Unit 1: Chapter 1

Question 1

In what Biblical verse did God say that “righteousness exalts a nation” ?

Answer 1

Proverbs 14:34

Question 2

What is the reason for America’s greatness over the past 200 years?

Answer 2

The righteous character of her people

Question 3

How do a people become righteous?

Answer 3

They must be righteous with their thoughts, speech, and actions.

Question 4

What is the foundation for our behavior ?

Answer 4

Our character

Question 5

What is culture?

Answer 5

It is the way of life.

Question 6

What is America’s primary cultural influence?

Answer 6

It is her Judeo-Christian heritage.

Question 7

What is the Puritan (or Protestant) Work Ethic?

Answer 7

It is the idea that work is a gift from God and a means of glorifying Him.

Question 8

What does “free enterprise” mean?

Answer 8

It means that the government leaves people free to their own businesses and make a living based upon their own enterprise.

Question 9

What type of government exercises its powers under constraints, usually by the means of a constitution?

Answer 9

Limited government

Question 10

Why did America’s founders give her a limited government ?

Answer 10

Because they feared tyrannical government.

Question 11

Every ______ that we possess, we have because someone ___ _______ for us to have it.

Answer 11

1. Freedom
2. Else
3. Sacrificed

Question 12

What is defined as anything that helps people remember past events?

Answer 12

Memorials

Question 13

What are some of America’s memorials?

Answer 13

1. National Documents (the Constitution)
2. Symbols (the flag or the bald eagle)
3. Monuments (the Washington Monument or the Lincoln Memorial)
4. Creeds (the Pledge of Allegiance)

Question 14

What is a system of colors and designs that was devised during the Middle Ages?

Answer 14

Heraldry

Question 15

When do you salute the flag?

Answer 15

1. When it is raised or lowered.

2. When it passes by in a parade or review.

Question 16

What is a pledge ?

Answer 16

A solemn promise

Question 17

What does allegiance mean?

Answer 17

Our loyalty, our support, and our devotion to duty.

Question 18

Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance ?

Answer 18

Francis Bellamy

Question 19

In what year did Congress adopt the pledge, and in what year were the words “under God” added?

Answer 19

1942 and 1954

Question 20

What is the official patriotic song or hymn of a country ?

Answer 20

The National Anthem

Question 21

What is America’s national anthem, and who wrote it?

Answer 21

The Star-Spangled Banner and Francis Scott Key

Question 22

In what year was the Star-Spangled Banner adopted as the national anthem ?

Answer 22

1931

Question 23

What is America’s nation bird, and what qualities does it represent ?

Answer 23

The bald eagle

Strength, power, and freedom

Question 24

What sits above the head of the chief justice of the Supreme Court?

Answer 24

A tablet representing the Ten Commandments

Question 25

What is Patriotism?

Answer 25

A love for one’s country and a loyalty to that country.

Question 26

What spirit of patriotism did Americans feel for their country?

Answer 26

“Americanism”

Question 27

What means characteristics and traditions passed down to us by our ancestors?

Answer 27

Heritage

Question 28

What is the promotion of one’s own nation and government regardless of moral considerations ?

Answer 28

Nationalism

Question 29

Who was the first black American in the history of the United States armed forces to achieve the rank of four-star general?

Answer 29

Chaplin James

Question 30

Who said, “Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country”?

Answer 30

John F. Kennedy

Question 31

What passage in the Bible talks about meditating on the laws of God and obeying them ?

Answer 31

Joshua 1:8

Question 32

Which Biblical passage gives Christians God’s view off how man should approach authority?

Answer 32

Romans 13