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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) naturalized citizen
C) permanent resident
D) alien
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) dictatorship
B) republic
C) representative democracy
D) direct democracy
  • 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) proposal
B) living document
C) amendment
D) article
  • 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) double jeopardy
B) self-incrimination
C) imprisonment without due process
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) adoption
B) naturalization
C) immigration
D) deportation
  • 9. Which British document served as a model for the U. S. Constitution?
A) the Treaty of Ghent
B) the Magna Carta
C) the Petition of Right
D) the Parliamentary Proceedings
  • 10. The main purpose of the census is to find out
A) how much food to grow for export
B) how many illegal aliens live in the United States
C) the size of each state's population
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) U. S. Commission on Civil Rights
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 Justice
C) Department of State
D) Department of Veterans Affairs
  • 13. The federal beauracracy is another term for
A) the White House staff
B) Congress
C) all the departments and agencies in the executive branch
D) the Judicial Brance
  • 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) Secretary of State
B) attorney general
C) new president
D) Speaker of the House
  • 16. The responsibility of the judicial brance is to
A) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
B) make the laws
C) carry out the laws
D) all of the answers
  • 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) terrorism
B) labor strikes
C) home demolitions
D) global warming
  • 19. The highest court in the United States is the
A) district court
B) national court
C) state court
D) Supreme Court
  • 20. A regulatory commission is a(n)
A) plan for interacting with other countries
B) independent agency that can make rules but may not bring violators to court
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) political party leader
B) chief examiner
C) chief executive
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) representative democracy
B) direct democracy
C) charter government
D) federalism
  • 24. Most states require state senators to
A) be law-school graduates
B) serve a six-year term
C) live in the district they represent
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) council-manager
B) commission
C) mayor-council
D) mayor-manager
  • 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) none of the answers
C) county and state governments do not have overlapping power
D) the states work together
  • 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) raising money through taxes
B) establishing and maintaining schools
C) coining money
D) regulating business within state borders
  • 30. Which of the following is a state official who assists the governor?
A) secretary of state
B) superintendent of public instruction
C) attorney general
D) all of the answers
  • 31. Which of the following is true of one-party governments?
A) A single person or group controls the government
B) all of the answers
C) All other political parties are forbidden by law
D) Citizens do not have freedom of speech
  • 32. The two major political parties today are
A) Independent and Republican
B) Federalist and Republican
C) Democrat and Federalist
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) 18 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) Ross Perot
C) none of the answers
D) Bill Clinton
  • 35. A party platform
A) is revealed at the nominating convention
B) suggests programs for the nation
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) estate taxes
B) income taxes
C) Social Security taxes
D) property taxes
  • 37. The chief purpose of taxes is to
A) raise money
B) encourage wealthy people to spend their money
C) pay for Congress
D) prevent poor people from spending too much
  • 38. Money collected from Social Security tax is used mainly for
A) the salaries of government officials
B) people with disabilities and retired people
C) the families of prisoners
D) the salaries of White House security guards
  • 39. The largest cost to the federal government is in
A) benefit payments to the elderly, disabled, and poor
B) national defense
C) payment of interest on money it borrowed
D) building and repairing roads
  • 40. When a government spends less money than it collects, it has a
A) deficit
B) national deby
C) surplus
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) longer classes
D) compulsory attendance
  • 42. Comprehensive high schools
A) offer both college preparatory and vocational or technical courses
B) include seventh through twelfth grades
C) offer college preparatory work only
D) offer vocational or technical courses only
  • 43. A higher level of education
A) usually increases your income
B) doesn't pay for itself because of the high cost
C) is not necessary in technical fields
D) guarantees that women will be paid the same as men
  • 44. Extracurricular activities
A) help give you a well-rounded education
B) are only for popular students
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) junior high schools, community colleges
C) community colleges, colleges and universities
D) academic high schools, colleges
  • 46. Rising productivity usually leads to
A) higher wages, lower profits, and higher prices
B) higher wages, higher profits, and higher prices
C) higher wages, higher profits, and lower 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) New Deal
C) New Economy
D) Recession Cycle
  • 48. A problem that often accompanies an economic boom is
A) inflation
B) union strikes
C) recession
D) unemployment
  • 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) Great Recession
B) New Deal
C) Great Depression
D) North American Free Trade Agreement
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