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Government Test 1 Flashcards

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1
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government

A

the authority and power to control, to direct, and to rule the actions and affairs of others.
demos: to steer
kratia: to rule

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the source of governmental authority comes from where?

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God

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3
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capital punishment

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the death penalty for murder
Genesis 9: 5-6

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4
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the origin of civil government

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Genesis 4: 17

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God’s law

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the 10 commandments, revealed law, natural law

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6
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where does every government derive it’s authority

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from God

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theocracy

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a government where God rules directly from God

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theocracy examples

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New England Puritans and Israel

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Iran is the best modern example of what

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rule by clerics

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10
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council of guardians

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top clerical system, like supreme court, Ayatollah is the leader of this group

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Ayatollah

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appointed for life

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what do the Council of Guardians keep law under?

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Sharia law, this is a theocracy

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secularism

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separation-of-church-and-state

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autocracy

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the rule by one whose will is supreme
autos: self
kratia: to rule

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democracy

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the people rule, either directly or indirectly

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dynasty

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rule by a single family

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example of a dynasty

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Tudor, Romonavs, or Saud

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monarchy

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the distinguishing feature of a monarch is that he received his position by inheritance

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monarch

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“to rule alone”

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absolute monarch

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system of gov. that the monarch has unlimited powers

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absolute monarch example

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“Sun King” Louis XIV, King David

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constitutional monarch

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systems of government in which the monarch’s power is limited by a constitution and is equal to or subservient to an elected representative assembly

23
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example of constitutional monarch

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Queen Elizabeth II

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dictatorship

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system of government in which the ruler acquires power by some means other than inheritance and rules with absolute authority

25
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junta

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military cabinet

26
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example of a dictator

A

Francisco Franco of Spain

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totalitarian

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government where they control all aspects of society

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examples of totalitarian dictators

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Benito Mussolini

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Fascism

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totalitarian dictatorship in which all power is vested in one ruler

30
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nazism

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a form of racist fascism that dominated Germany under Adolf Hitler

31
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example of Fascism

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Benito Mussolini

32
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how many people have been killed by Red China and Marxist totalitarianism?

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over 140 million

33
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what is marxism-leninism

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concentration of power among a small, elite group of bureaucrats who control the wealth and resources of the nation while the majority of the population work like slaves to support the state

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socialism

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a political, religious, social, and economic system

35
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direct democracy

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the people rule directly by popular vote

36
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ex. of direct democracy

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Athens

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indirect democracy

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the people rule indirectly through elected representatives

38
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ex. of indirect democracy

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how the U.S. votes

39
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parliamentary democracy

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U.K.

40
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constitutional republic

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the people and their representatives are limited by a constitution

41
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ex. of a constitutional republic

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the U.S.

42
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why are we a constitutional republic

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the creators of government were historians and they knew we are natural sinful and we would have tyranny, so they chose the constitutional republic for the best case scenario

43
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who transcribed the Bible into English?

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Wycliffe and Tyndale

44
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Alfred the Great

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he was the first to codify his own laws

45
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Henry Debracton

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first guy who put out that the king should be under the law too

46
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William Blackstone

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a) grounded in revealed law
b) most important legal commentator
c) the commentaries of the laws of england

47
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Simon DeMontfort

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created parliament

48
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Magna Carta

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no taxation without representation

49
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Mayflower Compact

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an agreement that when the time comes we will agree on the law

50
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forms of gov.

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theocracy, autocracy, and democracy

51
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types of autocracy

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monarchy and dictatorship

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