GOV Unit 1 Review

What term refers to encouraging people to do right and punishing those who do wrong, and requires that laws be administered equally?

• civil rights

• justice

• natural rights

• righteousness

What is a form of government in which a hereditary ruler, such as a king or queen, is the leader?

• dictatorship

• authoritarian

• monarchy

• anarchy

_______________________ are churches that receive financial aid and other support from the government

In what system do the people elect the head of the executive branch independently of the legislative branch?

• presidential system

• unitary system

• parliamentary system

• constitutional monarchy

What is the belief that all people have a conscience and recognize that certain moral truths exist in nature?

• natural law

• democracy

• civil rights

• secularism

What term refers to the two houses of the legislative branch collectively?

• Cabinet

• Senate

• Congress

• General Assembly

Why is government necessary according to God’s word? And what should government do according to God’s word?

What is a form of government that acts without the people's consent, with an elite ruling class, usually the military or a powerful ruling family, having absolute power?

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• anarchy

• republic

What term refers to beliefs that guide an individual or group based on an underlying worldview?

• established denominations

• ideologies

• political parties

• cults

Match the following

• parliamentary system

• a system of government in which regional governments retain supremacy over the national government

• unitary system

• a form of government in which all governmental power resides in the central government

• confederate system

• a system of government in which the majority party with the most electoral support appoints the chief executive, known as the prime minister