Civics Dec. 2014 Review
  • 1. A person born in any U. S. state or territory automatically becomes a(n)
A) naturalized citizen
B) native-born citizen
C) alien
D) permanent resident
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) dictatorship
B) republic
C) representative democracy
D) direct democracy
  • 3. The Articles of Confederation were written to preserve the
A) government
B) Declaration of Independence
C) close ties with England
D) states' sovereignty
  • 4. A written change to the Constitution is a(n)
A) article
B) amendment
C) living document
D) proposal
  • 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) self-incrimination
B) all of the answers
C) imprisonment without due process
D) double jeopardy
  • 7. The movement of large numbers of people from region to region is
A) population growth
B) migration
C) immigration
D) deportation
  • 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) how many people are registered to vote
B) how many illegal aliens live in the United States
C) the size of each state's population
D) how much food to grow for export
  • 11. The highest ranking military officers of the army, navy and airforce form the
A) cabinet
B) Joint Chiefs of Staff
C) Joint Chiefs of State
D) U. S. Commission on Civil Rights
  • 12. U. S. officials sent abroad to represent the country report to the
A) Department of Veterans Affairs
B) Department of Interior
C) Department of Justice
D) Department of State
  • 13. The federal beauracracy is another term for
A) the Judicial Brance
B) the White House staff
C) all the departments and agencies in the executive branch
D) Congress
  • 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) 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) all of the answers
D) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
  • 17. The Constitution guarantees every American the right to a
A) fair trial
B) jury trial
C) lawyer
D) all of the answers
  • 18. The Department of Homeland Security was created to protect the country from
A) terrorism
B) global warming
C) labor strikes
D) home demolitions
  • 19. The highest court in the United States is the
A) state court
B) national court
C) Supreme Court
D) district 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 examiner
B) political party leader
C) chief executive
D) chief legislator
  • 22. Who is an elected county official who arrests lawbreakers?
A) the district attorney
B) the sheriff
C) the constable
D) the county clerk
  • 23. Town meetings are an example of
A) charter government
B) direct democracy
C) representative democracy
D) federalism
  • 24. Most states require state senators to
A) be at least 35 years old
B) serve a six-year term
C) be law-school graduates
D) live in the district they represent
  • 25. Which of the following is the largest kind of municipality?
A) town
B) city
C) borough
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) county and state governments do not have overlapping power
B) the states work together
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) special district funding
B) congressional grants
C) block grants
D) grants-in-aid
  • 29. One example of a concurrent power is
A) raising money through taxes
B) regulating business within state borders
C) coining money
D) establishing and maintaining schools
  • 30. Which of the following is a state official who assists the governor?
A) superintendent of public instruction
B) all of the answers
C) secretary of state
D) attorney general
  • 31. Which of the following is true of one-party governments?
A) all of the answers
B) Citizens do not have freedom of speech
C) All other political parties are forbidden by law
D) A single person or group controls the government
  • 32. The two major political parties today are
A) Democrat and Federalist
B) Republican and Democrat
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) 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) Ross Perot
C) George Bush
D) Bill Clinton
  • 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) estate taxes
B) property taxes
C) Social Security taxes
D) income taxes
  • 37. The chief purpose of taxes is to
A) encourage wealthy people to spend their money
B) pay for Congress
C) prevent poor people from spending too much
D) raise money
  • 38. Money collected from Social Security tax is used mainly for
A) the salaries of government officials
B) people with disabilities and retired people
C) the salaries of White House security guards
D) the families of prisoners
  • 39. The largest cost to the federal government is in
A) national defense
B) benefit payments to the elderly, disabled, and poor
C) payment of interest on money it borrowed
D) building and repairing roads
  • 40. When a government spends less money than it collects, it has a
A) deficit
B) balanced budget
C) national deby
D) surplus
  • 41. Schools that help students develop to their full potential in mind, body, and spirit have
A) longer classes
B) local control
C) compulsory attendance
D) an enriching environment
  • 42. Comprehensive high schools
A) offer college preparatory work only
B) include seventh through twelfth grades
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) doesn't pay for itself because of the high cost
C) guarantees that women will be paid the same as men
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) academic high schools, colleges
B) junior high schools, community colleges
C) high schools, community colleges
D) community colleges, colleges and universities
  • 46. Rising productivity usually leads to
A) lower wages, higher profits, and lower prices
B) higher wages, lower profits, and higher prices
C) higher 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) New Deal
B) New Economy
C) Recession Cycle
D) Business Cycle
  • 48. A problem that often accompanies an economic boom is
A) recession
B) unemployment
C) inflation
D) union strikes
  • 49. The government's policy of taxing and spending is called
A) monetary policy
B) fiscal policy
C) the business cycle
D) banking policy
  • 50. In the 1930s the United States experienced an economic period called the
A) North American Free Trade Agreement
B) Great Depression
C) New Deal
D) Great Recession
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