PLST 205 Quiz 2

PLST 205 Quiz 2 Liberty University

PLST 205 Quiz Formation of American and its Biblical Roots

Set 1

1. What example of government was the most influential upon America’s governmental foundations?
2. What did Thomas Jefferson say was the source of the common law?
3. According to the authors of Contending for the Constitution, who was the most famous example of colonial clergy taking part in government?
4. What established the pattern of democratic consent in the Hebrew Republic?
5. Which of the following is not a Biblical principle of law derived from the phrase “the laws of nature and of nature’s God?”
6. Which of the following does not reflect a biblical principle of justice that is incorporated into the Magna Carta?
7. To properly interpret the U.S. Constitution, one must interpret it in light of the Declaration of Independence.
8. What symbol did James Wilson use to describe a republican form of government?
9. What transforms a government structure into either a liberty enhancing body or a liberty confining body?
10. Which of these is not contained in the Declaration of Independence?
11. All governments derive their authority from God.
12. Which of the following is not a basic government function listed in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution?
13. The Biblical guarantee of equality means that all are entitled to the same economic standards of living.
14. In Federalist No. 39, James Madison explained that U.S. Supreme Court justices hold their position
15. Unless laws are based on the Bible, there is no basis for calling something right or wrong.
16. What document became the first Bill of Rights in America?
17. Who said “this Bible is for a government of the people, by the people, and for the people?”
18. Which of the following is not a power specifically delegated to the national government under Article I of the U.S. Constitution?
19. The Greek and Roman democracies guaranteed freedom and equality to all its citizens.
20. Which of the following was NOT a problem with the Greek and Roman democracies?
21. Which document is referred to as the charter for our nation?
22. From what do human beings derive their value?
23. Self government means to rule ourselves by our own laws.
24. A non-Biblical view of government has a tendency to
25. What document represents the first example of self-government?

Set 2

1. What symbol did James Wilson use to describe a republican form of government?
2. To properly interpret the U.S. Constitution, one must interpret it in light of the Declaration of Independence.
3. What transforms a government structure into either a liberty enhancing body or a liberty confining body?
4. All governments derive their authority from God.
5. Self government means to rule ourselves by our own laws.
6. Unless laws are based on the Bible, there is no basis for calling something right or wrong.
7. We are bound to transgress a human law that contradicts the laws of nature and of nature’s God.
8. What document can be called the first constitution?
9. From what do human beings derive their value?
10. According to the authors of Contending for the Constitution, who was the most famous example of colonial clergy taking part in government?
11. From what Bible verse did Reverend Hooker preach that people should freely elect their civil rulers?
12. What document became the first Bill of Rights in America?
13. From what colony did the first document establishing local self-government originate?
14. In Federalist No. 39, James Madison explained that U.S. Supreme Court justices hold their position
15. Who said “this Bible is for a government of the people, by the people, and for the people?”
16. In Federalist No. 10, James Madison took the position that factions can be removed.
17. God intended for Paul to direct the message of Christ to the East unto Asia.
18. Who said in Federalist No. 51, “in framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.”
19. In 1215, King Johnn was forced to recognize individual rights in a document known as:
20. What percentage of colonial political writings were sermons delivered by clergy?
21. Who translated the Bible into English for the first time?
22. Which of the following is not a power specifically delegated to the national government under Article I of the U.S. Constitution?
23. Who was the Anglo-Saxon king to reduce the customary law of his people to writing, in what was called “The Dooms” or decrees of the realm?
24. Which of the following was NOT a problem with the Greek and Roman democracies?
25. Which document is referred to as the charter for our nation?