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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) permanent resident
B) native-born citizen
C) alien
D) naturalized citizen
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) direct democracy
B) representative democracy
C) dictatorship
D) republic
  • 3. The Articles of Confederation were written to preserve the
A) government
B) Declaration of Independence
C) states' sovereignty
D) close ties with England
  • 4. A written change to the Constitution is a(n)
A) amendment
B) proposal
C) article
D) living document
  • 5. What was added to the U. S. Constitution two years after the new government went into effect
A) freedom of speech
B) the Bill of Rights
C) separation of church and state
D) freedom of religion
  • 6. The Fifth Amendment protects an accused person against
A) self-incrimination
B) imprisonment without due process
C) all of the answers
D) double jeopardy
  • 7. The movement of large numbers of people from region to region is
A) migration
B) population growth
C) immigration
D) deportation
  • 8. The legal process by which an alien may become a citizen is called
A) deportation
B) adoption
C) naturalization
D) immigration
  • 9. Which British document served as a model for the U. S. Constitution?
A) the Magna Carta
B) the Petition of Right
C) the Treaty of Ghent
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) U. S. Commission on Civil Rights
B) Joint Chiefs of Staff
C) Joint Chiefs of State
D) cabinet
  • 12. U. S. officials sent abroad to represent the country report to the
A) Department of Interior
B) Department of Justice
C) Department of Veterans Affairs
D) Department of State
  • 13. The federal beauracracy is another term for
A) the White House staff
B) the Judicial Brance
C) Congress
D) all the departments and agencies in the executive branch
  • 14. Supreme above all other types of law is
A) the Bill of Rights
B) Supreme Court decisions
C) the Constitution
D) a decision of the president
  • 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) Secretary of State
D) new president
  • 16. The responsibility of the judicial brance is to
A) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
B) all of the answers
C) make the laws
D) carry out 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) labor strikes
B) terrorism
C) home demolitions
D) global warming
  • 19. The highest court in the United States is the
A) national court
B) district court
C) state court
D) Supreme 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) chief legislator
C) political party leader
D) chief executive
  • 22. Who is an elected county official who arrests lawbreakers?
A) the county clerk
B) the constable
C) the district attorney
D) the sheriff
  • 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) live in the district they represent
B) serve a six-year term
C) be law-school graduates
D) be at least 35 years old
  • 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) mayor-manager
B) council-manager
C) commission
D) mayor-council
  • 27. The full faith and credit clause of Article 4, Section 1 of the U. S. Constitution ensures that
A) the states work together
B) county and state governments do not have overlapping power
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) block grants
B) grants-in-aid
C) special district funding
D) congressional grants
  • 29. One example of a concurrent power is
A) regulating business within state borders
B) raising money through taxes
C) establishing and maintaining schools
D) coining money
  • 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) All other political parties are forbidden by law
B) all of the answers
C) Citizens do not have freedom of speech
D) A single person or group controls the government
  • 32. The two major political parties today are
A) Democrat and Federalist
B) Independent and Republican
C) Federalist and Republican
D) Republican and Democrat
  • 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) 21 years old
D) 18 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) is revealed at the nominating convention
B) outlines the party's views on important issues
C) all of the answers
D) suggests programs for the nation
  • 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) pay for Congress
C) prevent poor people from spending too much
D) encourage wealthy people to spend their money
  • 38. Money collected from Social Security tax is used mainly for
A) the salaries of government officials
B) the families of prisoners
C) the salaries of White House security guards
D) people with disabilities and retired people
  • 39. The largest cost to the federal government is in
A) building and repairing roads
B) national defense
C) benefit payments to the elderly, disabled, and poor
D) payment of interest on money it borrowed
  • 40. When a government spends less money than it collects, it has a
A) surplus
B) balanced budget
C) national deby
D) deficit
  • 41. Schools that help students develop to their full potential in mind, body, and spirit have
A) compulsory attendance
B) longer classes
C) local control
D) an enriching environment
  • 42. Comprehensive high schools
A) include seventh through twelfth grades
B) offer vocational or technical courses only
C) offer both college preparatory and vocational or technical courses
D) offer college preparatory work only
  • 43. A higher level of education
A) is not necessary in technical fields
B) doesn't pay for itself because of the high cost
C) usually increases your income
D) guarantees that women will be paid the same as men
  • 44. Extracurricular activities
A) help give you a well-rounded education
B) take up too much time
C) are only for those who have talent
D) are only for popular students
  • 45. Which of the following are the two basic options for higher education
A) high schools, community colleges
B) community colleges, colleges and universities
C) academic high schools, colleges
D) junior 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) Recession Cycle
B) New Deal
C) Business Cycle
D) New Economy
  • 48. A problem that often accompanies an economic boom is
A) recession
B) union strikes
C) unemployment
D) inflation
  • 49. The government's policy of taxing and spending is called
A) the business cycle
B) banking policy
C) fiscal policy
D) monetary policy
  • 50. In the 1930s the United States experienced an economic period called the
A) Great Recession
B) North American Free Trade Agreement
C) Great Depression
D) New Deal
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