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Unit 1 Test Review Game

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which amendment protects freedom of speech?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

4th

d)

8th

2.

Which amendment protects freedom of the press?

a)

1st

b)

3rd

c)

5th

d)

10th

3.

Which amendment protects freedom of religion?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

7th

d)

9th

4.

Which amendment protects freedom of assembly and petition?

a)

1st

b)

3rd

c)

5th

d)

7th

5.

Which amendment protects the right to own a gun?

a)

2nd

b)

4th

c)

6th

d)

7th

6.

Which amendment protects us from the government requiring us to quarter soldiers in our homes?

a)

1st

b)

3rd

c)

5th

d)

7th

7.

Which amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures?

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

4th

d)

6th

8.

Which amendment protects us from "double jeopardy" (being charged for the same crime twice)?

a)

3rd

b)

5th

c)

6th

d)

8th

9.

Which amendment protects us from being forced to testify against ourselves?

a)

1st

b)

3rd

c)

5th

d)

7th

10.

Which amendment protects our due process rights?

a)

2nd

b)

4th

c)

5th

d)

6th

11.

What amendment protects our right to fair and speedy trial?

a)

1st

b)

3rd

c)

5th

d)

6th

12.

What amendment protects our right to have an "impartial jury" when we are on trial?

a)

4th

b)

5th

c)

6th

d)

7th

13.

What amendment protects our right to know what crime we are being charged with?

a)

2nd

b)

4th

c)

6th

d)

8th

14.

What amendment protects our right to confront the witnesses against us during a trial?

a)

1st

b)

3rd

c)

5th

d)

6th

15.

What amendment protects our right to call witnesses in our defense during a trial?

a)

3rd

b)

5th

c)

6th

d)

8th

16.

What amendment protects our right to have "counsel" (a lawyer) represent us during a trial?

a)

4th

b)

5th

c)

6th

d)

9th

17.

What amendment protects our right to have a jury in a civil trial?

a)

1st

b)

3rd

c)

5th

d)

7th

18.

What amendment protects us from excessive fines and excessive bail?

a)

3rd

b)

6th

c)

8th

d)

10

19.

What amendment protects us from cruel and unusual punishments?

a)

1st

b)

5th

c)

7th

d)

8th

20.

What amendment says that citizens may enjoy certain rights that are not specifically listed in the Bill of Rights?

a)

3rd

b)

5th

c)

7th

d)

9th

21.

What amendment says that rights not specifically given to the federal government are held by the states?

a)

1st

b)

6th

c)

8th

d)

10th

22.

The idea that the government receives its authority from the people of America is--

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Republicanism

c)

Federalism

d)

Limited Government

23.

What is the principle of Republicanism?

a)

Government should be split into three branches.

b)

Americans vote to elect government representatives.

c)

The power of government should be limited.

d)

The President has the right to veto bills passed by Congress.

24.

Who shares power according to the principle of Federalism?

a)

State governments and the federal government.

b)

People and the government.

c)

Executive and Legislative branches.

d)

The United States and Great Britain

25.

Which principle split the power of the government into three branches?

a)

Republicanism

b)

Limited government

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Federalism

26.

Why was the Bill of Rights included in the Constitution?

a)

To protect the idea of federalism.

b)

To provide protections for individual rights.

c)

To make sure that the three branches of government would work properly.

d)

Because James Madison had nothing better to do.

27.

Popular Sovereignty means that--

a)

people elect their political representatives.

b)

power is divided between the national government and state governments.

c)

the people are the source of the government's power.

d)

each of the three branches of government can restrain the power of the other two.

28.

Each branch having different powers and responsibilities is an example of -

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Federalism

29.

Each branch having different powers and responsibilities is an example of -

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Federalism

30.

States can make their own laws about education.

This is an example of which constitutional principle?

a)

Separation of Powers

b)

Federalism

31.

When the president disagrees with a law Congress wants passed, he can veto the law.

This action is an example of...

a)

Limited government

b)

Checks and Balances

32.

The principle that states each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other two branches -

a)

Checks & Balances

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Federalism

d)

Separation of Powers

33.

The principle of government in which the federal and state governments share powers -

a)


Federalism

b)

Checks & Balances

c)

Republicanism

34.

A government in which the people rule, the authority of the government comes from the people -

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Federalism

c)

Checks and Balances

35.

This principle states that the federal government be divided into 3 branches or power: legislative, judicial, and executive.

a)

Separation of Powers

b)

Limited Government

c)

Popular Sovereignty

36.

This is the idea that government power must have limits -

a)

Limited Government

b)

Individual Rights

c)

Republicanism

37.

What are the 3 Branches of the federal government?

a)

Federal, Aristocratic, Monarchical

b)

Democratic, Republican, Libertarian

c)

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

38.

What does the Legislative Branch do?

a)

Congress- it makes the laws

b)

Supreme Court- it judges the laws

c)


The President- enforces the laws

39.

What does the Judicial Branch do?

a)

Congress- it makes the laws

b)

Supreme Court- it judges or interprets the laws

c)

The President- enforces the laws

40.

What does the Executive Branch do?

a)


Congress- it makes the laws

b)

Supreme Court- it judges the laws

c)

The President- enforces the laws

41.

The idea of the "separation of powers" is credited to the political thinker...

a)

John Locke

b)

Charles de Montesquieu

42.

The idea of "natural rights" is credited to the political thinker...

a)

John Locke

b)

Charles de Montesquieu

43.

The most important aspect of the Magna Carta was the statement that...

a)

Not even the king is above the law.

b)

The common people have the same rights as the upper class.

c)

Everyone should have the same amount of property.

d)

The king holds his power due to "divine right".

44.

What principle of the Constitution was first seen in the English Bill of Rights?

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Federalism

c)

Republicanism

d)

Individual Rights