soft power that we studied?

Culture, Internal Policies, Foreign Policies

400

Man's state of nature is Brutish and short - Who said this? (First and Last)

Thomas Hobbes

400

What are the names of the two works that we discussed that were written by John Locke?

Two Treatises of Government

400

Divisive concept that the US followed in the 1950s and before that decreased it's soft power.

Segregation

400

What year was Pennsylvania founded? Closest gets the points

1681

500

Whose definition is commonly agreed upon as the definition of power - 

A causing (or having the ability to cause) B to do something that B otherwise would not do.


Robert A Dahl

500

Finish Rousseau's famous quote, “Man if born ______and is everywhere else in _____”

Free , Chains

500

Explain Lockes view on the Divine Right idea.

Even if there was a divine right from a deity (God) the lineage would only be direct to Adam. There was no historical lineage or evidence of such a lineage to exist. The Divine logic is not reason-based.

500

Mr. Kosh had a slide with 3 Quotes from famous Monarchs. Name one of the 3

King James I

King Charles I

King Louis XIV

500

Pennsylvania is the 5th largest state in terms of population. Closest to the exact number gets the points.

13,078,751