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Civics Exam

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

More and more Americans now earn a living by___________________________________________.

a)

Providing services

b)

Farming

c)

Working in production of goods

d)

herding unicorns

2.

The Government of the United States of America is a?

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Group of baboons

3.

What is the study of the Rights and Duties of citizens?

a)

Civics

b)

Geography

c)

Government

d)

Sociology

4.

What is a Government completely controlled by one person?

a)

dictatorship

b)

democracy

c)

republic

d)

monarchy

5.

What is the process by which an alien can become a citizen?

a)

Naturalization

b)

Patriotism

c)

Democracy

d)

immagration

6.

What is a ruling authority for a community?

a)

government

b)

literature

c)

immigration

d)

republic

7.

What is a plan for collecting and spending money?

a)

Budget

b)

Congress

c)

Agenda

d)

Referendum

8.

What is the term for a person that permanently moves to a new country?

a)

Immigrants

b)

Aliens

c)

Diplomats

d)

Citizen

9.

What does E Pluribus Unum mean?

a)

Out of many One

b)

All for One

c)

In God We Trust

d)

And Justice for All

10.

What is the use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a political goal?

a)

Terrorism

b)

Referendum

c)

Communism

d)

Jingoism

11.

What is love for one's country?

a)

Patriotism

b)

Communism

c)

Extremism

d)

Monotheism

12.

What are things from nature that are used to make goods and services?

a)

Natural Resources

b)

Natural Wonders

c)

Material gifts

d)

Environmental Subsidies

13.

One way to measure an economy's size is with ______________.

a)

GDP

b)

RDH

c)

VBP

d)

GWA

14.

What is it called when a job is broken down into several, smaller task performed by different workers?

a)

Division of Labor

b)

Breaking the Burden

c)

Splitting of Service

d)

Sharing of Work

15.

What is the struggle between buyers and sellers to get the best products at the lowest prices?

a)

Competition

b)

Specialization

c)

Capitalism

d)

Productivity

16.

What is payment people receive whey they lend money?

a)

rent

b)

interest

c)

capital

d)

labor

17.

What are the resources needed to produce goods and services?

a)

Factors of Production

b)

Pieces of Production

c)

Keys to Industry

d)

Parts of Assembly

18.

What are the physical and mental efforts that people contribute to the production of goods and services?

a)

Labor

b)

Capital

c)

Natural Resources

d)

Rent

19.

What is it called when business focuses on goods and services it can produce better than anyone?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Productivity

c)

Free Enterprise

d)

Specialization

20.
Who wrote the book The Wealth of Nations?
a)
John Hancock
b)
Adam Smith
c)
Alexander Bell
d)
John Hamilton
21.

What would English Judges look for when they tried a case?

a)

precedent

b)

constitution

c)

bicameral

d)

copyright

22.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Alice Cooper

c)

Edward Brubaker

d)

Ben Franklin

23.

What are the three inalienable truths listed in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"

b)

"Truth, Justice and the American Way"

c)

"Freedom, Equality and Lack of Suffering"

d)

"Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion and Freedom of the Press"

24.

What document stated that no one was above the, not even the King?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Mayflower Compact

25.

What is a system of law based on precedents and customs?

a)

Common Law

b)

Precedent Law

c)

Fair Law

d)

State Law

26.

What is a detailed written plan for Government?

a)

Constitution

b)

Confederation

c)

Legislature

d)

Federalism

27.

What was the first constitution of the United States of America?

a)

Article of Confederation

b)

United States Constitution

c)

Three Branches of Government

d)

Declaration of Independence

28.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Richard Henry Lee

d)

John Adams

29.
What was the date that the Declaration of Independence was signed?
a)
July 4, 1776
b)
July 2, 1776
c)
July 4, 1787
d)
July 2, 1775
30.

Who was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

Donald Trump

31.

Where was the Constitutional Convention held?

a)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

b)

Washington, D.C.

c)

New York, New York

d)

Slapout, Alabama

32.

What do we call the people that opposed the Constitution?

a)

Anti-federalist

b)

Federalist

c)

Republicans

d)

Democrats

33.

