GOVT 200 (GOVT200)

GOVT 200 - Quiz 2In 1885, which British noble, wrote in his book Popular Government that "the American constitution is distinctively English?" A. Sir William Blackstone B. Sir Henry Maine C. Sir Isaac Newton D. John Locke - correct answer B. Sir Henry Maine There are a number of important differences between the English and American constitutions. As we've discussed in class the English constitution is not a written constitution - meaning it is not contained in any single document li...

GOVT 200 Exam #1Which of the following correctly defines the term "Worldview"? - correct answer A worldview is a philosophy of life which attempts to address and answer the grand questions of life to direct man in organizing his relationships, or in the manner he should live and construct all of life. According to Martin, we can and should know not only what we believe, but also what? - correct answer Why we believe it What is a worldview? - correct answer The scope or lens by which an i...

GOVT 200 Exam #2What is the distilled essence of the Biblical Christian Worldview relative to its answers to the four philosophical dilemmas? - correct answer ontology, epistemology, axiology, teleology Biblical Supernatural Ontology - correct answer How do all things exist? The God of the Bible created everything that exists, including man Biblical epistemology - correct answer How does man ultimately know? Based on God's disclosure of the truth of Himself and what exists in verbal, prop...

GOVT 200 Exam #3characteristics of a good constitution 1. Stability and Continuity (Predictability) 2. Limiting and Dividing Power 3. Permanent Arrangement for the Selection of Representative Public Officials 4. Accountability to the People Roman political concepts 1. Republicanism 2. Political Virtue 3. Checks and Balances Republicanism A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives serving at the will of the people. The government is based on the consent of...

GOVT 200 Exam 1 Define a worldview: - correct answer A worldview is a philosophy of life, which attempts to address and answer the grand questions of life to direct man A worldview has three components: - correct answer Primary questions: cosmological and anthropological 4 subsidiary questions: ontological, epistemological, axiological, and teleological What are the primary questions? - correct answer Cosmological and anthropological questions What is the origin, nature and destiny of...

GOVT 200 Exam 2 What is the distilled essence of Biblical Christian Worldview relative to its answers to the four philosophical dilemmas? - correct answer Supernatural Ontology Biblical Revelational Epistemology Theistic Axiology Kingdom of God Teleology What is significance of Aurelius Augustine Bishop of Hippo in North Africa - correct answer Author of City of God, first complete Christian philosophy of history and of state within a systematic presentation of Christian theology I...

GOVT 200 Exam 2Jurisprudence - correct answer the study, science, knowledge, and philosophy of LAW 3 parts of Jurisprudence - correct answer a. Legal Philosophy b. Scholars of Jurisprudence, Jurists c. Early American to Mid-Republic impacted by British Common Law Theory Sir William Blackstone () - correct answer Anglo-Saxon Heritage of Common Law greatly influenced by this English Jurist/Oxford University Professor. What are two major things Blackstone was known for? - correct answer ...

GOVT 200- EXAM 2What is the significance of the leading French Reformer John Calvin ()? - correct answer What very influential work did John Calvin pen which directly addressed a biblical approach to ecclesiastical and civil institutional procedure, in contrast to the approaches instituted by the Roman Catholic Church? - correct answer What articulates the feudal customs that King John had been breeching? - correct answer Magna Carta What are the British Common Law documents? - correc...

GOVT 200 Exam 3 (Ferdon)What is the definition of process philosophy in comparison to absolute philosophy? - correct answer Process Philosophy represents a process view of life that emphasizes becoming and progressing knowledge that leads to a perfect society which stands in direct contrast to absolute philosophy, or an absolute view of life that is the basis for Biblical Christianity This type of thinking is linear; opposites do not attract; almost like absolutistic thinking from the basis o...

GOVT 200 Exam 3 Ferdon Van AllenWhat is the first level of human jurisdiction? - correct answer Individual limited self governing What exactly is meant by the phrase "Self-Government"? - correct answer -You are sovereign over yourself, ruling and liberty of conscience -Personal level of government includes individual internal rule -> external behavioral rule (individuality) -Sovereignty of God-> self government -> local civil government -> state government -> national gov...