KENTUCKY CIVICS STUDY EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The Star-Spangled Banner - ✔✔What is the name of the national anthem?
✔✔July 4th - ✔✔When do we celebrate Independence Day?
✔✔New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - ✔✔Name two national U.S. holidays.
✔✔ the Constitution - ✔✔What is the supreme law of the land?
✔✔sets up the government - ✔✔What does the Constitution do?
✔✔We the People - ✔✔The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words?
✔✔a change or an addition (to the Constitution) - ✔✔What is an amendment?
✔✔The Bill of Rights - ✔✔What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
✔✔petition the government - ✔✔What is one right or freedom from the First
Amendment?
✔✔Twenty-seven (27) - ✔✔How many amendments does the Constitution have?
✔✔announced our independence - ✔✔What did the Declaration of Independence do?
✔✔life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - ✔✔What are two rights in the Declaration
of Independence?
✔✔You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion. - ✔✔What is freedom of
religion?
✔✔capitalist or market economy - ✔✔What is the economic system in the United
States?
✔✔▪Congress / legislative - ✔✔Name one branch or part of the government
✔✔Everyone must follow the law. - ✔✔What is the "rule of law"?
✔✔checks and balances (separation of powers) - ✔✔What stops one branch of
government from becoming too powerful?
✔✔The President ( which branch) - ✔✔Who is in charge of the executive branch?
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The Star-Spangled Banner - ✔✔What is the name of the national anthem?
✔✔July 4th - ✔✔When do we celebrate Independence Day?
✔✔New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - ✔✔Name two national U.S. holidays.
✔✔ the Constitution - ✔✔What is the supreme law of the land?
✔✔sets up the government - ✔✔What does the Constitution do?
✔✔We the People - ✔✔The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words?
✔✔a change or an addition (to the Constitution) - ✔✔What is an amendment?
✔✔The Bill of Rights - ✔✔What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
✔✔petition the government - ✔✔What is one right or freedom from the First
Amendment?
✔✔Twenty-seven (27) - ✔✔How many amendments does the Constitution have?
✔✔announced our independence - ✔✔What did the Declaration of Independence do?
✔✔life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - ✔✔What are two rights in the Declaration
of Independence?
✔✔You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion. - ✔✔What is freedom of
religion?
✔✔capitalist or market economy - ✔✔What is the economic system in the United
States?
✔✔▪Congress / legislative - ✔✔Name one branch or part of the government
✔✔Everyone must follow the law. - ✔✔What is the "rule of law"?
✔✔checks and balances (separation of powers) - ✔✔What stops one branch of
government from becoming too powerful?
✔✔The President ( which branch) - ✔✔Who is in charge of the executive branch?
