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Current Issues Unit 3 Test

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?

a)

8th Amendment

b)

2nd Amendment

c)

16th Amendment

d)

Bill of Rights

2.

Which amendment protects the right to bear arms (Guns).

a)

4th Amendment

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

2nd Amendment

d)

6th Amendment

3.

Which amendment provides for a speedy and public trial?

a)

2nd Amendment

b)

Federalism

c)

4th Amendment

d)

6th Amendment

4.

Which amendment protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure?

a)

1st Amendment

b)

4th Amendment

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

2nd Amendment

5.

Which amendment protects against double jeopardy and self-incrimination?

a)

5th Amendment

b)

Voting

c)

2nd Amendment

d)

25th Amendment

6.

The government is not all powerful and only has the power that the people have given it.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Limited Government

d)

Judicial Review

7.

Power comes from the people (your power to vote).

a)

Popular Sovereignty 

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Limited Government

d)

Judicial Review

8.

Power to interpret laws.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Limited Government

d)

Judicial Review

9.

What are the first 10 Amendments usually called?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

6th Amendment

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

10.

What piece of legislation outlawed discrimination in the United States?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Federalism

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Judicial Review

11.

What is the current document governing the United States called?

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Limited Government

d)

US Constitution

12.

Tools used to restrict government power.

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Limited Government

d)

US Constitution

13.

What was the United States’ first constitution called?

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Limited Government

d)

Articles of Confederation

14.

Power is shared between a national government and many smaller governments such as states, counties, cities, etc.

a)

Federalism

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

6th Amendment

d)

Articles of Confederation

15.

Bias by _______ is including more sources that support one view/side over another.

a)

Source Selection

b)

Omission

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Labeling

16.

Bias by _______ is using adjectives/descriptors to exaggerate a certain perspective as more positive or negative.

a)

Spin

b)

Omission

c)

Source Selection

d)

Labeling

17.

Bias by _______ is leaving out significant details/facts of a story that usually supports the opposite side.

a)

Spin

b)

Omission

c)

Source Selection

d)

Labeling

18.

Which of the following is NOT something that makes a source reliable.

a)

In Depth Analysis

b)

Broad Audience of Readers

c)

Including Personal Opinions

d)

Include Multiple Perspectives

19.

The amount of goods or services available.

a)

Demand

b)

Supply

c)

Law of Supply and Demand

d)

13 Amendment

20.

A decline in the purchasing value of money; an increase in prices of goods and services.

a)

Demand

b)

Supply

c)

Law of Supply and Demand

d)

Inflation

21.

The consumers’ desire to purchase goods or services at a particular price.

a)

Demand

b)

Supply

c)

Law of Supply and Demand

d)

Inflation