How many Amendments have been made to the US Constitution?

a)

27

b)

10

c)

34

d)

18

34.

Who the delegates unanimously agree should preside over the Constitutional Convention?

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Alice Cooper

35.

What called for Congress to be made of a Senate and a House of Representatives?

a)

Great Compromise

b)

Glorious Revolution

c)

Virginia Plan

d)

Legislative Compromise

36.

What was the plan that said every 5 enslaved person would count as 3 towards representation?

a)

Three-Fifths Compromise

b)

Five-Thirds Compromise

c)

Fractional Slavery Plan

d)

Partial Representation Plan

37.

What is the form of government that divides power between the state and national levels

a)

Federalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Statism

38.

Who headed the committee that wrote the Great Compromise?

a)

Roger Sherman

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

James Madison

d)

Steve Rogers

39.

What is the group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president?

a)

Electoral College

b)

Executive Selection Committee

c)

Federalist Foundation

d)

People's Presidential Caucus

40.

What are the first 10 Amendment to the Constitution called?

a)

Bill of Right

b)

10 Commandments

c)

List of Freedoms

d)

American Manifesto

41.

What is the social separation of the races?

a)

Segregation

b)

integration

c)

Censorship

d)

Sufferage

42.

Which Amendment protects Americans "against unreasonable searches and seizures"?

a)

1st

b)

4th

c)

6th

d)

9th

43.

What term means that a person judged not guilty cannot be put on trial again for the same crime?

a)

Double Jeopardy

b)

Twice Boiled

c)

Retrial Clause

d)

Due Process

44.

What is the term for banning material merely because it contains an alarming or offensive ideas?

a)

Censorship

b)

Jeopardy

c)

Eminent Domain

d)

Slander

45.

What are the freedoms we have to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair treatment?

a)

Civil Liberties

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Due Process

d)

Civic Duties

46.

What is the right of the government to take away private property for public use?

a)

Eminent Domain

b)

Affirmative Action

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Censorship

47.

What is the right to express one's ideas to the government?

a)

petition

b)

suffrage

c)

libel

d)

assembly

48.

Which Amendment gives you the right to remain silent?

a)

5th

b)

9th

c)

3rd

d)

14th

49.

Which Amendment protects you from being tortured?

a)

8th

b)

23rd

c)

2nd

d)

16th

50.

Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

1st

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

7th

51.

What is a court order allowing the police to search your home and take items into evidence?

a)

search warrant

b)

investigation discovery

c)

evidence prowl

d)

indictment

52.

What is unfair treatment based on prejudice against a group?

a)

discrimination

b)

bullying

c)

integration

d)

tirziuman

53.

When no candidate gains a required majority, the party holds a _________________ primary between the top two vote getters.

a)

mandate

b)

secret

c)

closed

d)

runoff

54.

In _________________ primaries, only declared members of a party are allowed to vote for that party's nominees.

a)

open

b)

public

c)

closed

d)

limited

55.

___________ parties rarely win major elections, and have never won the presidential election.

a)

third

b)

fourth

c)

radical

d)

theological

56.

The United States is said to have a ____________________________ system.

a)

two-party

b)

one-party

c)

three-party

d)

no-party

57.

Who has the power to declare war?

a)

Congress

b)

President

c)

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

d)

Any 5 Star General

58.

What are powers of congress that are not listed in the Constitution called?

a)

Implied Powers

b)

Reserved Powers

c)

Concurrent Powers

d)

Expressed Powers

59.

What are powers given to the states?

a)

Reserved Powers

b)

Implied Powers

c)

Expressed Powers

d)

Concurrent Powers

60.

It is against the law for employers to hire?

a)

illegal aliens

b)

all aliens

c)

men

d)

woman

61.

We show our patriotism by?

a)

following our nations laws

b)

participating in civic life

c)

respecting the flag

d)

all of these

62.

Which level of government is closest to most Americans?

a)

Local Government

b)

State Government

c)

National Government

d)

Native Government

63.

What can Citizens do that Aliens may not?

a)

vote in election

b)

own property

c)

hold jobs

d)

attend public schools

64.

If discovered by the government what could happen to illegal aliens?

a)

Deported

b)

Arrested

c)

Naturalized

d)

Consolidated

65.

