Constitution Quiz

What is the supreme law of the land?

What does the Constitution do?

• sets up the government

• defines the government

• protects basic rights of Americans

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

What is an amendment?

• a change (to the Constitution)

• an addition (to the Constitution)

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

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

• speech

• religion

• assembly

• press

• petition the government

How many amendments does the Constitution have?