Civics Unit 1 Test

What is the definition of Civics?

• Set of ideas about relationships, obligations, roles, and functions

• The study of the rights and duties of citizens

• A person who is a part of a country who has certain rights and duties

• General ideas about what is good and desirable, shared by people in a society

What is the definition of naturalization?

• a noncitizen

• A person who makes a permanent move to a new country

• a legal process by which a foreign-born person becomes a U.S. Citizen

• To send a person back to his or her own country

What are the 3 types of government?

• national, city, and capital
• local, state, and national
• state, city, and nation

Q1:Which fundamental principle says that there are things the government cannot do?

• Rule of Law

• Consent of the Governed

• Limited Government

• Representative Government Representative Government

Which principle means "No one is above the law" ?

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Democracy

• Consent of the governed

Government is not all powerful, and may only do those things the people have given it the power to do.

• Democracy
• Consent of the governed
• Limited government
• Rule of Law

People elect officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf.

• Democracy
• Representative government
• Limited government
• Consent of the governed

People are the source of government power. Citizens give authority to the government in exchange for protection of rights.

• Democracy
• Consent of the governed
• Rule of law
• Representative government

Which words mean that "The people hold the power"?

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

The powers of the national government are separated into different branches to -

• increase the government's power
• allow the government to do whatever it wants
• give some powers to the states
• prevent an abuse of power