CPI EXAM FINAL PAPER EXAMPREP COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VIEW AHEAD STUDY SHEET

CPI EXAM FINAL PAPER EXAMPREP
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VIEW AHEAD STUDY SHEET


◉ 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


◉ 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