Which Legislative body wrote the English Bill of Rights of 1689?

a)

The Senate

b)

The Virginia House of Burgesses

c)

Parliament

d)

Federal Assembly

66.

What marked the beginning of self government in Colonial America?

a)

Virginia House of Burgesses

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

67.

What is the Economic theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys?

a)

mercantilism

b)

communism

c)

capitalism

d)

federalism

68.

Who lead an armed uprising of 1,200 Massachusetts famers on a federal arsenal?

a)

Daniel Shay

b)

Tom Englund

c)

Terry Brooks

d)

Patrick Henry

69.

What did the Colonist do to make Parliament repeal the Stamp Act?

a)

Boycott

b)

Negotiate

c)

Purge

d)

Blockade

70.

The Mayflower compact was an example of

a)

direct democracy

b)

representative democracy

c)

absolute monarchy

d)

tribal matriarchy

71.

Which of the following is not one of the sources of American Law?

a)

Common Law

b)

Constitutional Law

c)

Equity Law

d)

Nordic Combat Law

72.
Thomas Jefferson was inspired by a famous man of the Enlightenment.  His name was...?
a)
William Penn
b)
Roger Sherman
c)
John Locke
d)
Robert Livingston
73.

What is the term for police officers singling out people as suspects because of the way they look?

a)

racial profiling

b)

integration

c)

affirmative action

d)

segregation

74.

What encouraged the hiring and promoting of minorities and women?

a)

Affirmative Action

b)

Racial Profiling

c)

Due Process

d)

Civil Liberties

75.

What are the tools, machinery and buildings used to make goods and services?

a)

Capital

b)

Natural Resources

c)

Entrepreneurs

d)

Labor

76.

What is a system that helps people deicide what goods and services to produce and how to exchange them?

a)

Economic System

b)

Political System

c)

Cultural System

d)

Climate System

77.

Limited resources and what people will consume helps to determine?

a)

What to produce?

b)

What to teach?

c)

How to produce?

d)

How to sell?

78.

Which economic system is based on free trade, supply and demand and private ownership?

a)

Market Economy

b)

Command Economy

c)

Traditional Economy

d)

Civics Economy

79.

Which Economic system does the government own and control resources and production?

a)

Command Economy

b)

Market Economy

c)

Traditional Economy

d)

Geographic Economy

80.

The law of demand means?

a)

When prices decrease, quantity demanded increases

b)

Price is not related to demand

c)

Supply is not related to Price

d)

those who complain the most get the most

81.

As supply goes down (Decrease) what normally happens to price?

a)

Goes down (Decreases)

b)

Goes up (Increases)

c)

Stays the Same (Sames)

82.

Countries with more wealth normally have what type of economy?

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Traditional

d)

Sub Tropical

83.

What is the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen?

a)

Opportunity cost

b)

Trade-off

c)

Stock Exchange

d)

Welfare

84.

What is the income that a person has left after taxes and living expenses have been paid?

a)

disposable income

b)

personal income

c)

net income

d)

gross income

85.

What characterized the American Civil Rights movement?

a)

non-violent civil disobedience

b)

riots and crime

c)

political bribery

d)

economic success

86.

Which Supreme Court case declared segregation to be unconstitutional?

a)

Brown vs the Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

b)

Marbury vs Madison

c)

McCulloch vs Maryland

d)

Marvel vs DC

87.

Which Act prohibits discrimination based of race, color, religion, sex or national origin?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

the Stamp Act

c)

the Declaratory Act

d)

Tesser Act of 1661

88.

Which Act prohibits discrimination based of race, color, religion, sex or national origin?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

the Stamp Act

c)

the Declaratory Act

d)

Tesser Act of 1661

89.

Which Act was intended to improve the abilities of US law enforcement to detect and deter terrorism?

a)

Patriot Act

b)

9/11 Act

c)

Anti-terrorism Act

d)

Bush-Norris Act

90.

What event caused the creation of the Department of Homeland Security?

a)

9/11 attacks

b)

the attack on Pearl Harbor

c)

explosion of the USS Maine

d)

Assassination of William McKinley