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Civics Dec. 2014 Review
Contributed by: Newton
  • 1. A person born in any U. S. state or territory automatically becomes a(n)
A) permanent resident
B) naturalized citizen
C) native-born citizen
D) alien
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) republic
B) representative democracy
C) direct democracy
D) dictatorship
  • 3. The Articles of Confederation were written to preserve the
A) states' sovereignty
B) close ties with England
C) Declaration of Independence
D) government
  • 4. A written change to the Constitution is a(n)
A) article
B) proposal
C) living document
D) amendment
  • 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 speech
C) freedom of religion
D) separation of church and state
  • 6. The Fifth Amendment protects an accused person against
A) self-incrimination
B) imprisonment without due process
C) double jeopardy
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) deportation
B) naturalization
C) immigration
D) adoption
  • 9. Which British document served as a model for the U. S. Constitution?
A) the Treaty of Ghent
B) the Parliamentary Proceedings
C) the Petition of Right
D) the Magna Carta
  • 10. The main purpose of the census is to find out
A) how many people are registered to vote
B) the size of each state's population
C) how much food to grow for export
D) how many illegal aliens live in the United States
  • 11. The highest ranking military officers of the army, navy and airforce form the
A) Joint Chiefs of State
B) Joint Chiefs of Staff
C) cabinet
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 State
C) Department of Interior
D) Department of Veterans Affairs
  • 13. The federal beauracracy is another term for
A) the White House staff
B) Congress
C) the Judicial Brance
D) all the departments and agencies in the executive branch
  • 14. Supreme above all other types of law is
A) the Constitution
B) the Bill of Rights
C) a decision of the president
D) Supreme Court decisions
  • 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) Secretary of State
B) attorney general
C) new president
D) Speaker of the House
  • 16. The responsibility of the judicial brance is to
A) make the laws
B) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
C) all of the answers
D) carry out the laws
  • 17. The Constitution guarantees every American the right to a
A) fair trial
B) lawyer
C) jury trial
D) all of the answers
  • 18. The Department of Homeland Security was created to protect the country from
A) home demolitions
B) labor strikes
C) terrorism
D) global warming
  • 19. The highest court in the United States is the
A) district court
B) Supreme Court
C) national 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) independent agency that can make rules and bring violators to court
C) plan for interacting with other countries
D) group of senators who investigate presidential actions
  • 21. Which of the following does not describe a governor?
A) chief executive
B) political party leader
C) chief legislator
D) chief examiner
  • 22. Who is an elected county official who arrests lawbreakers?
A) the district attorney
B) the sheriff
C) the county clerk
D) the constable
  • 23. Town meetings are an example of
A) charter government
B) representative democracy
C) direct democracy
D) federalism
  • 24. Most states require state senators to
A) live in the district they represent
B) be law-school graduates
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) borough
B) village
C) city
D) town
  • 26. The city council is the lawmaking body in which form of city government?
A) mayor-council
B) council-manager
C) mayor-manager
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) the states work together
C) county and state governments do not have overlapping power
D) none of the answers
  • 28. Funds given to state and local governments for broadly defined projects are
A) grants-in-aid
B) block grants
C) special district funding
D) congressional grants
  • 29. One example of a concurrent power is
A) establishing and maintaining schools
B) regulating business within state borders
C) coining money
D) raising money through taxes
  • 30. Which of the following is a state official who assists the governor?
A) all of the answers
B) secretary of state
C) attorney general
D) superintendent of public instruction
  • 31. Which of the following is true of one-party governments?
A) All other political parties are forbidden by law
B) Citizens do not have freedom of speech
C) all of the answers
D) A single person or group controls the government
  • 32. The two major political parties today are
A) Federalist and Republican
B) Republican and Democrat
C) Democrat and Federalist
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) Bill Clinton
B) Ross Perot
C) none of the answers
D) George Bush
  • 35. A party platform
A) suggests programs for the nation
B) is revealed at the nominating convention
C) all of the answers
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) income taxes
D) property taxes
  • 37. The chief purpose of taxes is to
A) raise money
B) prevent poor people from spending too much
C) pay for Congress
D) encourage wealthy people to spend their money
  • 38. Money collected from Social Security tax is used mainly for
A) the salaries of White House security guards
B) the salaries of government officials
C) the families of prisoners
D) people with disabilities and retired people
  • 39. The largest cost to the federal government is in
A) national defense
B) benefit payments to the elderly, disabled, and poor
C) building and repairing roads
D) payment of interest on money it borrowed
  • 40. When a government spends less money than it collects, it has a
A) balanced budget
B) deficit
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) an enriching environment
D) compulsory attendance
  • 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) guarantees that women will be paid the same as men
B) is not necessary in technical fields
C) doesn't pay for itself because of the high cost
D) usually increases your income
  • 44. Extracurricular activities
A) are only for popular students
B) help give you a well-rounded education
C) take up too much time
D) are only for those who have talent
  • 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, lower profits, and higher prices
B) higher wages, higher profits, and lower 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) Business Cycle
B) Recession Cycle
C) New Deal
D) New Economy
  • 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) monetary policy
B) banking policy
C) the business cycle
D) fiscal 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 Recession
D) Great Depression
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