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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) native-born citizen
B) alien
C) permanent resident
D) naturalized citizen
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) dictatorship
B) direct democracy
C) republic
D) representative democracy
  • 3. The Articles of Confederation were written to preserve the
A) states' sovereignty
B) Declaration of Independence
C) close ties with England
D) government
  • 4. A written change to the Constitution is a(n)
A) living document
B) amendment
C) proposal
D) article
  • 5. What was added to the U. S. Constitution two years after the new government went into effect
A) separation of church and state
B) freedom of religion
C) freedom of speech
D) the Bill of Rights
  • 6. The Fifth Amendment protects an accused person against
A) imprisonment without due process
B) double jeopardy
C) all of the answers
D) self-incrimination
  • 7. The movement of large numbers of people from region to region is
A) migration
B) deportation
C) immigration
D) population growth
  • 8. The legal process by which an alien may become a citizen is called
A) deportation
B) immigration
C) adoption
D) naturalization
  • 9. Which British document served as a model for the U. S. Constitution?
A) the Treaty of Ghent
B) the Parliamentary Proceedings
C) the Magna Carta
D) the Petition of Right
  • 10. The main purpose of the census is to find out
A) the size of each state's population
B) how much food to grow for export
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 Staff
B) cabinet
C) Joint Chiefs of State
D) U. S. Commission on Civil Rights
  • 12. U. S. officials sent abroad to represent the country report to the
A) Department of State
B) Department of Interior
C) Department of Justice
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 Constitution
B) the Bill of Rights
C) Supreme Court decisions
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) new president
C) Secretary of State
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) jury trial
B) all of the answers
C) lawyer
D) fair trial
  • 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) state court
B) district court
C) Supreme Court
D) national court
  • 20. A regulatory commission is a(n)
A) independent agency that can make rules but may not bring violators to court
B) plan for interacting with other countries
C) independent agency that can make rules and bring violators to court
D) group of senators who investigate presidential actions
  • 21. Which of the following does not describe a governor?
A) chief executive
B) chief examiner
C) political party leader
D) chief legislator
  • 22. Who is an elected county official who arrests lawbreakers?
A) the district attorney
B) the constable
C) the sheriff
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) live in the district they represent
B) be at least 35 years old
C) serve a six-year term
D) be law-school graduates
  • 25. Which of the following is the largest kind of municipality?
A) city
B) town
C) borough
D) village
  • 26. The city council is the lawmaking body in which form of city government?
A) commission
B) mayor-manager
C) mayor-council
D) council-manager
  • 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) county and state governments do not have overlapping power
C) the states work together
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) congressional grants
B) special district funding
C) block grants
D) grants-in-aid
  • 29. One example of a concurrent power is
A) coining money
B) raising money through taxes
C) regulating business within state borders
D) establishing and maintaining schools
  • 30. Which of the following is a state official who assists the governor?
A) attorney general
B) all of the answers
C) superintendent of public instruction
D) secretary of state
  • 31. Which of the following is true of one-party governments?
A) Citizens do not have freedom of speech
B) All other political parties are forbidden by law
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) Democrat and Federalist
C) Republican and Democrat
D) Independent and Republican
  • 33. What age must a U. S. citizen be in order to be eligible to vote?
A) 21 years old
B) 16 years old
C) 25 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) George Bush
C) none of the answers
D) Ross Perot
  • 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) estate taxes
B) property taxes
C) Social Security taxes
D) income taxes
  • 37. The chief purpose of taxes is to
A) prevent poor people from spending too much
B) encourage wealthy people to spend their money
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 salaries of government officials
D) the families of prisoners
  • 39. The largest cost to the federal government is in
A) building and repairing roads
B) payment of interest on money it borrowed
C) national defense
D) benefit payments to the elderly, disabled, and poor
  • 40. When a government spends less money than it collects, it has a
A) deficit
B) surplus
C) balanced budget
D) national deby
  • 41. Schools that help students develop to their full potential in mind, body, and spirit have
A) an enriching environment
B) local control
C) longer classes
D) compulsory attendance
  • 42. Comprehensive high schools
A) offer both college preparatory and vocational or technical courses
B) offer vocational or technical courses only
C) include seventh through twelfth grades
D) offer college preparatory work only
  • 43. A higher level of education
A) guarantees that women will be paid the same as men
B) doesn't pay for itself because of the high cost
C) usually increases your income
D) is not necessary in technical fields
  • 44. Extracurricular activities
A) take up too much time
B) are only for those who have talent
C) are only for popular students
D) help give you a well-rounded education
  • 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) high schools, community colleges
D) junior high schools, community colleges
  • 46. Rising productivity usually leads to
A) lower wages, higher profits, and lower prices
B) higher wages, lower profits, and higher prices
C) higher wages, higher profits, and lower prices
D) higher wages, higher profits, and higher prices
  • 47. The program President Roosevelt established to end the Great Depression was called the
A) Business Cycle
B) New Economy
C) Recession Cycle
D) New Deal
  • 48. A problem that often accompanies an economic boom is
A) union strikes
B) recession
C) unemployment
D) inflation
  • 49. The government's policy of taxing and spending is called
A) monetary policy
B) banking policy
C) fiscal policy
D) the business cycle
  • 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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