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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) alien
B) permanent resident
C) native-born citizen
D) naturalized citizen
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) representative democracy
B) dictatorship
C) republic
D) direct democracy
  • 3. The Articles of Confederation were written to preserve the
A) Declaration of Independence
B) states' sovereignty
C) close ties with England
D) government
  • 4. A written change to the Constitution is a(n)
A) proposal
B) amendment
C) living document
D) article
  • 5. What was added to the U. S. Constitution two years after the new government went into effect
A) freedom of speech
B) freedom of religion
C) separation of church and state
D) the Bill of Rights
  • 6. The Fifth Amendment protects an accused person against
A) imprisonment without due process
B) double jeopardy
C) self-incrimination
D) all of the answers
  • 7. The movement of large numbers of people from region to region is
A) population growth
B) immigration
C) migration
D) deportation
  • 8. The legal process by which an alien may become a citizen is called
A) immigration
B) naturalization
C) adoption
D) deportation
  • 9. Which British document served as a model for the U. S. Constitution?
A) the Magna Carta
B) the Treaty of Ghent
C) the Petition of Right
D) the Parliamentary Proceedings
  • 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) U. S. Commission on Civil Rights
B) Joint Chiefs of Staff
C) cabinet
D) Joint Chiefs of State
  • 12. U. S. officials sent abroad to represent the country report to the
A) Department of Interior
B) Department of State
C) Department of Justice
D) Department of Veterans Affairs
  • 13. The federal beauracracy is another term for
A) Congress
B) all the departments and agencies in the executive branch
C) the White House staff
D) the Judicial Brance
  • 14. Supreme above all other types of law is
A) the Constitution
B) a decision of the president
C) Supreme Court decisions
D) the Bill of Rights
  • 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) Speaker of the House
B) new president
C) Secretary of State
D) attorney general
  • 16. The responsibility of the judicial brance is to
A) all of the answers
B) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
C) make the laws
D) carry out the laws
  • 17. The Constitution guarantees every American the right to a
A) fair trial
B) jury trial
C) lawyer
D) all of the answers
  • 18. The Department of Homeland Security was created to protect the country from
A) labor strikes
B) global warming
C) terrorism
D) home demolitions
  • 19. The highest court in the United States is the
A) national court
B) state court
C) Supreme Court
D) district 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 legislator
B) political party leader
C) chief examiner
D) chief executive
  • 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) federalism
B) representative democracy
C) direct democracy
D) charter government
  • 24. Most states require state senators to
A) be law-school graduates
B) be at least 35 years old
C) serve a six-year term
D) live in the district they represent
  • 25. Which of the following is the largest kind of municipality?
A) city
B) village
C) town
D) borough
  • 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) 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) block grants
B) special district funding
C) grants-in-aid
D) congressional 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) attorney general
B) all of the answers
C) secretary of state
D) superintendent of public instruction
  • 31. Which of the following is true of one-party governments?
A) all of the answers
B) Citizens do not have freedom of speech
C) All other political parties are forbidden by law
D) A single person or group controls the government
  • 32. The two major political parties today are
A) Republican and Democrat
B) Democrat and Federalist
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) 18 years old
D) 16 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) all of the answers
B) is revealed at the nominating convention
C) outlines the party's views on important issues
D) suggests programs for the nation
  • 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) prevent poor people from spending too much
B) pay for Congress
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 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) benefit payments to the elderly, disabled, and poor
B) payment of interest on money it borrowed
C) national defense
D) building and repairing roads
  • 40. When a government spends less money than it collects, it has a
A) deficit
B) surplus
C) national deby
D) balanced budget
  • 41. Schools that help students develop to their full potential in mind, body, and spirit have
A) an enriching environment
B) local control
C) compulsory attendance
D) longer classes
  • 42. Comprehensive high schools
A) include seventh through twelfth grades
B) offer both college preparatory and vocational or technical courses
C) offer vocational or technical courses only
D) offer college preparatory work only
  • 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) 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) 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, higher profits, and lower prices
B) higher wages, lower profits, and higher 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) New Deal
B) New Economy
C) Business Cycle
D) Recession Cycle
  • 48. A problem that often accompanies an economic boom is
A) union strikes
B) recession
C) inflation
D) unemployment
  • 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) Great Depression
C) New Deal
D) North American Free Trade Agreement
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