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.

11. What is the “rule of law”?

A. The principle of government by law

B. The principle of government by force

C. The principle of telling three jokes in a row

D. The principle of people promoted to their level of incompetence.

13. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

C. A system of checks and balances

14. Who is in charge of the executive branch?

A. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

15. Who makes federal laws?

D. The President Pro Tem of the Senate

16. What are the two parts of Congress?

A. The House of Commons and the House of Lords

C. The House of Burgesses and the Senate

D. The Lower Chamber and the Upper Chamber

23. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

B: All of the people in their state

A: Half of the people in their state

C: All of the people in their congressional district

D: Half of the people in their congressional district

24. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

D: They are the largest states in terms of population.

A: They were the first 13 states in the U.S.

B: They were the most recent states in the U.S.

C: They are the largest states in terms of size.

29. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

C: The President Pro Tem of the Senate

30. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

C: The President Pro Tem of the Senate

35. What are two Cabinet-level positions?

A: Attorney General and Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs

B: Postmaster General and Surgeon General

C: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Security Advisor

D: White House Counsel and Chief of Staff

37. What is the highest court in the United States?

C: The State Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

40. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

D: To provide schooling and education

41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?

A: To provide drivers’ licenses

48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Identify one of them.

A: 19th Amendment: Women can vote as well as men

B: 11th Amendment: Any man can vote

C: 27th Amendment: States can decide who gets to vote

D: 28th Amendment: Only citizens can vote

49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?

B: Volunteering to serve in the military

50. Name one right only for United States citizens.

B: Protest against the federal government

C: To volunteer their time to a worthy cause

D: To travel to other countries

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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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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!”

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

A. 12

B. 10

C. 27

D. 15

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Civics & Government (Government)

1. What is the supreme law of the land?

2. What does the Constitution do?

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

4. What is an amendment?

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

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

7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?

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

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

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