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) republic
D) dictatorship
  • 3. The Articles of Confederation were written to preserve the
A) government
B) close ties with England
C) Declaration of Independence
D) states' sovereignty
  • 4. A written change to the Constitution is a(n)
A) amendment
B) proposal
C) article
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) the Bill of Rights
C) separation of church and state
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) immigration
B) migration
C) deportation
D) population growth
  • 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 Magna Carta
C) the Parliamentary Proceedings
D) the Treaty of Ghent
  • 10. The main purpose of the census is to find out
A) the size of each state's population
B) how many illegal aliens live in the United States
C) how much food to grow for export
D) how many people are registered to vote
  • 11. The highest ranking military officers of the army, navy and airforce form the
A) Joint Chiefs of Staff
B) U. S. Commission on Civil Rights
C) cabinet
D) Joint Chiefs of State
  • 12. U. S. officials sent abroad to represent the country report to the
A) Department of State
B) Department of Interior
C) Department of Veterans Affairs
D) Department of Justice
  • 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) a decision of the president
B) the Bill of Rights
C) Supreme Court decisions
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) new president
C) Speaker of the House
D) Secretary of State
  • 16. The responsibility of the judicial brance is to
A) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
B) make the laws
C) all of the answers
D) carry out the laws
  • 17. The Constitution guarantees every American the right to a
A) lawyer
B) fair trial
C) all of the answers
D) jury trial
  • 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) state court
B) national court
C) district court
D) Supreme Court
  • 20. A regulatory commission is a(n)
A) plan for interacting with other countries
B) independent agency that can make rules and bring violators to court
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 sheriff
B) the district attorney
C) the constable
D) the county clerk
  • 23. Town meetings are an example of
A) charter government
B) representative democracy
C) federalism
D) direct democracy
  • 24. Most states require state senators to
A) live in the district they represent
B) serve a six-year term
C) be at least 35 years old
D) be law-school graduates
  • 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) council-manager
B) mayor-manager
C) mayor-council
D) commission
  • 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) none of the answers
C) the states work together
D) county and state governments do not have overlapping power
  • 28. Funds given to state and local governments for broadly defined projects are
A) congressional grants
B) block grants
C) special district funding
D) grants-in-aid
  • 29. One example of a concurrent power is
A) regulating business within state borders
B) raising money through taxes
C) coining money
D) establishing and maintaining schools
  • 30. Which of the following is a state official who assists the governor?
A) attorney general
B) secretary of state
C) all of the answers
D) superintendent of public instruction
  • 31. Which of the following is true of one-party governments?
A) A single person or group controls the government
B) Citizens do not have freedom of speech
C) All other political parties are forbidden by law
D) all of the answers
  • 32. The two major political parties today are
A) Federalist and Republican
B) Democrat and Federalist
C) Republican and Democrat
D) Independent 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) 16 years old
D) 18 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) suggests programs for the nation
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) property taxes
B) income taxes
C) Social Security taxes
D) estate taxes
  • 37. The chief purpose of taxes is to
A) encourage wealthy people to spend their money
B) raise 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) building and repairing roads
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) surplus
B) balanced budget
C) national deby
D) deficit
  • 41. Schools that help students develop to their full potential in mind, body, and spirit have
A) local control
B) an enriching environment
C) compulsory attendance
D) longer classes
  • 42. Comprehensive high schools
A) offer college preparatory work only
B) offer vocational or technical courses only
C) offer both college preparatory and vocational or technical courses
D) include seventh through twelfth grades
  • 43. A higher level of education
A) doesn't pay for itself because of the high cost
B) guarantees that women will be paid the same as men
C) is not necessary in technical fields
D) usually increases your income
  • 44. Extracurricular activities
A) take up too much time
B) help give you a well-rounded education
C) are only for those who have talent
D) are only for popular students
  • 45. Which of the following are the two basic options for higher education
A) high schools, community colleges
B) academic high schools, 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) lower wages, higher profits, and lower prices
C) higher 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) Business Cycle
B) New Deal
C) New Economy
D) Recession Cycle
  • 48. A problem that often accompanies an economic boom is
A) inflation
B) recession
C) union strikes
D) unemployment
  • 49. The government's policy of taxing and spending is called
A) banking policy
B) the business cycle
C) fiscal policy
D) monetary policy
  • 50. In the 1930s the United States experienced an economic period called the
A) New Deal
B) Great Depression
C) Great Recession
D) North American Free Trade Agreement
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