Civics First 9 Weeks exam

What U.S. citizen can become president or vice president of the United States?

• natural born citizen

• naturalized citizen

• refugee

• military veteran

What does contiguous mean?

• sharing a common border; touching

• argumentative

• next to water

• on the river bank

Did our founders intend for our government to guarantee freedom of speech, religion, petition, etc.?

• yes

• no

How do we tally each state's population for representation in Congress?

• online survey

• traffic cams

• census

• Nielsen ratings

What is the study of what it means to be a citizen?

• government

• citizenship

• civics

• geography

What is migration?

• movement of people from one usual place of residence to another

• assimilating into a society

• study of birds

• to travel over water

What do call urban areas and their suburbs?

• rural

• region

• metropolitan

• jurisdiction

What does it mean if you are a native-born citizen?

• to be born in the United States

• legal process to become a citizen

• born to United States citizens

• Citizens of Native-American descent

What is the name given to people fleeing persecution in their home country?

• refugee

• traitor

• patriot

• guerilla

What is naturalization?

• organic agriculture

• living with modern conveniences

• being born in the U.S.

• the legal process to become a citizen