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Civics Dec. 2014 Review
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  • 1. A person born in any U. S. state or territory automatically becomes a(n)
A) naturalized citizen
B) native-born citizen
C) permanent resident
D) alien
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) republic
B) direct democracy
C) dictatorship
D) representative 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) proposal
B) amendment
C) article
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) freedom of speech
D) separation of church and state
  • 6. The Fifth Amendment protects an accused person against
A) all of the answers
B) double jeopardy
C) self-incrimination
D) imprisonment without due process
  • 7. The movement of large numbers of people from region to region is
A) deportation
B) immigration
C) migration
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 illegal aliens live in the United States
B) how many people are registered to vote
C) how much food to grow for export
D) the size of each state's population
  • 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 Veterans Affairs
B) Department of Interior
C) Department of Justice
D) Department of State
  • 13. The federal beauracracy is another term for
A) Congress
B) the Judicial Brance
C) all the departments and agencies in the executive branch
D) the White House staff
  • 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) Speaker of the House
D) new president
  • 16. The responsibility of the judicial brance is to
A) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
B) carry out the laws
C) make the laws
D) all of the answers
  • 17. The Constitution guarantees every American the right to a
A) lawyer
B) fair trial
C) jury trial
D) all of the answers
  • 18. The Department of Homeland Security was created to protect the country from
A) global warming
B) labor strikes
C) terrorism
D) home demolitions
  • 19. The highest court in the United States is the
A) state court
B) Supreme Court
C) national court
D) district court
  • 20. A regulatory commission is a(n)
A) independent agency that can make rules and bring violators to court
B) independent agency that can make rules but may not 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 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 county clerk
C) the sheriff
D) the constable
  • 23. Town meetings are an example of
A) federalism
B) charter government
C) direct democracy
D) representative democracy
  • 24. Most states require state senators to
A) be at least 35 years old
B) serve a six-year term
C) live in the district they represent
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) commission
B) mayor-manager
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) people accused of a crime are considered innocent until proven guilty
B) county and state governments do not have overlapping power
C) none of the answers
D) the states work together
  • 28. Funds given to state and local governments for broadly defined projects are
A) congressional grants
B) special district funding
C) block grants
D) grants-in-aid
  • 29. One example of a concurrent power is
A) regulating business within state borders
B) establishing and maintaining schools
C) coining money
D) raising money through taxes
  • 30. Which of the following is a state official who assists the governor?
A) attorney general
B) superintendent of public instruction
C) secretary of state
D) all of the answers
  • 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) A single person or group controls the government
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) 18 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) George Bush
B) Bill Clinton
C) none of the answers
D) Ross Perot
  • 35. A party platform
A) suggests programs for the nation
B) is revealed at the nominating convention
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) pay for Congress
B) prevent poor people from spending too much
C) raise money
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 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) building and repairing roads
B) payment of interest on money it borrowed
C) benefit payments to the elderly, disabled, and poor
D) national defense
  • 40. When a government spends less money than it collects, it has a
A) surplus
B) national deby
C) balanced budget
D) deficit
  • 41. Schools that help students develop to their full potential in mind, body, and spirit have
A) local control
B) longer classes
C) compulsory attendance
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) doesn't pay for itself because of the high cost
B) usually increases your income
C) is not necessary in technical fields
D) guarantees that women will be paid the same as men
  • 44. Extracurricular activities
A) are only for those who have talent
B) help give you a well-rounded education
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) academic high schools, colleges
B) community colleges, colleges and universities
C) junior high schools, community colleges
D) high schools, community colleges
  • 46. Rising productivity usually leads to
A) higher wages, higher profits, and higher prices
B) higher wages, higher profits, and lower prices
C) lower 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) the business cycle
B) banking policy
C) monetary policy
D) fiscal policy
  • 50. In the 1930s the United States experienced an economic period called the
A) New Deal
B) Great Recession
C) North American Free Trade Agreement
D) Great Depression
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