Civics: PMA 3

John Smith has just celebrated his 18th birthday. He fills out forms online to register with the Selective Service System. Why are citizens required to register with this agency?

• to help the government monitor health-care plans

• to allow the government to provide citizens with public utilities

• to enable the government to collect Census information for Congressional redistribution

• to permit the government to call up citizens for military service in the event of an attack or war

Sally was born in Italy while her father was working overseas for a U.S. company.  Both of her parents are citizens of the United States.  She will also be a U.S. citizen by virtue of a practice commonly known as the

• Law of Blood

• Law of Nature

• Law of Soil

• Law of Naturalization

Which statement identifies a basic similarity between the U.S. Constitution and Florida Constitution?

• Both have a preamble, articles, and amendments.

• Both prohibit the collection of personal income taxes.

• Both provide details on the qualifications for voting in elections

• Both have detailed provisions on public education and local government.

Which phrase completes the diagram?

• All human beings possess certain natural rights.

• Natural law is based on the exercise of human reason.

• New taxes should be approved by the people's representatives.

• The best governments separate their powers into three branches.

The table illustrates how to become a Supreme Court justice. Which completes step 2?

• Cabinet

• Congress

• House

• Senate

An example of a concurrent power is the power to

• print money

• collect taxes

• make treaties

• perform marriages

Passage is from Baron Montesquieu, how did these ideas influence the Founding Fathers?

• They decided to create a judicial branch.

• They decided to establish a constitutional monarchy.

• They decided to establish a representative form of government.

• They decided to separate the powers of government into three branches.

The Declaration of Independence included these complaints:

• Taxation without representation

• Limiting judicial powers

• Quartering Troops

• Dissolving legislature

What could be added to this list?

• Requiring colonists to send representation to Parliament

• Suspending trial by jury in many cases

• Ordering colonists to move from Native American land

• Allowing the wealthy to avoid local laws

Which statement most accurately reflects the colonists' reactions to British policies?

• Colonists could influence decisions made by Parliament through protests.

• Colonists remained loyal to Britain because they were unable to protect themselves.

• Colonists resisted British polices which gradually led to the movement for independence.

• Colonists were concerned they would not be able to get supplies if they were independent of Britain.

The quote below was published by Baron de Montesquieu in 1748.

"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person...there can be no liberty because fears may arise that the same monarch...should enact tyrannical laws and execute them in a tyrannical manner."

How did this idea influence the Founding Fathers of the United States?

• They decided to establish a constitutional monarchy

• They decided to establish a representative form of government

• They decided to separate the responsibilities of government into different branches

• They decided to restrict the term limits for each federally elected official