Civics 1st Nine Weeks Test Review

Which state had the largest increase in the number of individuals becoming naturalized citizens between 2008 and 2009?

• Florida

• New York

• Virginia

• California

"...whenever the legislators endeavour to take away, and destroy the property of the people...the people...are thereupon absolved from any farther obedience..."

-John Locke

According to Locke, what can the people do when the government acts against them?

• they can run for elected office

• they can vote for new legislators

• they can disregard government laws

• they can destroy government property

Which statement best describes these rights?

-everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person

-everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person under the law

• they are unalienable

• they are for specific situations

• they are granted by the government

• they are defined by local customs

The ideas of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were inspired by the work of who?

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• George Washington

 We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish
 Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the
 general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do
 ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

—Preamble, U.S. Constitution

The Preamble expands on which idea found in the Declaration of Indpendence?

• that all men are created equal

• the people may throw off unjust governments

• that people establish governments to protect their rights

• that England had not acted in the best interest of the colonies

No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or
 possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other
 way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so,
 except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.

—Magna Carta, 1215

What best identifies a similar principle as it appears in the United States government?

• the separation of powers designed in the Constitution

• due process protections as provided for in the Bill of Rights

• judicial review as established in the Marbury v Madison case

• the belief in human equality as stated in the Declaration of Independence

The countries in this list are all examples of which type of government?

• Iran
• Saudi Arabia
• Afghanistan
• Pakistan

• oligarchy

• democracy

• monarchy

• theocracy

How are citizens involved in the election of a new leader in North Korea?

• by voting for the next leader once one has reached the end of his term

• have minimal involvement because North Korea doesn't allow voting

• vote for a fixed, one-party legislature that selects the leader

• by voicing their to political officials which leader would meet their needs

The government of Canada publishes Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship. It is used by newcomers to learn about people in Canada. It states that a responsibility of citizens is to protect the environment.

Which activity of Canadian citizens is connected with the responsibility described in the information?

• serving on a jury

• voting in elections

• avoiding pollution

• volunteering at a food bank

Governments use tax revenue from individuals and businesses to provide ___

• for business expansion and increased consumption

• public goods and services

• profits to buy more resources

• income to purchase products