Baron de la brède et de montesquieu was a french political thinker who argued that a. democratic governments inevitably descend into anarchy. b. slavery was morally just if used as punishment for a crime. c. power needed to be balanced by power as a bulwark against tyranny. d. government must take ownership over the means of economic production.

c. power needed to be balanced by power as a bulwark against tyranny.

Explanation:

Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu was a great french political philosopher. Montesquieu was an early originator of balance of power among the three branches of government(executive,judiciary, and legislative) in his "separation of powers". He believed the equal but different powers among these branches of government was important to balance these powers, putting a check on each and preventing too much power with one individual-tyranny.

giant impact theory - the moon was formed from the collision between earth and another mars-sized body.

colliding planetesimals hypothesis - the moon was formed from the same cloud of material as earth.

capture hypothesis - the moon was locked into orbit by earths gravity as it was passing by it.

accretion hypothesis - the moon was formed from collisions and combining of planetesimals.

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