Government Study Guide for Unit 4 Test

Feudalism started around:

A.D. 700

As we read in the Bible book of ________, Moses was blessed--and punished--by God for his obedience or disobedience.

Exodus

Nazism is actually a form of what type of government?

Fascism

Mark the TRUE statement.

Fascists usually gain power after a country's economic collapse.

Mark the boxes which are NOT TRUE.

Feudalism is a system of cooperation among peoples which was basically an exchange of gold for protection. A vassal was given the rights to control the fief and to have ownership of it.

Who was NOT a writer of the Federalist papers?

Franklin

What were the Nazi secret police known as?

Gestapo

The beginnings of democracy were seen in ________ a little more than 400 years before Jesus walked the streets of Jerusalem.

Greece

Solon

In 594 B.C.he is chosen as an Athenian statesman with reformation powers

The difference between the Roman republic and the Greek democracy was that:

In Rome, only men with money and property could vote. In Greece all free men were allowed to vote. In the Roman Senate, the most powerful part of the government, all senators were patricians.

Diotrephes

John gave us the example of dealing with disorder when he addressed the problem of this man

The Bible book of ________ tells us about the leadership of Gideon.

Judges

Choose the statement that is NOT true.

Massive fascist propaganda campaigns sweep the country in order to promote freedom of religion.

Gideon refuses to accept the kingship that the people offered him after his victory over the ________.

Midianites

__________ could be the slogan of fascist governments.

Might makes right

What TWO are mentioned as necessary daily contributions to the population?

Production Sustenance

One of the foundational rules for any government is to have a goal. ____________ is the reference that tells us Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Proverbs 29:18

Choose the five sentences that are the basic essentials of leadership.

Safety is a priority. Leadership is needed. Production and sustenance should be provided daily. The government should have a goal. Law and order should be maintained.

Mark the statement that is NOT true.

Sparta's main strength was in its navy.

Mark the TRUE statements.

The Axis powers were made up of a coalition of countries that opposed the Allied powers in World War II. Hitler's Nazi Party carried many traits of the fascist beliefs.

city-states

The ancient power structures which were cities that were fortified into independent units of strength

Describe the parts of the medieval court system which are still used in our American court system today.

The parts of medieval court system that are still used in our American court system is a court and jury.

One of the prime examples of a fascist government is that of the Italy during _______.

World War 2

The first opportunity for the Nazi movement came after _______.

World War I

governor

a leader of the empire who collected the taxes and sent the money back to Rome

accountable

being answerable to others

In the late 1970s Jim Jones tried to institute a theocracy, but his abuse of the Bible only led the people of his community into ______.

death

concentration camps

detainment centers for many of Hitler's "undesirable" citizens

Fascism is usually an agreement between three or more political parties.

false

Feudalism started in Northern Europe and spread throughout the continent, but was strongest in Italy.

false

The republic was also known as a socialist government.

false

The rivalries between the city-states had no redeeming value whatsoever.

false

The atrocity of killing all of Europe's Jews by the Nazi governments was known as the ________.

final solution

"direct democracy"

first name given to the Greek democracy

Nazi

first word of the German title for the political National Socialist Workers' Party

sustenance

food and drink; necessary foods in order to stay alive

Muhammad

founder of Islam whose prophetic teachings became the basis of Islamic civilization

Nazi government

had control of communications, military power, and social life

Hannibal

leader of the Carthaginians

tribunes

leaders within the Concilium Plebis

nobles

lofty, financially well-to-do citizens who carried much power within the community

patricians

members of Rome's richest and most important families

"I will not rule over you, neither shall ______ rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you." (Judges 8:23)

my son

A small group of aristocratic-type men in leadership is known as a(n) _________.

oligarchy

citizen assembly

one of two houses of the early Roman republic which consisted of regular middle-class male citizens of Rome

The four powerful pillars of democracy are:

opportunity for education equality under the law the citizen's freedom voting rights

To obtain political rights, _________ formed their own assembly, called Concilium Plebis.

plebeians

tyrants

power-hungry militants who grabbed absolute control by force

An elected leader in a parliamentary democracy is called a:

prime minister

assembly

set the rules and maintained authority within the city-state

Hitler ruled as a dictator and:

stirred the people to continue to be a "pure race"

In exchange for land, a knight agrees to be a sort of sub-vassal to a vassal. This agreement was known as what?

subinfeudation

caliph

supreme leader of the Islamic community and successor of the Prophet Muhammad

chancellor

the head of state in some forms of government

Sharia

the religious and moral principles of Islam.

decimate

to reduce the amount in blocks or sizeable amounts

A fascist government is usually controlled by a dictator.

true

A socialist form of government is where the goods and services are equally shared, and the political power is distributed among the people.

true

An aristocrat would give vassals land in an agreement in which the vassals would then give protection to the lord.

true

At first the details of procedure of the Twelve Tables were restricted to a body of patrician leaders.

true

First Samuel, chapter 12 tells of the prophet Samuel's displeasure over the nation's desire for a monarchy.

true

Social reform is a call for change within a country with regards to education and culture, among other things.

true

The democracy of Greek city-states was limited in that no women or slaves could vote.

true

The leadership of a theocracy is submissive to God's—or a god's—accountability.

true

Cleisthenes

wrote the proposal that opened up the voting rights to all free adult men in 508 B.C.

William Penn

"Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants."

In the first month of the year _________ , Hitler became the prime minister.

1933

Nobles overthrew most of the city-state monarchs by ______.

750 B.C.

Choose the answer that is a TRUE statement.

A dominating nation with extensive territories and a powerful ruler such as Rome's is known as an empire.