Civics Dec. 2014 Review
  • 1. A person born in any U. S. state or territory automatically becomes a(n)
A) alien
B) native-born citizen
C) permanent resident
D) naturalized citizen
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) dictatorship
B) republic
C) direct democracy
D) representative democracy
  • 3. The Articles of Confederation were written to preserve the
A) close ties with England
B) government
C) Declaration of Independence
D) states' sovereignty
  • 4. A written change to the Constitution is a(n)
A) living document
B) article
C) amendment
D) proposal
  • 5. What was added to the U. S. Constitution two years after the new government went into effect
A) freedom of speech
B) separation of church and state
C) the Bill of Rights
D) freedom of religion
  • 6. The Fifth Amendment protects an accused person against
A) self-incrimination
B) all of the answers
C) double jeopardy
D) imprisonment without due process
  • 7. The movement of large numbers of people from region to region is
A) population growth
B) immigration
C) migration
D) deportation
  • 8. The legal process by which an alien may become a citizen is called
A) adoption
B) naturalization
C) deportation
D) immigration
  • 9. Which British document served as a model for the U. S. Constitution?
A) the Petition of Right
B) the Treaty of Ghent
C) the Magna Carta
D) the Parliamentary Proceedings
  • 10. The main purpose of the census is to find out
A) how much food to grow for export
B) the size of each state's population
C) how many illegal aliens live in the United States
D) how many people are registered to vote
  • 11. The highest ranking military officers of the army, navy and airforce form the
A) cabinet
B) Joint Chiefs of Staff
C) U. S. Commission on Civil Rights
D) Joint Chiefs of State
  • 12. U. S. officials sent abroad to represent the country report to the
A) Department of Justice
B) Department of Interior
C) Department of State
D) Department of Veterans Affairs
  • 13. The federal beauracracy is another term for
A) all the departments and agencies in the executive branch
B) the White House staff
C) the Judicial Brance
D) Congress
  • 14. Supreme above all other types of law is
A) Supreme Court decisions
B) the Constitution
C) a decision of the president
D) the Bill of Rights
  • 15. According to the Twenty-fifth Amendment, if the president leaves office, the vice president becomes the president and the _______________ nominates a new vice president.
A) Speaker of the House
B) attorney general
C) Secretary of State
D) new president
  • 16. The responsibility of the judicial brance is to
A) carry out the laws
B) make the laws
C) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
D) all of the answers
  • 17. The Constitution guarantees every American the right to a
A) lawyer
B) all of the answers
C) fair trial
D) jury trial
  • 18. The Department of Homeland Security was created to protect the country from
A) terrorism
B) global warming
C) home demolitions
D) labor strikes
  • 19. The highest court in the United States is the
A) national court
B) Supreme Court
C) district court
D) state court
  • 20. A regulatory commission is a(n)
A) group of senators who investigate presidential actions
B) independent agency that can make rules and bring violators to court
C) plan for interacting with other countries
D) independent agency that can make rules but may not bring violators to court
  • 21. Which of the following does not describe a governor?
A) chief executive
B) chief examiner
C) chief legislator
D) political party leader
  • 22. Who is an elected county official who arrests lawbreakers?
A) the county clerk
B) the sheriff
C) the district attorney
D) the constable
  • 23. Town meetings are an example of
A) charter government
B) federalism
C) direct democracy
D) representative democracy
  • 24. Most states require state senators to
A) be law-school graduates
B) be at least 35 years old
C) serve a six-year term
D) live in the district they represent
  • 25. Which of the following is the largest kind of municipality?
A) town
B) village
C) borough
D) city
  • 26. The city council is the lawmaking body in which form of city government?
A) mayor-council
B) commission
C) mayor-manager
D) council-manager
  • 27. The full faith and credit clause of Article 4, Section 1 of the U. S. Constitution ensures that
A) people accused of a crime are considered innocent until proven guilty
B) county and state governments do not have overlapping power
C) none of the answers
D) the states work together
  • 28. Funds given to state and local governments for broadly defined projects are
A) block grants
B) special district funding
C) grants-in-aid
D) congressional grants
  • 29. One example of a concurrent power is
A) establishing and maintaining schools
B) coining money
C) raising money through taxes
D) regulating business within state borders
  • 30. Which of the following is a state official who assists the governor?
A) secretary of state
B) superintendent of public instruction
C) all of the answers
D) attorney general
  • 31. Which of the following is true of one-party governments?
A) A single person or group controls the government
B) All other political parties are forbidden by law
C) all of the answers
D) Citizens do not have freedom of speech
  • 32. The two major political parties today are
A) Federalist and Republican
B) Republican and Democrat
C) Democrat and Federalist
D) Independent and Republican
  • 33. What age must a U. S. citizen be in order to be eligible to vote?
A) 25 years old
B) 21 years old
C) 18 years old
D) 16 years old
  • 34. Which of the following ran as a third-party candidate in a presidential election?
A) none of the answers
B) Bill Clinton
C) George Bush
D) Ross Perot
  • 35. A party platform
A) is revealed at the nominating convention
B) all of the answers
C) outlines the party's views on important issues
D) suggests programs for the nation
  • 36. The largest source of revenue for the federal government is
A) income taxes
B) Social Security taxes
C) property taxes
D) estate taxes
  • 37. The chief purpose of taxes is to
A) encourage wealthy people to spend their money
B) pay for Congress
C) raise money
D) prevent poor people from spending too much
  • 38. Money collected from Social Security tax is used mainly for
A) the salaries of White House security guards
B) the families of prisoners
C) the salaries of government officials
D) people with disabilities and retired people
  • 39. The largest cost to the federal government is in
A) payment of interest on money it borrowed
B) building and repairing roads
C) national defense
D) benefit payments to the elderly, disabled, and poor
  • 40. When a government spends less money than it collects, it has a
A) deficit
B) balanced budget
C) surplus
D) national deby
  • 41. Schools that help students develop to their full potential in mind, body, and spirit have
A) an enriching environment
B) longer classes
C) compulsory attendance
D) local control
  • 42. Comprehensive high schools
A) offer vocational or technical courses only
B) include seventh through twelfth grades
C) offer both college preparatory and vocational or technical courses
D) offer college preparatory work only
  • 43. A higher level of education
A) usually increases your income
B) guarantees that women will be paid the same as men
C) doesn't pay for itself because of the high cost
D) is not necessary in technical fields
  • 44. Extracurricular activities
A) are only for popular students
B) help give you a well-rounded education
C) take up too much time
D) are only for those who have talent
  • 45. Which of the following are the two basic options for higher education
A) high schools, community colleges
B) junior high schools, community colleges
C) community colleges, colleges and universities
D) academic high schools, colleges
  • 46. Rising productivity usually leads to
A) higher wages, higher profits, and higher prices
B) lower wages, higher profits, and lower prices
C) higher wages, lower profits, and higher prices
D) higher wages, higher profits, and lower prices
  • 47. The program President Roosevelt established to end the Great Depression was called the
A) Recession Cycle
B) New Deal
C) New Economy
D) Business Cycle
  • 48. A problem that often accompanies an economic boom is
A) inflation
B) unemployment
C) union strikes
D) recession
  • 49. The government's policy of taxing and spending is called
A) the business cycle
B) monetary policy
C) fiscal policy
D) banking policy
  • 50. In the 1930s the United States experienced an economic period called the
A) Great Recession
B) Great Depression
C) New Deal
D) North American Free Trade Agreement
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