WGU C963 Exam Questions and Answers (Fall 2022/2023

The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no governmThe right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no government may take them away. - ANSWER Natural Rights A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into existence. - ANSWER State of Nature The requirement that government, when dealing with people, have in place a fair procedure which it equally applies to all. - ANSWER Due Process An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights. - ANSWER Social Contract Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and purpose of government. - ANSWER Political Ideologies A lawmaking body that consists of two separate chambers. - ANSWER Bicameral Legislature An election in which the winner is determined by the number of individual votes obtained. - ANSWER Popular Vote A plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would be elected to the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the upper house would be chosen by the lower house. - ANSWER Virginia Plan A plan that called for a one-house national legislature; each state would receive one vote. - ANSWER New Jersey Plan ent may take them away. - ANSWER Natural Rights