Civics Dec. 2014 Review
  • 1. A person born in any U. S. state or territory automatically becomes a(n)
A) permanent resident
B) native-born citizen
C) alien
D) naturalized citizen
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) dictatorship
B) representative democracy
C) republic
D) direct democracy
  • 3. The Articles of Confederation were written to preserve the
A) Declaration of Independence
B) government
C) close ties with England
D) states' sovereignty
  • 4. A written change to the Constitution is a(n)
A) proposal
B) article
C) amendment
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) 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) population growth
C) immigration
D) migration
  • 8. The legal process by which an alien may become a citizen is called
A) naturalization
B) adoption
C) deportation
D) immigration
  • 9. Which British document served as a model for the U. S. Constitution?
A) the Parliamentary Proceedings
B) the Treaty of Ghent
C) the Petition of Right
D) the Magna Carta
  • 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) Joint Chiefs of State
B) cabinet
C) Joint Chiefs of Staff
D) U. S. Commission on Civil Rights
  • 12. U. S. officials sent abroad to represent the country report to the
A) Department of Justice
B) Department of Interior
C) Department of State
D) Department of Veterans Affairs
  • 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) the Bill of Rights
B) a decision of the president
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) Speaker of the House
C) new president
D) Secretary of State
  • 16. The responsibility of the judicial brance is to
A) all of the answers
B) make the laws
C) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
D) carry out the laws
  • 17. The Constitution guarantees every American the right to a
A) all of the answers
B) jury trial
C) fair trial
D) lawyer
  • 18. The Department of Homeland Security was created to protect the country from
A) global warming
B) home demolitions
C) terrorism
D) labor strikes
  • 19. The highest court in the United States is the
A) district court
B) state court
C) Supreme Court
D) national court
  • 20. A regulatory commission is a(n)
A) group of senators who investigate presidential actions
B) plan for interacting with other countries
C) independent agency that can make rules and bring violators to court
D) independent agency that can make rules but may not bring violators to court
  • 21. Which of the following does not describe a governor?
A) political party leader
B) chief legislator
C) chief examiner
D) chief executive
  • 22. Who is an elected county official who arrests lawbreakers?
A) the constable
B) the sheriff
C) the district attorney
D) the county clerk
  • 23. Town meetings are an example of
A) charter government
B) federalism
C) representative democracy
D) direct democracy
  • 24. Most states require state senators to
A) be law-school graduates
B) live in the district they represent
C) serve a six-year term
D) be at least 35 years old
  • 25. Which of the following is the largest kind of municipality?
A) town
B) borough
C) village
D) city
  • 26. The city council is the lawmaking body in which form of city government?
A) mayor-manager
B) council-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) none of the answers
B) people accused of a crime are considered innocent until proven guilty
C) county and state governments do not have overlapping power
D) the states work together
  • 28. Funds given to state and local governments for broadly defined projects are
A) special district funding
B) grants-in-aid
C) congressional grants
D) block grants
  • 29. One example of a concurrent power is
A) coining money
B) establishing and maintaining schools
C) regulating business within state borders
D) raising money through taxes
  • 30. Which of the following is a state official who assists the governor?
A) superintendent of public instruction
B) secretary of state
C) all of the answers
D) attorney general
  • 31. Which of the following is true of one-party governments?
A) A single person or group controls the government
B) all of the answers
C) Citizens do not have freedom of speech
D) All other political parties are forbidden by law
  • 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) 16 years old
D) 18 years old
  • 34. Which of the following ran as a third-party candidate in a presidential election?
A) Bill Clinton
B) none of the answers
C) George Bush
D) Ross Perot
  • 35. A party platform
A) all of the answers
B) suggests programs for the nation
C) is revealed at the nominating convention
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) estate taxes
C) property taxes
D) income taxes
  • 37. The chief purpose of taxes is to
A) encourage wealthy people to spend their money
B) prevent poor people from spending too much
C) raise money
D) pay for Congress
  • 38. Money collected from Social Security tax is used mainly for
A) people with disabilities and retired people
B) the salaries of White House security guards
C) the families of prisoners
D) the salaries of government officials
  • 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) national deby
B) deficit
C) balanced budget
D) surplus
  • 41. Schools that help students develop to their full potential in mind, body, and spirit have
A) compulsory attendance
B) local control
C) longer classes
D) an enriching environment
  • 42. Comprehensive high schools
A) include seventh through twelfth grades
B) offer college preparatory work only
C) offer both college preparatory and vocational or technical courses
D) offer vocational or technical courses only
  • 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) are only for those who have talent
B) are only for popular students
C) help give you a well-rounded education
D) take up too much time
  • 45. Which of the following are the two basic options for higher education
A) junior high schools, community colleges
B) high schools, community colleges
C) community colleges, colleges and universities
D) academic high schools, colleges
  • 46. Rising productivity usually leads to
A) lower wages, higher profits, and lower prices
B) higher wages, higher profits, and lower prices
C) higher wages, higher profits, and higher prices
D) higher wages, lower profits, and higher prices
  • 47. The program President Roosevelt established to end the Great Depression was called the
A) New Deal
B) Recession Cycle
C) New Economy
D) Business Cycle
  • 48. A problem that often accompanies an economic boom is
A) unemployment
B) recession
C) inflation
D) union strikes
  • 49. The government's policy of taxing and spending is called
A) fiscal policy
B) banking policy
C) the business cycle
D) monetary policy
  • 50. In the 1930s the United States experienced an economic period called the
A) New Deal
B) Great Recession
C) Great Depression
D) North American Free Trade Agreement
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