Civics Dec. 2014 Review
  • 1. A person born in any U. S. state or territory automatically becomes a(n)
A) native-born citizen
B) permanent resident
C) naturalized citizen
D) alien
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) republic
B) dictatorship
C) representative democracy
D) direct democracy
  • 3. The Articles of Confederation were written to preserve the
A) Declaration of Independence
B) close ties with England
C) states' sovereignty
D) government
  • 4. A written change to the Constitution is a(n)
A) living document
B) article
C) proposal
D) amendment
  • 5. What was added to the U. S. Constitution two years after the new government went into effect
A) freedom of religion
B) freedom of speech
C) the Bill of Rights
D) separation of church and state
  • 6. The Fifth Amendment protects an accused person against
A) imprisonment without due process
B) double jeopardy
C) self-incrimination
D) all of the answers
  • 7. The movement of large numbers of people from region to region is
A) migration
B) immigration
C) deportation
D) population growth
  • 8. The legal process by which an alien may become a citizen is called
A) immigration
B) deportation
C) naturalization
D) adoption
  • 9. Which British document served as a model for the U. S. Constitution?
A) the Magna Carta
B) the Treaty of Ghent
C) the Petition of Right
D) the Parliamentary Proceedings
  • 10. The main purpose of the census is to find out
A) how many illegal aliens live in the United States
B) how many people are registered to vote
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) Joint Chiefs of Staff
B) cabinet
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 Veterans Affairs
B) Department of Justice
C) Department of State
D) Department of Interior
  • 13. The federal beauracracy is another term for
A) all the departments and agencies in the executive branch
B) the White House staff
C) Congress
D) the Judicial Brance
  • 14. Supreme above all other types of law is
A) a decision of the president
B) Supreme Court decisions
C) the Constitution
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) attorney general
B) Secretary of State
C) new president
D) Speaker of the House
  • 16. The responsibility of the judicial brance is to
A) all of the answers
B) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
C) carry out the laws
D) make the laws
  • 17. The Constitution guarantees every American the right to a
A) all of the answers
B) fair trial
C) lawyer
D) jury trial
  • 18. The Department of Homeland Security was created to protect the country from
A) terrorism
B) home demolitions
C) labor strikes
D) global warming
  • 19. The highest court in the United States is the
A) national court
B) district court
C) Supreme 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 examiner
B) political party leader
C) chief legislator
D) chief executive
  • 22. Who is an elected county official who arrests lawbreakers?
A) the constable
B) the district attorney
C) the sheriff
D) the county clerk
  • 23. Town meetings are an example of
A) direct democracy
B) charter government
C) representative democracy
D) federalism
  • 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) city
B) borough
C) village
D) town
  • 26. The city council is the lawmaking body in which form of city government?
A) mayor-manager
B) commission
C) council-manager
D) mayor-council
  • 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) people accused of a crime are considered innocent until proven guilty
C) the states work together
D) none of the answers
  • 28. Funds given to state and local governments for broadly defined projects are
A) block grants
B) special district funding
C) congressional 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) attorney general
B) superintendent of public instruction
C) all of the answers
D) secretary of state
  • 31. Which of the following is true of one-party governments?
A) Citizens do not have freedom of speech
B) A single person or group controls the government
C) All other political parties are forbidden by law
D) all of the answers
  • 32. The two major political parties today are
A) Independent and Republican
B) Federalist and Republican
C) Republican and Democrat
D) Democrat and Federalist
  • 33. What age must a U. S. citizen be in order to be eligible to vote?
A) 16 years old
B) 25 years old
C) 18 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) none of the answers
C) Bill Clinton
D) George Bush
  • 35. A party platform
A) is revealed at the nominating convention
B) all of the answers
C) suggests programs for the nation
D) outlines the party's views on important issues
  • 36. The largest source of revenue for the federal government is
A) Social Security taxes
B) income taxes
C) estate taxes
D) property taxes
  • 37. The chief purpose of taxes is to
A) pay for Congress
B) prevent poor people from spending too much
C) encourage wealthy people to spend their money
D) raise money
  • 38. Money collected from Social Security tax is used mainly for
A) the salaries of White House security guards
B) the families of prisoners
C) the salaries of government officials
D) people with disabilities and retired people
  • 39. The largest cost to the federal government is in
A) benefit payments to the elderly, disabled, and poor
B) building and repairing roads
C) national defense
D) payment of interest on money it borrowed
  • 40. When a government spends less money than it collects, it has a
A) surplus
B) deficit
C) balanced budget
D) national deby
  • 41. Schools that help students develop to their full potential in mind, body, and spirit have
A) compulsory attendance
B) an enriching environment
C) local control
D) longer classes
  • 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) 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) help give you a well-rounded education
B) are only for those who have talent
C) are only for popular students
D) take up too much time
  • 45. Which of the following are the two basic options for higher education
A) high schools, community colleges
B) junior 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) higher wages, higher profits, and higher prices
D) lower 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) New Economy
D) Business Cycle
  • 48. A problem that often accompanies an economic boom is
A) union strikes
B) inflation
C) unemployment
D) recession
  • 49. The government's policy of taxing and spending is called
A) the business cycle
B) fiscal policy
C) banking policy
D) monetary policy
  • 50. In the 1930s the United States experienced an economic period called the
A) New Deal
B) North American Free Trade Agreement
C) Great Depression
D) Great Recession
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