Basic Civics Test

What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?

• Freedom to petition the government and freedom to disobey traffic laws
• Freedom to worship and freedom to make treaties with other countries
• Freedom of speech and freedom to run for president
• Freedom of speech and freedom of worship

What is freedom of religion?

• You can't choose the time you practice your religion
• You must choose a religion
• You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion
• No one can practice a religion

Who is in charge of the Executive branch?

• The Speaker of the House
• The Prime Minister
• The President
• The Chief Justice

Name one branch or part of the government.

• State government
• Legislative
• Parliament
• United Nations

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

• The Articles of Confederation
• The inalienable rights
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Bill of Rights

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?

• Make treaties
• Provide schooling and education
• Create an army
• Coin or print money

Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

• The President
• The Vice-President
• The Secretary of Defense
• The Attorney General

What is one reason colonists came to America?

• For the experience traveling across the ocean
• Freedom
• To join a civic group
• None of these answers

Who is the "Father of Our Country"?

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln
• Patrick Henry

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

• English
• Africans
• Canadians
• Dutch