Civics Fall 2021 Semester Test Review

What is the study of the duties and rights of citizens?

• politics

• civics

• ethics

• government

What was put in place in 1921 to limit immigration?

• tariffs

• quotas

• embargoes

• duties

Any person, regardless of the citizenship status of his or her parents, born in the United States, its territories, and military bases is automatically a citizen of the United States.

• False

• True

• True - except for children of illegal immigrants

• True - except for children of enemy-combatants and foreign ambassadors

For many years, citizenship in the United States was limited to what type of people?

• men

• white men and women

• elected officials

• white, property-owning men

What is the legal process to obtain citizenship?

• expatriation

• acculturation

• naturalization

• jus soli

What does the United States Constitution protect the minority from?

• outside forces

• the tyranny of the majority

• exploitation

• lawlessness

What type of government system does the United States have?

• federal system

• a theocracy

• an aristocracy

• a monarchy

How is a federal system of government set up?

• government is divided between the national government and states

• all the power is held by the national government

• government power is divided amongst a few rulers

• government is divided into tiers of power

What is the oldest representative democracy?

• the United Kingdom

• Russia

• China

• the United States

Who holds the power in a democracy?

• the president

• Congress

• the people

• state and local officials