Government and Worldview Intro Test

Question 0

Countries that are theocracies

Answer 0

Saudi Arabia, Iran

Question 1

Ways that government can fulfill their biblical obligations

Answer 1

Reward righteousness, punish unrighteousness, protect rights

Question 2

T/F: Under the parliamentary system, the majority party selects the person to head the government

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What was the agreement among the Pilgrims that established a temporary government?

Answer 3

The Mayflower Compact

Question 4

T/F: Secular is the same as neutral

Answer 4

False

Question 5

T/F: The Trinity provides a model for modern governments

Answer 5

True

Question 6

T/F: If the government tries to force a believer to take action that violates a biblical mandate, the believer must submit to earthly law

Answer 6

False

Question 7

T/F: A worldview is like a mental map that tells us how to navigate the world

Answer 7

True

Question 8

5 principles of democratic government

Answer 8

Majority rule, equality, liberty, necessity of compromise, individual worth

Question 9

T/F: Paul exhorts believers to pray for their governments

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Which questions does a worldview answer?

Answer 10

Who is God, what does it mean to be human, what is the foundation of right and wrong

Question 11

Countries under a dictatorship

Answer 11

North Korea, Cuba, China

Question 12

T/F: Today it is easier for believing Americans to be involved in government than it was for Christians to participate in government during the Roman Empire

Answer 12

True

Question 13

T/F: The popular majority and representative majority do not necessarily agree

Answer 13

True

Question 14

A country with an oligarchy AND a representative democracy

Answer 14

South Africa

Question 15

Representative democracy

Answer 15

democracy where the citizens elect leaders to represent them in government

Question 16

Junta

Answer 16

A small group that rules a country after taking it over by force

Question 17

Autocracy

Answer 17

One person has all the power

Question 18

Direct democracy

Answer 18

Type of democracy where the citizens are involved in day-to-day government

Question 19

Theocracy

Answer 19

Recognizes God as the ultimate authority in government and law

Question 20

Dictatorship

Answer 20

One leader has absolute control over citizens’ lives

Question 21

Democracy

Answer 21

Citizens hold the political power

Question 22

Oligarchy

Answer 22

A small group of people has all the power

Question 23

Anarchy

Answer 23

People are not subject to any nation or government

Question 24

Monarchy

Answer 24

A king or queen rules the country

Question 25

T/F: Christians should avoid forcing people to face the truth they do not want to face

Answer 25

False

Question 26

T/F: God expects Christians to abandon all participation in government and leave it to non-believers

Answer 26

False

Question 27

T/F: The Reformation shattered the notion of a single unified church and resulted in many churches

Answer 27

True

Question 28

What is anarchy?

Answer 28

The absence of government rule

Question 29

Government

Answer 29

A system of public rule or authority

Question 30

T/F: The president of the United States is elected directly by citizens of the U.S.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

According to secularists, religious arguments on political matters can be safely

Answer 31

Ignored

Question 32

T/F: Christians should obey government to maintain a good testimony and because God ordained governments to fulfill certain responsibilities

Answer 32

True

Question 33

What controversy was ended by the Diet of Worms?

Answer 33

Lay investure

Question 34

T/F: Anarchy means "government by the people"

Answer 34

False

Question 35

What does "ideas have consequences" mean?

Answer 35

Our worldview affects how we live

Question 36

What is not a branch of federal government: legislative, military, judicial, or executive?

Answer 36

Military

Question 37

Patriotism

Answer 37

Love and devotion to one's government

Question 38

The heart of the American government

Answer 38

The Constitution

Question 39

Romans 12:2 "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your ____, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect"

Answer 39

mind

Question 40

Wats Christians can interact with the government

Answer 40

Seek to evangelize government officials, pray for those in authority, vote for good candidates, run for elective office

Question 41

Chief executive officer of the United States

Answer 41

President

Question 42

Worldview

Answer 42

Pattern of ideas, beliefs, convictions, and habits that help us make sense of God, the world, and our relationship with the two

Question 43

Which view holds that Old Testament law holds true today?

Answer 43

Theonomy

Question 44

People who first practiced democracy

Answer 44

Greeks

Question 45

Theology

Answer 45

Study of God

Question 46

Philosophy

Answer 46

Study of knowledge, truth, and the nature of ultimate reality

Question 47

Ehtics

Answer 47

Study of moral conduct, values, and duties

Question 48

Biology

Answer 48

Study of life and living organisms

Question 49

Psychology

Answer 49

Study of the human soul

Question 50

Sociology

Answer 50

Study of human societies and institutions

Question 51

Law

Answer 51

Study of ordinances designed to help citizens get along with each other

Question 52

Politics

Answer 52

Study of community governance

Question 53

Economics

Answer 53

Study of management of resources

Question 54

History

Answer 54

Study of past places, persons, and events

Question 55

Command for man to reflect the glories of the Maker across creation, back to his fellow man, and back to God

Answer 55

Creation Mandate

Question 56

Head of a parliamentary government

Answer 56

Prime minister

Question 57

John Locke believed political unity could be achieved among people with different religions because

Answer 57

All men have a conscience and recognize that law is built into nature

Question 58

Human depravity

Answer 58

Every part of man

Question 59

Righteousness

Answer 59

Conformity to the standard of God

Question 60

Prime Minister

Answer 60

Head of parliamentary government

Question 61

Confederacy

Answer 61

Type of government system in which the national government has little to no power

Question 62

Democracy

Answer 62

Government by the people

Question 63

Pluralism

Answer 63

A society in which many different religious groups, all holding different views of right and wrong, live together

Question 64

T/F: The church was established by God, but man established government

Answer 64

False

Question 65

Countries that have a monarchy and democracy

Answer 65

Denmark, England

Question 66

Which is elected by popular vote: Congress, Federal Reserve Board, Supreme Court, cabinet

Answer 66

Congress

Question 67

Which of the following is a religious worldview: Islam, Marxism, Secularism

Answer 67

All of the above

Question 68

T/F: Everyone has a worldview

Answer 68

True

Question 69

________ cannot be utilized to guard against bad ideas

Answer 69

Indoctrination

Question 70

___, ____, and ____ can be utilized to guard against bad ideas

Answer 70

Inoculation, refutation, preparation

Question 71

T/F: When Christ puts an end to sin, there will be no need for government in the new earth

Answer 71

False

Question 72

Evidence of a person's worldview physically plays out in their

Answer 72

Behavior

Question 73

T/F: Oligarchy is an example of rule by one

Answer 73

False