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Civic Literacy Final

Total questions: 84

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which ancient country invented the idea of democracy?

a)

Greece

b)

United States

c)

Medieval Europe

d)

China

2.

What type of government makes decisions through citizens voting directly for each issue?

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Indirect Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Monarchy

3.

What type of government has one single ruler that makes decisions for the country?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Indirect Democracy

4.

What type of government is ruled by an elite group in society?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Indirect Democracy

5.

What type of government lets citizens elect representatives to vote and make decisions on their behalf?

a)

Indirect Democracy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Oligrachy

d)

Monarchy

6.

What is a requirement to vote in the United States?

a)

Be at least 18 years old

b)

have taken a civics class

c)

have a driver's license

d)

never have gotten a ticket

7.

What philosopher came up with the idea of Natural Rights?

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

d)

Voltaire

8.

Which philospher supported capitalism?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Voltaire

9.

Which act passed by Great Britain put a tax on sugar?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

10.

What was the name of the event where colonists threw tea from British ships into the Boston Harbor?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Continental Congress

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Constitutional Convention

11.

What was the name of the literary work written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists to declare independence from Great Britain?

a)

Common Sense

b)

Federalist Papers

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

The Constitution

12.

Which is not a natural right in the Constitution?

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Pursuit of Happiness

d)

Property

13.

Who does the Declaration of Independence say the government should get their power from?

a)

Consent of the Governed

b)

the king

c)

the military

d)

law making group

14.

Alexander Hamilton said he could create a national bank using what power from the constitution?

a)

elastic clause

b)

reserved powers

c)

expressed powers

d)

preamble

15.

What were the first two political parties in the United States?

a)

Democrats and Republics

b)

Republicans and Federalists

c)

Federalists and Anti-Federalists

d)

Democrats and Anti-Federalists

16.

What did the first political parties in the United States disagree on?

a)

Power between state and federal government

b)

who should be president

c)

control of commerce

d)

texas

17.

What did the Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 create?

a)

State Court System

b)

The Judicial Branch

c)

Federal Court System

d)

Military Courts

18.

Alexander Hamilton said the Constitution should be interpreted _________________.

a)

Loosely

b)

Strictly

19.

Which political party advocated for adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

a)

Anti-Federalists

b)

Federalists

c)

Democrats

d)

Republicans

20.

Which political party supported stronger state rights?

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

21.

Which political party supported a stronger national government?

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

22.

A political party's "party platform" will tell you what?

a)

Who is running for president

b)

Their stance on different election issues

c)

Their campaign goals

d)

Their budget goals

23.

What type of election shrinks the amount of people running for office to a select few?

a)

Primary Election

b)

Midterm Election

c)

General Election

d)

Exit Election

24.

How many votes does a candidate need to win a primary election in most states?

a)

Majority

b)

Plurality

c)

Ballot Recommendations

d)

Petition

25.

In which election do citizens vote for one selected candidate from a political party for president?

a)

Primary

b)

Midterm

c)

General

d)

Exit

26.

What type of voting lets the winner take all by getting at least 51% of votes?

a)

Majority

b)

Initative

c)

Plurality

d)

Apathy

27.

What type of voting is when a candidate wins the MOST votes but NOT a majority?

a)

Plurality

b)

Initiative

c)

Majority

d)

Apathy

28.

What is a sampling a cross section of the public in an effort to predict election results or to estimate public attitudes on issues?

a)

Public Opinion Poll

b)

Talking with classmates

c)

Voting

d)

Midterm Poll

29.

What is the name for the lack of civic participation in voting and other political activities?

a)

Citizen apathy

b)

Civic Activism

c)

Being lazy

d)

Election fraud

30.

What is the purpose of a Political Action Committee (PAC)

a)

To see money is equally distributed

b)

To run an entire campaign

c)

To raise money for candidates who support the group’s position

d)

to spread lies about other candidates

31.

Which is NOT a civic duty?

a)

Voting

b)

Serving on jury

c)

paying taxes

d)

obeying the law

32.

Which is NOT a civic responsibility?

a)

Voting

b)

Volunteering

c)

Holding public office

d)

Registering for Selective Service

33.

Which house of congress has 100 members where each state has equal representation?

a)

Senate

b)

House of Representatives

c)

Supreme Court

d)

President

34.

Which house of congress has 435 members where state representation is based on population?

a)

Senate

b)

House of Representatives

c)

Presidentq

d)

Supreme Court

35.

How many is a majority in the Senate?

a)

100

b)

49

c)

51

d)

218

36.

How many is a majority in the House of Representatives?

a)

435

b)

270

c)

218

d)

51

37.

How many electoral college votes must a presidential candidate get to win the presidency?

a)

270

b)

218

c)

100

d)

51

38.

Special Interest Groups support candidates by forming what?

a)

Political Action Committees (PACs)

b)

Budgets

c)

Ads

d)

Bank Roll Committees

39.

In order to ensure no one branch of government becomes too powerful, the framers of the Constitution created the concept of one branch restraining the power of the others. What is this concept called?

a)

Federalism

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Electoral College

d)

Expressed Powers

40.

Which branch of government was created under the Articles of Confederation?

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

d)

None

41.

What was an issue with the Articles of Confederation?

a)

The government could not enforce laws or collect taxes

b)

The government was lacking a law making body

c)

The federal government was too powerful

d)

Only states could make laws

42.

Which branch of government creates laws?

a)

Judicial

b)

Legislative

c)

Executive

43.

Which branch of government enforces laws?

a)

Judicial

b)

Legislative

c)

Executive

44.

