Key Terms
This is any system of public rule or authority.
What is government?
A state of lawlessness due to the absence or inefficiency of a supreme power.
What is anarchy?
Characteristic of democracy in which the most votes wins.
What is Majority Rule?
The first president of the United States, unanimously voted into office following the ratification of the Constitution.
Who is George Washington?
A concept proposed by secularists which suggests that religious ideas and government should not mix at all.
What is the absolute separation of church and state?
The command of God to humanity to be fruitful, multiply, and exercise wise dominion over the earth.
What is the Creation Mandate?
When a single ruler takes control through fear and acts without the people's consent.
What is a dictatorship?
(Also accept: autocracy or oligarchy)
A condition for democracy to work in which all citizens are given a chance.
What is Opportunity?
A British philosopher who introduced the concept of natural law as a solution to the growing problem of pluralism following the Reformation.
Who is John Locke?
A biblical obligation of the government in which the government is responsible for enforcing laws and fairly punishing people who go against those laws.
What is "Ensure Justice"?
The Branch of the American Government that is responsible for interpreting laws.
What is the judicial branch?
A system of government in which the people are involved.
What is a popular government?
A condition for democracy to work in which citizens are equipped to know the difference between right and wrong and not just going for what is popular.
What is Moral Responsibility?
Accused as being a tyrant, he is the primary reason American colonists decided to revolt against Britain. The Declaration of Independence was written to and about him.
Who is King George III?
A biblical obligation of the government in which the government is responsible for encouraging American citizens to do good through laws and incentives.
What is "Promote Moral Behavior"?
The coexistence of a diversity of ethnic, social, religious, and political groups.
What is pluralism?
A government system where most of the power rests with the national government instead of the regional/state governments.
What is a federal government?
The place where the first democracy was developed.
What is Athens?
The fake name used by anti-Federalists to publish multiple articles attacking the Constitution.
Who is "Cato"?
A theory rooted in biblical principles which recognizes that all people have a conscience and can recognize that certain moral truths exist in nature.
What is "Natural Law"?
America's first attempt at a government system after winning the Revolutionary War.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
A government system in which the majority of the power rests with the regional/state governments instead of the national government.
What is a confederate government?
A document which protected the people by limiting the power of the government.
What is the Bill of Rights?
(Also accept: Magna Carta)
Played a key role in the Constitutional Convention and is known as "The Father of the Constitution".
Who is James Madison?
The idea that God gave humans qualities that reflect His character. This also informs our view of each other and should affect how we treat each other.
What is "the image of God"?