Civics Semester Exam Practice

________ is famous for writing his pamphlet- Common Sense, which helped spread patriotism among the colonists

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

_______ is an English writer who influenced Thomas Jefferson, a primary writer of

the Declaration of Independence.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ben Franklin

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

• the inalienable rights

• the Articles of Confederation

• the Bill of Rights

• the Declaration of Independence

The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

• Congress shall make

• We the People

• We the Colonists

• We the British

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights was written.

• The Declaration of Independence was written.

• The Emancipation Proclamation was written.

• The Constitution was written.

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

• the Senate and the courts

• the Senate and House of Representatives

• the House of Representatives and the courts

• the House of Lords and the House of Commons

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

• nine (9)

• twelve (12)

• eleven (11)

• ten (10)

An oligarchy is where a small group of people are in control of a country.

• true

• false

A dictatorship is a form of government where absolute control is in the hands of one ruler.

• true

• false

To be a representative in the House of Representatives you must be at least _____ years of age.

• 45

• 35

• 25

• 30