Civics Dec. 2014 Review
  • 1. A person born in any U. S. state or territory automatically becomes a(n)
A) naturalized citizen
B) alien
C) native-born citizen
D) permanent resident
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) direct democracy
B) representative democracy
C) dictatorship
D) republic
  • 3. The Articles of Confederation were written to preserve the
A) government
B) Declaration of Independence
C) states' sovereignty
D) close ties with England
  • 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) the Bill of Rights
B) freedom of religion
C) separation of church and state
D) freedom of speech
  • 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) population growth
B) migration
C) deportation
D) immigration
  • 8. The legal process by which an alien may become a citizen is called
A) deportation
B) adoption
C) immigration
D) naturalization
  • 9. Which British document served as a model for the U. S. Constitution?
A) the Petition of Right
B) the Parliamentary Proceedings
C) the Treaty of Ghent
D) the Magna Carta
  • 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) the size of each state's population
D) how many people are registered to vote
  • 11. The highest ranking military officers of the army, navy and airforce form the
A) U. S. Commission on Civil Rights
B) Joint Chiefs of State
C) cabinet
D) Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • 12. U. S. officials sent abroad to represent the country report to the
A) Department of State
B) Department of Veterans Affairs
C) Department of Justice
D) Department of Interior
  • 13. The federal beauracracy is another term for
A) Congress
B) the Judicial Brance
C) all the departments and agencies in the executive branch
D) the White House staff
  • 14. Supreme above all other types of law is
A) the Constitution
B) a decision of the president
C) Supreme Court decisions
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) Secretary of State
B) Speaker of the House
C) attorney general
D) new president
  • 16. The responsibility of the judicial brance is to
A) carry out the laws
B) all of the answers
C) make the laws
D) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
  • 17. The Constitution guarantees every American the right to a
A) jury trial
B) lawyer
C) fair trial
D) all of the answers
  • 18. The Department of Homeland Security was created to protect the country from
A) terrorism
B) labor strikes
C) global warming
D) home demolitions
  • 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 but may not bring violators to court
B) group of senators who investigate presidential actions
C) independent agency that can make rules and bring violators to court
D) plan for interacting with other countries
  • 21. Which of the following does not describe a governor?
A) chief executive
B) chief legislator
C) chief examiner
D) political party leader
  • 22. Who is an elected county official who arrests lawbreakers?
A) the constable
B) the sheriff
C) the county clerk
D) the district attorney
  • 23. Town meetings are an example of
A) federalism
B) charter government
C) representative democracy
D) direct democracy
  • 24. Most states require state senators to
A) serve a six-year term
B) live in the district they represent
C) be law-school graduates
D) be at least 35 years old
  • 25. Which of the following is the largest kind of municipality?
A) village
B) borough
C) town
D) city
  • 26. The city council is the lawmaking body in which form of city government?
A) mayor-council
B) commission
C) council-manager
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) none of the answers
C) county and state governments do not have overlapping power
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) special district funding
B) block grants
C) grants-in-aid
D) congressional grants
  • 29. One example of a concurrent power is
A) regulating business within state borders
B) coining money
C) establishing and maintaining schools
D) raising money through taxes
  • 30. Which of the following is a state official who assists the governor?
A) attorney general
B) all of the answers
C) superintendent of public instruction
D) secretary of state
  • 31. Which of the following is true of one-party governments?
A) All other political parties are forbidden by law
B) Citizens do not have freedom of speech
C) all of the answers
D) A single person or group controls the government
  • 32. The two major political parties today are
A) Republican and Democrat
B) Independent and Republican
C) Democrat and Federalist
D) Federalist 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) Bill Clinton
B) Ross Perot
C) none of the answers
D) George Bush
  • 35. A party platform
A) suggests programs for the nation
B) is revealed at the nominating convention
C) outlines the party's views on important issues
D) all of the answers
  • 36. The largest source of revenue for the federal government is
A) Social Security taxes
B) estate taxes
C) property taxes
D) income taxes
  • 37. The chief purpose of taxes is to
A) raise money
B) encourage wealthy people to spend their money
C) prevent poor people from spending too much
D) pay for Congress
  • 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 White House security guards
D) the salaries of government officials
  • 39. The largest cost to the federal government is in
A) national defense
B) payment of interest on money it borrowed
C) building and repairing roads
D) benefit payments to the elderly, disabled, and poor
  • 40. When a government spends less money than it collects, it has a
A) balanced budget
B) deficit
C) surplus
D) national deby
  • 41. Schools that help students develop to their full potential in mind, body, and spirit have
A) local control
B) compulsory attendance
C) an enriching environment
D) longer classes
  • 42. Comprehensive high schools
A) include seventh through twelfth grades
B) offer college preparatory work only
C) offer vocational or technical courses only
D) offer both college preparatory and vocational or technical courses
  • 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) 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) community colleges, colleges and universities
B) junior high schools, community colleges
C) high schools, community colleges
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) Business Cycle
D) New Economy
  • 48. A problem that often accompanies an economic boom is
A) inflation
B) union strikes
C) recession
D) unemployment
  • 49. The government's policy of taxing and spending is called
A) fiscal policy
B) the business cycle
C) banking policy
D) monetary policy
  • 50. In the 1930s the United States experienced an economic period called the
A) Great Depression
B) New Deal
C) Great Recession
D) North American Free Trade Agreement
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