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Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 31mins
Which political ideology would majority of Americans probably say is the way a government should function?
Democracy
Liberalism
Socialism
Conservatism
Democracy is made up of two Greek words, Demos and Kratia. What does Demos mean?
People
Power
Freedom
Justice
Democracy is made up of two Greek words, Demos and Kratia. What does Kratia mean?
People
Power
Justice
Freedom
Democracy has always been a popular political ideology for Christians throughout history.
True
False
One thing that democracy assumes is that people will always vote according to
The best interest of themselves
The best interest of the nation
The best interest of their jobs
The best interest of their friends
Christians worried that if a Democracy that could determine morality laws, what would stop it from morally self-destructing.
True
False
Which of the following things did the notes not mention Democracy helping stop?
Slavery in the US
Totalitarianism in Europe
Communism in the USSR
Revolution in Canada
Since all people are image-bearers and told to rule, it seems natural that all would have a say in the political process.
True
False
A Democracy sees authority as evil, and equality as the solution.
True
False
The success of Democracy is dependent on
The freedom of a nation
The values of a nation
The justice it provides
The democratic structure
What political ideology usually refers to the belief in the value of traditional practices, values, and institutions in a society?
Liberalism
Conservatism
Democracy
Socialism
Conservatism is the same no matter where you are in the world.
True
False
Conservatism means nothing until you know what the person wants to conserve.
True
False
Which one is not one of the three strands of American Conservatism?
Traditional
Laissez-Faire
Classical
Neo
Which type of Conservatism believes in a created order and that society will collapse if it is violated?
Traditional
Laissez-Faire
Neo
Classical
Which type of Conservatism wants the government to ensure justice on moral issues?
Traditional
Laissez-Faire
Neo
Classical
Which type of Conservatism says that people should be able to do as they please?
Traditional
Laissez-Faire
Neo
Classical
Which type of Conservatism wants to conserve liberalism (not progressive), and thinks that moral issues can get in the way of good politics?
Traditional
Laissez-Faire
Neo
Classical
Which type of Conservatism began in support of the New Deal and Civil Rights legislation because they thought it was morally right?
Traditional
Laissez-Faire
Neo
Classical
The biggest evaluation of American Conservatism could be that it looks to culture as an infallible standard.
True
False
In socialism, eliminating economic inequality helps create
Utopia
Justice
Liberty
Morals
Who believed Socialism would rise through class warfare and lead to revolution?
Karl Marx
Robert Owen
John Locke
Adam Smith
Marx argued that the upper-class employers were in a fatal conflict with the lower-class workers. What is another word for the lower class workers?
Proletariat
Bourgeoisie
Workers
Hired help
Marx thought that if you owned or managed a business, that you were part of the working class.
True
False
A Socialist revolution, as Marx described it, has happened.
True
False
Which of the following is not one of the things about Socialism that Christians should agree with?
Emphasizes the equality of people
Against oppression of others
People live life out in communities
Owning property is considered evil
What is Liberalsim's fundamental value?
Money
Freedom
Conservation
Equality
Which of the following was not a type of Liberalism that we discussed in class?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which form of Liberalism believes human have basic natural rights and that the government is the greatest threat to these rights?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which form of Liberalism is not opposed to the government, just wants it to have limited power and that if it took too much power, that the people should be able to rebel
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which form of Liberalism believes that all people are created equal, but not all people will live equally?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which form of Liberalism thought that the inequality of working people and the wealthy was the greatest threat to liberty?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which form of Liberalism thought that moral judgements of other people are suspect, even though many of them go against God's created order?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which form of Liberalism wants a very limited role of the government, or no role at all?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which form of Liberalism might say that everything should be privately owned, and nothing should be run by tax dollars?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which form of Liberalism might say that the main role of the government is to protect from foreign invaders, and from neighbors who would harm us?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which form of Liberalism is critiqued in that it gives incentives for good behavior and does not take any moral considerations into those incentives?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which form of Liberalism can work to free people from creational norms, like gender roles or sexual morality, which is against Scripture?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which form of Liberalism sees the government as a necessary evil, where Scripture teaches that it is a God-established good, even though it is fallen and not perfect?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Liberalism often looks to freedom as a savior from many problems.
True
False
Liberty, like justice, does not have to be based on moral judgments.
True
False
Which form of Liberalism wants the government to take away the consequences of people's negative actions?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which form of Liberalism relied on the government to ensure its freedoms?
Classical
Progressive
Libertarian
Fundamental
Which of the following was not one of the virtues that a person with a Biblical Worldview should hold toward their governments?
Boldness
Humility
Respect
Kindness
Humans must have authority structures as we carry out the Creation Mandate.
True
False
Which of the following is not an example of justice?
Take justice yourself
Let God bring justice
Let God take justice through the government
Call Batman
What should be the ultimate goal of any government?
Justice
Morality
Eliminating Poverty
Defense
Which part of what a government should do is protecting its citizens from threats to its people or government?
Justice
Defense
Morality
Eliminating Poverty
Which part of what a government should do is to provide aid to people in destitution because of disaster, personal choices, or corruption?
Justice
Morality
Defense
Eliminating Poverty
Which part of what a government should do is to show that some things are wrong in a way that is not only formal or legal, but personal. It attacks who we are as image bearers.
Justice
Morality
Defense
Eliminate Poverty
What type of government looks to freedom as a savior and not Jesus?
Socialism
Liberalism
Democracy
Socialism
A kind of secular political, economic, sociological worldview with its own conception of the Fall, hope, and plan for salvation.
Ideology
Utopia
Free Market
Natural Law
An idealistically perfect society or world
Ideology
Utopia
Free Market
Natural Law
A economic system that is free from intervention or control by the government
Ideology
Utopia
Free Market
Natural Law
The created social order designed by God by which the world must function
Ideology
Utopia
Free Market
Natural Law
Rule by one person for the common good
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Commonwealth
Rule by a few for the common good
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Commonwealth
Rule by the many for the common good
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Commonwealth
Rule by one person for self-interest
Tyranny
Oligarchy
Pure Democracy
Rule by a few for self-interest
Tyranny
Oligarchy
Pure Democracy
Rule by many for self-interest
Tyranny
Oligarchy
Pure Democracy
How should the church and the government get along, according to the the Scriptures?
Church over Gov't
Gov't over Church
Civil Religion
Church excluded from Gov't
Church influences the Gov't
