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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) naturalized citizen
D) permanent resident
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) dictatorship
B) direct democracy
C) representative democracy
D) republic
  • 3. The Articles of Confederation were written to preserve the
A) close ties with England
B) Declaration of Independence
C) states' sovereignty
D) government
  • 4. A written change to the Constitution is a(n)
A) article
B) proposal
C) amendment
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) imprisonment without due process
B) all of the answers
C) self-incrimination
D) double jeopardy
  • 7. The movement of large numbers of people from region to region is
A) immigration
B) deportation
C) population growth
D) migration
  • 8. The legal process by which an alien may become a citizen is called
A) adoption
B) deportation
C) immigration
D) naturalization
  • 9. Which British document served as a model for the U. S. Constitution?
A) the Petition of Right
B) the Magna Carta
C) the Parliamentary Proceedings
D) the Treaty of Ghent
  • 10. The main purpose of the census is to find out
A) how many people are registered to vote
B) how much food to grow for export
C) the size of each state's population
D) how many illegal aliens live in the United States
  • 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 State
C) Joint Chiefs of Staff
D) cabinet
  • 12. U. S. officials sent abroad to represent the country report to the
A) Department of Interior
B) Department of Veterans Affairs
C) Department of State
D) Department of Justice
  • 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) a decision of the president
B) the Constitution
C) the Bill of Rights
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) attorney general
B) Secretary of State
C) Speaker of the House
D) new president
  • 16. The responsibility of the judicial brance is to
A) all of the answers
B) make the laws
C) carry out the laws
D) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
  • 17. The Constitution guarantees every American the right to a
A) lawyer
B) fair trial
C) all of the answers
D) jury trial
  • 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) Supreme Court
C) state court
D) national court
  • 20. A regulatory commission is a(n)
A) independent agency that can make rules and bring violators to court
B) group of senators who investigate presidential actions
C) independent agency that can make rules but may not 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 district attorney
B) the sheriff
C) the county clerk
D) the constable
  • 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) serve a six-year term
B) be law-school graduates
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) city
B) town
C) village
D) borough
  • 26. The city council is the lawmaking body in which form of city government?
A) mayor-council
B) mayor-manager
C) council-manager
D) commission
  • 27. The full faith and credit clause of Article 4, Section 1 of the U. S. Constitution ensures that
A) county and state governments do not have overlapping power
B) the states work together
C) people accused of a crime are considered innocent until proven guilty
D) none of the answers
  • 28. Funds given to state and local governments for broadly defined projects are
A) congressional grants
B) block grants
C) grants-in-aid
D) special district funding
  • 29. One example of a concurrent power is
A) raising money through taxes
B) establishing and maintaining schools
C) regulating business within state borders
D) coining money
  • 30. Which of the following is a state official who assists the governor?
A) superintendent of public instruction
B) all of the answers
C) secretary of state
D) attorney general
  • 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) 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) 18 years old
B) 21 years old
C) 25 years old
D) 16 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) all of the answers
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) estate taxes
B) income taxes
C) property taxes
D) Social Security taxes
  • 37. The chief purpose of taxes is to
A) prevent poor people from spending too much
B) raise money
C) encourage wealthy people to spend their money
D) pay for Congress
  • 38. Money collected from Social Security tax is used mainly for
A) the salaries of White House security guards
B) people with disabilities and retired people
C) the families of prisoners
D) the salaries of government officials
  • 39. The largest cost to the federal government is in
A) national defense
B) benefit payments to the elderly, disabled, and poor
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) surplus
C) national deby
D) balanced budget
  • 41. Schools that help students develop to their full potential in mind, body, and spirit have
A) local control
B) an enriching environment
C) compulsory attendance
D) longer classes
  • 42. Comprehensive high schools
A) include seventh through twelfth grades
B) offer college preparatory work only
C) offer vocational or technical courses only
D) offer both college preparatory and vocational or technical courses
  • 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) are only for popular students
B) are only for those who have talent
C) help give you a well-rounded education
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 lower prices
B) lower wages, higher profits, and lower prices
C) higher wages, lower profits, and higher 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) Recession Cycle
C) New Economy
D) New Deal
  • 48. A problem that often accompanies an economic boom is
A) inflation
B) unemployment
C) union strikes
D) recession
  • 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 Depression
B) Great Recession
C) North American Free Trade Agreement
D) New Deal
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