Which branch of government interprets laws?

a)

Judicial

b)

Legislative

c)

Executive

45.

Which compromise was a way to count slaves as part of the population towards representation?

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

3/5 compromise

c)

Great Compromise

d)

New Jersey Plan

46.

What is the name of the political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people?

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Democracy

c)

Power to the People

47.

Who are Expressed powers given to?

a)

States

b)

Federal Government

c)

Citizens of the US

d)

Citizens over the age of 18

48.

Who are Reserved powers given to?

a)

States

b)

Federal Government

c)

Citizens of the US

d)

Citizens over the age of 18

49.

Which is NOT right given in the first amendment?

a)

Religion

b)

Speech

c)

Press

d)

Quartering Soldiers

50.

What is the correct order for the structure of the Constitution?

a)

Articles, Preamble, Amendments

b)

Preamble, Amendments, Articles

c)

Amendments, Articles,Preamble

d)

Preamble, Articles, Amendments

51.

Which is NOT a goal of the Preamble of the Constitution?

a)

Establish Justice

b)

Insure Domestic Tranquility

c)

General Welfare

d)

To Protect and Serve

52.

What is the name of doctrine that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land?

a)

Supremacy Clause

b)

VI Clause

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Order Clause

53.

Appropriation and Revenue bills must begin in which house of congress?

a)

Senate

b)

House of Representatives

54.

A census is conducted every _____ years.

a)

5

b)

10

c)

15

d)

20

55.

How are supreme court justices selected?

a)

Elected by the People

b)

Appointed by the President

c)

Supreme Court Justices Vote

d)

Random picking

56.

Which court has original jurisdiction?

a)

District Courts

b)

Appellate Courts

c)

Supreme Court

57.

What type of jurisdiction do appellate courts have?

a)

Original

b)

Appellate

c)

Second

d)

Final

58.

How long are the terms for federal judges?

a)

2 years

b)

4 years

c)

6 years

d)

life

59.

Who is the governor of North Carolina?

a)

Roy Cooper

b)

Kamala Harris

c)

Joe Biden

d)

Mark Robinson

60.

What is the term for a person who is represented politically by a designated government official or officeholder?

a)

Constituent

b)

Indirect Democracy

c)

Citizen

d)

Representative

61.

How are members from the president's cabinet selected?

a)

President appoints, Senate approves

b)

Senate appoints, President approves

c)

Citizens elect them

d)

President picks

62.

What is the word for "talking a bill to death" during floor debate about a bill in the Senate?

a)

Filibuster

b)

Constituent

c)

Debate

d)

Cloture

63.

How many terms can a president or governor serve?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

64.

Misdemeanors against North Carolina laws are held in which court?

a)

District

b)

Supreme Court

c)

Appellate

65.

What is NOT possible punishment for a misdemeanor?

a)

Community Service

b)

Fine

c)

House Arrest

d)

Long Prison Sentence

66.

Which court case created the doctrine "separate but equal"?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Tinker v. DeMoines

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

67.

Which court case ended segregation in public schools?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Mapp v. Ohio

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

68.

Which court case created judicial review?

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Mapp v. Ohio

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Tinker v. DeMoines

69.

Which court case ruled illegally obtained evidence cannot be used against a person in a court of law?

a)

Mapp v. Ohio

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

70.

Which court case ruled you must be offered a lawyer to represent you in court?

a)

Gideon v. Wainwright

b)

Mapp v. Ohio

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

71.

What was the compromise that created a bicameral legislature where one house has equal representation and the other is based on population?

a)

3/5s Compromise

b)

New Jersey Plan

c)

Great Compromise

d)

Virginia Plan

72.

Which amendment gives you the right to an attorney/ lawyer?

a)

6th

b)

7th

c)

8th

d)

9th

73.

Which amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures?

a)

4th

b)

6th

c)

7th

d)

8th

74.

Which amendment limits the president to 2 terms?

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

22nd

75.

Which amendment protects you from cruel and unusual punishment?

a)

8th

b)

10th

c)

12th

d)

14th

76.

Which amendment gives you the right to vote at 18?

a)

18th

b)

20th

c)

24th

d)

26th

77.

What propaganda technique uses symbols to represent ideas or concepts?

a)

Symbolism

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Glittering Generalities

d)

Just Plain Folk

78.

Which propaganda technique encourages someone to do something because everyone else is doing it?

a)

Just Plain Folk

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Glittering Generalities

d)

Symbolism

79.

Which propaganda technique shows someone as a "common man" or to make leaders look like you and me?

a)

Just Plain Folk

b)

Glittering Generalities

c)

Symbolism

d)

Bandwagon

80.

Which propaganda technique uses loaded words or phrases that create a strong emotional response?

a)

Just Plain Folk

b)

Symbolism

c)

Glittering Generalites

d)

Bandwagon

81.

Which role of the president shows them as a symbol of the nation?

a)

Chief of State

b)

Chief Diplomat

c)

Chief Executive

d)

Commander in Chief

82.

Which role of the president makes him in charge of the armed forces?

a)

Chief of State

b)

Chief Diplomat

c)

Head of State

d)

Commander in Chief

83.

Which role of the president makes him appoint ambassadors around the world?

a)

Chief Diplomat

b)

Chief of State

c)

Commander in Chief

d)

Chief Executive

84.

Which role of the president makes him a boss for millions of people and enforce the laws of the country?

a)

Commander in Chief

b)

Chief Executive

c)

Chief Diplomat

d)

Chief of State