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Florida CivicLiteracy Test
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Denning [Date] [Course title]
,What is the supreme law of the land - Answer: ▪The constitution
What does the constitution do? - Answer: ▪ sets up the government
▪ defines the government
▪ protects basic rights of Americans
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? -
Answer: ▪ We the people
What is an amendment? - Answer: ▪ a change (to the Constitution)
▪ an addition (to the Constitution)
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)
▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
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 in the United States?* - Answer: ▪ capitalist economy
▪ market economy
What is the "rule of law"? - Answer: ▪ Everyone must follow the law
▪ Leaders must obey the law
▪ Government must obey the law
▪ No one is above the law
Name one branch or part of the government.* - Answer: ▪ Congress
▪ legislative
▪ President
▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - Answer: ▪ checks and balances
▪ separation of powers
Who is in charge of the executive branch? - Answer: ▪ the President
Who makes federal laws? - Answer: ▪ Congress
▪ Senate and House (of Representatives)
▪ (U.S. or national) legislature
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?* - Answer: ▪ the Senate and House (of Representatives)
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