Biblical Basis
God gave these to Moses.
What were the Ten Commandments?
The most common head of government in history.
Who is a king?
Freedom of religion is guaranteed in this amendment to the Constitution.
What is the First Amendment?
The length of a congressman’s term in office.
What is 2 years?
In a __________, all voters take part in passing laws.
What is a democracy?
Where did the idea of human government originate.
From God.
The name for the ruling body in the Roman Republic.
What was the Senate or Roman Senate?
The Preamble to the Constitution states that the Constitution is ordained by who?
Who are The people?
The length of a U.S. Senator’s term in office.
What is 6 years?
A maximum number of years that an elected official can serve.
What are term limits?
This law considered a person innocent until proven guilty.
What is the Law of Moses?
This person believed a limited government, with checks and balances, gave people the most freedom.
Who was John Locke?
In October of 1765, American colonist protested unjust taxation without ________.
What is representation?
The number of congressmen in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?
A form of government with divided sovereignty but unified in its purpose.
What is federalism?
These nations fell because of the sin and idolatry that were rampant in their cultures.
What were Israel and Judah.
English barons forced King John to sign this in 1215.
What was the Magna Carta?
The year the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia.
What is 1787?
The president of the U.S. Senate.
Who is the vice president of the United States?
A meeting that occurs in the period between an election and the start of a new Congress.
What is a lame-duck session?
This person said, “free government rests upon public and private morality”.
Who was John Adams?
King James I of England believed in the ________ of kings.
What is the divine right of kings?
In 1776. Richard Henry Lee proposed that the colonies should be _______.
What are free and independent states?
The Senate’s role in approving treaties and presidential appointments is called __________.
What is advice and consent?
The process of determining how many congressmen each state has.
What is apportionment?