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