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Unit 1: Chapter 2 Flashcards

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1
Q

What does it mean when we say that God is sovereign?

A

It means that He has the both the supreme power and the right to govern all nations and their rulers.

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2
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What is the source of governmental authority ?

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God

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3
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What is the first foundational civil ordinance ?

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Capital Punishment

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4
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What is God’s purpose for government ?

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To protect the innocent by punishing the guilty.

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5
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Who wrote Commentaries on the Laws of England ?

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William Blackstone

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What are the two foundations for law ?

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Revealed Law - directly from God

Natural Law - discernible by all men as image-bearers of God

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What are commandments ?

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Orders from God telling men what to do and what not to do.

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What is another name for the Ten Commandments ?

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The Decalogue

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9
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What was the name for the first Law code written by man, and who wrote it ?

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It was called the Code of Hammurabi written by Hammurabi.

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10
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What is a government where God rules directly called ?

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Theocracy

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11
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What is the belief that government should remove everything religious from its domain ?

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Secularism

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12
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What is an Autocracy ?

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Rule by one whose will is supreme.

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What is a democracy ?

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The people rule, either by popular vote or indirectly through elected representatives.

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How did a monarch receive his position ?

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Through inheritance

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What is a system of government in which the monarch has unlimited power?

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Absolute Monarch

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What are constitutional monarchies ?

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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 and elected representative assembly.

17
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What is a system of government in which the ruler acquires his power by some means other that inheritance and rules with absolute authority?

A

A dictatorship

18
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What is totalitarianism ?

A

It controls all aspects of society

19
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What is a totalitarian dictatorship in which all power is vested in one ruler?

A

Fascism

20
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What was Nazism ?

A

Racist Fascism

21
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What is Communism ?

A

A totalitarian dictatorship by one or more persons that advocates the violent, revolutionary overthrow of the existing economic, political, and social order and sets up a tyrannical state that dominates the person, property, and thought of all the citizens by means of physical and psychological force and terror.

22
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What is another name for Communism?

A

Marxist-Leninism

23
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About how many people have been killed by Communism ?

A

140 million people

24
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What is a system of government control over the economy of a nation ?

A

Socialism

25
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What is a direct democracy ?

A

The people rule directly by popular vote.

26
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What is an indirect democracy ?

A

The people rule indirectly through elected representatives.

27
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What is a constitutional republic ?

A

The people and their representatives are limited by a constitution.

28
Q

What country has an unwritten constitution ?

A

England

29
Q

In response to government, Christians should always do these two things …

A
  1. Pray for those in authority.

2. Respect and submit to their authority

30
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It is also the Christian’s duty to do these three things…

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  1. Pray daily for their public officials.
  2. Be informed on the issues and about the candidates so that they can vote intelligently at each election.
  3. Write to their elected representatives in order to influence the legislative process.
31
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What is the idea that the church and the government are to remain institutionally separate ?

A

Separation of church and state

32
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What is the Cornerstone of the American government ?

A

The character of the American people.

33
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What is government?

A

It is the authority and power to control, to direct, and to rule the actions and affairs of others.

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