Civics Final Exam Review

1. Civics Final Exam Review November 2011

2. A naturalized citizen cannot a) become President. b) vote for President. c) hold elected office. d) elect representatives.

3. a) become President.

4. To vote in the colonies, you were not required to a) be white. b) have an education. c) own land. d) be a man.

5. b) have an education.

6. Unlike our duties as citizens, our responsibilities are a) limited. b) voluntary. c) required. d) general.

7. b) voluntary.

8. “Consent of the governed” gives power to a) citizens. b) Congress. c) the President. d) judges.

9. a) citizens.

10. Direct democracy was first practiced in a) Greece. b) United States. c) England. d) none of the above.

11. a) Greece.

12. You are legally an American citizen if you were a) under age eighteen when your parents were naturalized. b) naturalized. c) born in the United States or its territories. d) any of the above.

13. d) any of the above.

14. Which document outlined the reasons the colonists separated from England? a) First Continental Congress b) English Bill of Rights c) Declaration of Independence d) Committees of Correspondence

15. c) Declaration of Independence

16. Natural rights are people’s rights to a) life. b) liberty. c) property. d) all of the above.

17. d) all of the above.

18. Once you are a citizen, you can a) decide to give up citizenship. b) have citizenship taken away. c) remain a citizen for life. d) all of the above.

19. d) all of the above.

20. Citizens have the power to a) disobey traffic laws without punishment. b) refuse to pay taxes to local, state, and federal governments. c) decide what government will and will not do. d) make agreements with other countries.

21. c) decide what government will and will not do.

22. Both the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights a) set up a new government. b) made the monarchy stronger. c) listed basic freedoms. d) limited free speech.

23. c) listed basic freedoms.

24. Writers Locke and Montesquieu inspired the colonists with the ideas of a) republic and direct democracy. b) natural rights and separation of powers. c) free speech and free press. d) traditions and values.

25. b) natural rights and separation of powers.

26. Which freedom has its roots in the colonial period? a) freedom of the press b) freedom of religion c) freedom of speech d) all of the above

27. d) all of the above

28. Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power remained with the a) Congress. b) states. c) President. d) monarch.

29. b) states.

30. Many delegates were afraid that a strong national government would a) share power. b) give up power. c) hold power. d) abuse power.

31. d) abuse power.

32. Duties of citizens of the United States include a) defending the nation. b) obeying the laws. c) serving on a jury or as a witness. d) all of the above.

33. d) all of the above.

34. The Constitution is organized into a) preambles. b) laws. c) articles. d) treaties.

35. c) articles.

36. The first three articles of the Constitution describe the a) goals of government. b) branches of government. c) rights of citizens. d) duties of citizens.

37. b) branches of government.

38. Under the new Constitution, the President would hold a) judicial power. b) executive power. c) the most power. d) all of the above.

39. d) all of the above.

40. The Anti-Federalists were troubled because the Constitution did not include a a) legislative branch. b) Supreme Court. c) bill of rights. d) central government.

41. c) bill of rights.

42. The Federalists argued that a strong federal government would a) maintain order. b) provide protection. c) regulate trade. d) all of the above.

43. d) all of the above.

44. The First Amendment protects a) persons accused of crimes. b) individual freedoms. c) citizens from abuse of power. d) all of the above.

45. b) individual freedoms.

46. Which does not describe a part of the Great Compromise? a) a House of Representatives based on state population b) including slaves in state population counts c) a Senate with two senators for each state d) a bicameral legislature

47. b) including slaves in state population counts

48. Which of the following is not a goal of our government under the Constitution? a) to establish justice b) to promote the general welfare c) to form a more perfect union d) to protect against taxation

49. d) to protect against taxation

50. All of the following limit the government’s power, except a) checks and balances. b) priority of federal law. c) federalism. d) separation of powers.