Civics Dec. 2014 Review
  • 1. A person born in any U. S. state or territory automatically becomes a(n)
A) naturalized citizen
B) native-born citizen
C) alien
D) permanent resident
  • 2. All voters in a community meet to make laws in a
A) direct democracy
B) dictatorship
C) republic
D) representative democracy
  • 3. The Articles of Confederation were written to preserve the
A) close ties with England
B) government
C) states' sovereignty
D) Declaration of Independence
  • 4. A written change to the Constitution is a(n)
A) proposal
B) article
C) amendment
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) freedom of religion
C) separation of church and state
D) the Bill of Rights
  • 6. The Fifth Amendment protects an accused person against
A) double jeopardy
B) imprisonment without due process
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) deportation
C) migration
D) immigration
  • 8. The legal process by which an alien may become a citizen is called
A) naturalization
B) deportation
C) adoption
D) immigration
  • 9. Which British document served as a model for the U. S. Constitution?
A) the Magna Carta
B) the Treaty of Ghent
C) the Parliamentary Proceedings
D) the Petition of Right
  • 10. The main purpose of the census is to find out
A) how many illegal aliens live in the United States
B) how much food to grow for export
C) how many people are registered to vote
D) the size of each state's population
  • 11. The highest ranking military officers of the army, navy and airforce form the
A) cabinet
B) Joint Chiefs of Staff
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 Justice
B) Department of Interior
C) Department of State
D) Department of Veterans Affairs
  • 13. The federal beauracracy is another term for
A) the Judicial Brance
B) all the departments and agencies in the executive branch
C) the White House staff
D) Congress
  • 14. Supreme above all other types of law is
A) the Bill of Rights
B) Supreme Court decisions
C) a decision of the president
D) the Constitution
  • 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) new president
D) Secretary of State
  • 16. The responsibility of the judicial brance is to
A) carry out the laws
B) all of the answers
C) interpret the laws and punish lawbreakers
D) make the laws
  • 17. The Constitution guarantees every American the right to a
A) all of the answers
B) lawyer
C) jury trial
D) fair trial
  • 18. The Department of Homeland Security was created to protect the country from
A) home demolitions
B) labor strikes
C) terrorism
D) global warming
  • 19. The highest court in the United States is the
A) national court
B) district court
C) Supreme Court
D) state 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) plan for interacting with other countries
D) independent agency that can make rules but may not bring violators to court
  • 21. Which of the following does not describe a governor?
A) chief legislator
B) chief examiner
C) political party leader
D) chief executive
  • 22. Who is an elected county official who arrests lawbreakers?
A) the sheriff
B) the constable
C) the county clerk
D) the district attorney
  • 23. Town meetings are an example of
A) direct democracy
B) federalism
C) representative democracy
D) charter government
  • 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) city
B) town
C) village
D) borough
  • 26. The city council is the lawmaking body in which form of city government?
A) commission
B) council-manager
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) county and state governments do not have overlapping power
B) people accused of a crime are considered innocent until proven guilty
C) the states work together
D) none of the answers
  • 28. Funds given to state and local governments for broadly defined projects are
A) special district funding
B) block grants
C) congressional grants
D) grants-in-aid
  • 29. One example of a concurrent power is
A) raising money through taxes
B) regulating business within state borders
C) establishing and maintaining schools
D) coining money
  • 30. Which of the following is a state official who assists the governor?
A) all of the answers
B) superintendent of public instruction
C) attorney general
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) A single person or group controls the government
C) Citizens do not have freedom of speech
D) all of the answers
  • 32. The two major political parties today are
A) Independent and Republican
B) Democrat and Federalist
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) Ross Perot
B) none of the answers
C) Bill Clinton
D) George Bush
  • 35. A party platform
A) outlines the party's views on important issues
B) suggests programs for the nation
C) is revealed at the nominating convention
D) all of the answers
  • 36. The largest source of revenue for the federal government is
A) income taxes
B) property taxes
C) estate taxes
D) Social Security taxes
  • 37. The chief purpose of taxes is to
A) encourage wealthy people to spend their money
B) prevent poor people from spending too much
C) pay for Congress
D) raise money
  • 38. Money collected from Social Security tax is used mainly for
A) the families of prisoners
B) the salaries of White House security guards
C) people with disabilities and retired people
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) national deby
B) deficit
C) surplus
D) balanced budget
  • 41. Schools that help students develop to their full potential in mind, body, and spirit have
A) local control
B) longer classes
C) an enriching environment
D) compulsory attendance
  • 42. Comprehensive high schools
A) include seventh through twelfth grades
B) offer college preparatory work only
C) offer both college preparatory and vocational or technical courses
D) offer vocational or technical courses only
  • 43. A higher level of education
A) doesn't pay for itself because of the high cost
B) is not necessary in technical fields
C) usually increases your income
D) guarantees that women will be paid the same as men
  • 44. Extracurricular activities
A) are only for popular students
B) take up too much time
C) help give you a well-rounded education
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) academic high schools, colleges
C) junior high schools, community colleges
D) community colleges, colleges and universities
  • 46. Rising productivity usually leads to
A) lower wages, higher profits, and lower prices
B) higher wages, higher profits, and higher prices
C) higher wages, lower profits, and higher prices
D) higher wages, higher profits, and lower 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) banking policy
B) monetary policy
C) fiscal policy
D) the business cycle
  • 50. In the 1930s the United States experienced an economic period called the
A) North American Free Trade Agreement
B) Great Depression
C) Great Recession
D) New Deal
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