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Which part of the Florida Constitution protects individual rights

•  Preamble

• amendments

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Rights

How are the U.S. Constitution and the Florida Constitution different?

• The U.S. Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land. 

• Only the U.S. Constitution is a living document

• The U.S. Constitution sets up a bicameral legislature, but the Florida Constitution does not.

•  The Florida Constitution can be amended, but the U.S. Constitution cannot.

Like the U.S. Constitution, the Florida Constitution establishes which of the following?

•  

  An elected cabinet

•  Three branches of government 

• Small claims courts 

• The right to form treaties with foreign governments

Which is the last step in amending the U.S. Constitution?

• Three-fourths of the state legislatures ratify the amendment. 

• Two-thirds of both houses of Congress ratify the amendment.

• The president signs the amendment in a public ceremony. 

•  The voters approve the amendment in a national election. 

Florida fishermen are concerned about pollution from a Georgia power plant flowing into rivers that run through both states. Who should they contact? 

•  The Mayor 

• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• The President

• Their local police 

 Which statement is true about the concept of federalism?

• Federalism was designed to give the President more power. 

• The power is shared by the national and states’ governments. 

• It does put a limit on government.

• Americans must obey only state laws. 

 What is the correct order of Florida's courts, from lowest to highest authority?

• Florida Supreme Court, circuit courts, District Court of Appeals, county courts

• circuit courts, Florida Supreme Court, county courts, District Court of Appeals

• county courts, circuit courts, District Court of Appeals, Florida Supreme Court

• District Court of Appeals, Florida Supreme Court, county courts, circuit courts

Governing marriage laws and conducting elections involve which of the following powers listed below? 

     

 

• Reserved powers

• Express powers 

• Concurrent powers

• Enumerated powers

What do an absolute monarchy and an autocracy have in common?

• A written constitution

• A single ruler

• A single legislative house

• A national court system

Of the following, what may happen following a guilty verdict in a criminal case? 

 

 

• The defendant appeals the case to a higher court.

• The U.S. Supreme Court automatically reviews the case

• The criminal case becomes a civil case.

•   A U.S. Court of Appeals asks to review the case.