Chapter 1

Question 1

Any system of public rule or authority

Answer 1

Government

Question 2

Human quantities that reflect God’s character

Answer 2

Image of God

Question 3

God’s command to mankind to exercise wise and responsible dominion over God’s world

Answer 3

Creation mandate

Question 4

Man’s mind, will, and emotions have been twisted by his fall into sin

Answer 4

Human depravity

Question 5

Absence of government

Answer 5

Anarchy

Question 6

Doing right and respecting others’ rights

Answer 6

Justice

Question 7

Conformity to the character of God

Answer 7

Righteousness

Question 8

Love and devotion to ones country

Answer 8

Patriotism

Question 9

What is the name of God’s command for mankind to exercise wise and responsible dominion over his world?

Answer 9

The creation mandate

Question 10

E

Question 11

Exercising wise and responsible dominion over God’s world is the fulfillment of…

Answer 11

The creation mandate

Question 12

Human government is necessary for all of the following reasons except

Answer 12

It isn’t; man is good by nature

Question 13

The blindfold on the statue of lady justice represents courts’

Answer 13

Power to punish

Question 14

The sword on the statue of lady justice represents courts’

Answer 14

Power to punish

Question 15

One of the biblical obligations of government is to

Answer 15

Rewarding righteousness and punish unrighteousness

Question 16

Conformity to God’s standard is

Answer 16

Righeousness

Question 17

What is a basic duty of government?

Answer 17

To reward righteousness

Question 18

To protect their citizens against injustices, governments should

Answer 18

Provide national defense and public safety

Question 19

Participation in government requires that one

Answer 19

Learn how government operates

Question 20

Which of the following are ways for Christian’s to interact with government?

A. Voting
B. Voicing their opinions
C. Supporting specific candidates
D. Running for office
E. All of the above

Answer 20

E. All of the above

Question 21

Injustice occurs when a person’s ______ are violated

Answer 21

Rights

Question 22

_______ means that governments should encourage people to do right and respect one another’s rights

Answer 22

Justice

Question 23

Moral codes should reflect the _________ of God.

Answer 23

Character

Question 24

“We ought to obey ___ rather than ___.” (Acts 5:29)

Answer 24

God; men

Question 25

What five character traits of God were granted to humanity at creation?

Answer 25

Reason, moral capacity, spirituality, sociability, and emotion

Question 26

What term décrites the belief that every part of each person’s being (mind, will, and emotion)

Answer 26

Human depravity

Question 27

What punishment has been the defining right of human government?

Answer 27

Punishing unrighteousness

Question 28

What are three of the five basic duties of government?

Answer 28

Insure justice, provide national defense, and address poverty

Question 29

Since injustice follows war and invasion and since just laws must be upheld, one of not the primary duties of government is to provide what two things?

Answer 29

Provide order and promote moral behavior

Question 30

List three common actions governments perform and provide order to society

Answer 30

Create traffic laws, keep official records, and maintain public facilites