Citizenship Test (for AL high school civics exam) 2023
GRADED A+ (ACTUAL TEST ) Questions and Answers (Solved)
- What is the supreme law of the land?
Answer: The Constitution
- What does the Constitution do?
Answer: Sets up the government
- The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words?
Answer: We the people
- A change to the US Constitution is known as a what?
Answer: Amendment
- What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Answer: the Bill of Rights
- What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Answer: Speech, religion, assembly, press, petition the government
- How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Answer: Twenty seven (27)
- What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Answer: Announced our independence from Great Britain 1 / 2
- What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Answer:
Life Liberty Pursuit of happiness
- What is freedom of religion?
Answer: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion
- What is the economic system of the United States?
Answer: Capitalist economy
- What is the "rule of law"?
Answer: Everyone must follow the law
- Name one branch or part of the government?
Answer:
Legislative Executive Judicial
- What stops one branch of government from becoming too
powerful?
Answer: -Checks and balances
- Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Answer: The President
- Laws are written by?
Answer: Congress
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