CIVIC LITERACY TEST UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS

CIVIC LITERACY TEST UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A PLUS
Civic Literacy TEST Actual Paper 2026/2027
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Question:
What does the Constitution do?

Answer:
-sets up the government defines the government protects basic rights of Americans



Question:
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

Answer:
We the People



Question:
What is an amendment?

Answer:
-a change (to the Constitution) an addition (to the Constitution)



Question:
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

Answer:
the Bill of Rights



Question:
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

,Answer:
speech religion assembly press petition the government



Question:
How many amendments does the Constitution have?

Answer:
twenty-seven



Question:
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)



Question:
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

Answer:
-life liberty pursuit of happiness



Question:
What is freedom of religion?

Answer:
You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.



Question:
What is the economic system in the United States?

Answer:

,-capitalist economy market economy



Question:
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.



Question:
Name one branch or part of the government.

Answer:
-Congress legislative President executive the courts judicial



Question:
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

Answer:
-checks and balances separation of powers



Question:
Who is in charge of the executive branch?

Answer:
the President



Question:
Who makes federal laws?

Answer:
-Congress Senate and House (of Representatives) (U.S. or national) legislature

, Question:
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

Answer:
the Senate and House (of Representatives)



Question:
How many U.S. Senators are there?

Answer:
one hundred (100)



Question:
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

Answer:
six



Question:
Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?

Answer:
Marco Rubio Rick Scott



Question:
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

Answer:
435