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Let's Review Civics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is allowed by the U.S. Constitution?

a)

eminent domain

b)

passing bill of attainders

c)

suspend writ of habeas corpus

d)

passing ex post facto laws

2.

In which phase of the business cycle would GDP go down?

a)

expansion

b)

recession

3.

What is the job of the executive branch?

a)

make laws

b)

enforce laws

c)

interpret laws

4.

The Supremacy Clause states...

a)

state law supersedes federal law

b)

federal supersedes state law

c)

the laws made by the Supreme Court supersede all laws

5.

How can a bill vetoed by the president, still be passed by Congress?

a)

with 2/3 vote of the states

b)

with 2/3 vote from Congress

c)

with 3/4 vote of the states

d)

with 3/4 vote of Congress

6.

What would end a filibuster?

a)

the president

b)

conference committee

c)

veto

d)

cloture

7.

Tension over what was the main reason for the American Revolution?

a)

slavery

b)

salutary neglect

c)

taxes

d)

tariffs

8.

In North Carolina there was a case that went before the Supreme Court that involved redrawing district lines based on race. What is it called when district lines are drawn to favor a racial group?

a)

apportionment

b)

redistricting

c)

annexation

d)

gerrymandering

9.

What are the three levels of federal courts?

a)

district, appeals, supreme

b)

district, territorial, supreme

c)

legislative, appeals, judicial

d)

legislative, appeals, supreme

10.

Which court would decide if the law was applied correctly in a case?

a)

district

b)

appeals

c)

legislative

d)

judicial

11.

Supreme court case that outlawed segregation in public schools?

a)

Plessy v Ferguson

b)

Korematsu v US

c)

Bakke v UCAL

d)

Brown v Board of Education

12.

What Supreme Court case that gives you the right to remain silent, you do not have to incriminate yourself?

a)

Bakke v UCAL

b)

Korematsu v US

c)

Miranda v Arizona

d)

Mapp v Ohio

13.

What type of insurance protects you if you damage someone's property and from lawsuits?

a)

liability

b)

health

c)

renters

d)

lawsuit

14.

Philosopher: government should be divided into 3 separate branches

a)

Locke

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Hobbes

d)

Rousseau

15.

At the Constitutional Convention, what solved the problem between the large states and small states on what our new government should look like?

a)

3/5ths Compromise

b)

Slave Trade & Commerce Compromise

c)

Electoral College

d)

Great Compromise

16.

In which phase of the business cycle would the government lower discount (interest) rates?

a)

expansion

b)

recession

c)

they never would

17.

Using the Circular Flow Model, what is exchanged in the Factor Market?

a)

goods and services

b)

factors of production (CELL)

c)

money

d)

nothing

18.

Which power of Congress might be called the “elastic clause”?

a)

coin money

b)

raise taxes

c)

draft an army

d)

make laws necessary to carry out its powers

19.

Parliament, Congress, and the General Assembly are all....

a)

equal

b)

bicameral

c)

unicameral

d)

responsible for carrying out the law

20.

In which economy would the government make all economic decisions thus limiting consumer choices?

a)

traditional

b)

command

c)

free market

d)

mixed market