Civics & Government (Government)

1. What is the supreme law of the land?

• A. The Constitution
• B. The Declaration of Independence
• C. The Bill of Rights
• D. The Magna Carta

2. What does the Constitution do?

• A. It establishes the federal government and how the three branches operate.
• B. It creates the state governments and how they work with each other.
• C. It maintains a system of laws that govern the American people.
• D. It lays the foundation of how foreign nations operate with one another.

3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

• A. “Life, liberty, property”
• B. “We the people.”
• C. “Earth, Wind, Fire”
• D. “Man the torpedoes!”

4. What is an amendment?

• A. A law passed by Congress
• B. A decision by the Supreme Court
• C. An executive order by the President
• D. A change to the Constitution

5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

• A. The Bill of Rights
• B. The Articles of Confederation
• C. The Edict of Nantes
• D. The Trial of Nuremberg

6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

• A. The right of people to peaceably assembly
• B. The right of the people to keep and bear arms
• C. The right of the people to overthrow their government
• D. The right of the government to jail troublesome people

7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

• A. 12
• B. 10
• C. 27
• D. 15

8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?

• A. It created the United States and justified its separation from Great Britain.
• B. It ended the Revolutionary War.
• C. It created the first government of the United States.
• D. It ended the French and Indian War.

9. What is one right not in the Declaration of Independence?

• A. Life
• B. Pursuit of Happiness
• C. Liberty
• D. Property

10. What is the economic system in the United States?

• A. Capitalism
• B. Socialism
• C. Communism
• D. Barter