2nd Checkup Flashcards
(26 cards)
List the three primary types of governments:
Autocracy, Democracy, and Republic.
God authorized governments to _______ wrongdoers and ______ the good.
Punish, Reward
What was Israel’s “constitution”?
God’s law
The congregational type of church polity is essentially _______ in nature.
Democratic
Which Apostle was probably an elder in the Church at Ephesus at one time?
a. Peter
b. James
c. John
John
The era in Greek history from 650 to 500 B.C. was known as the Age of _______
Tyrants
Who believed that a well-governed state was one in which the people obeyed the rulers and the rulers obeyed the laws?
Solon
The basic unit of early Latin society was the _______
Family
Name the three main social classes of the Late Roman Republic:
Patricians, Plebeians, Equites
What does the term Princeps mean?
a. eighth son
b. high priest
c. ten men
d. first citizen of the state
First citizen of the state
Which great English charter was signed in Runnymede meadow?
Magna Carta
The Petition of Right helped to establish the principle that even the King of England was subject to ______
The Law
William and Mary became the monarchs of England on the authority of _______
Parliament
What were man’s basic rights, according to John Locke?
Life, Liberty, and the right to own personal property.
The Twelve Tables was the codified law of ancient Athens. (True or false?)
False
The rights asserted in the Magna Carta were those of the ______
a. peasant’s
b. noble’s
c. clergy
b. king
Clergy
What great American document is largely Lockean in its content?
The Declaration of independence
Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations has been considered the first comprehensive
study of _______
Political economy.
What did Adam Smith believe was the source and final measure of true value?
Labor
Most American colonists were:
a. Roman Catholics
b. Protestants
c. Jewish
d. Atheists
Protestants
Which Reformer attempted to set up in Geneva a theocratic republic based on his
view of Scriptures?
John Calvin
Which version of the Bible was the most popular among the American Puritans?
Genova Bible
What is the Protestant Ethic?
The Idea that certain protestant beliefs resulted in capitalism
The Ideas of ______ are the very foundation of the Protestant ethic.
John Calvin
