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