CIVIC LITERACY EXAM REVIEW GUIDE
2026 COMPLETE PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
●● In terms of representation in government, which term best describes
the government of the United States? Answer: a constitutional republic
●● Use the quote to answer the question
"Where-ever law ends, tyranny begins" -John Locke (1690)
How is this quote related to the Rule of Law? Answer: it supports the
idea that clear, shared, and accepted rules are needed to protect the rights
of the citizens.
●● Which principle is based on the belief that all people and institutions
are accountable to laws that are written, publicly shared, equally
enforced and independently judged? Answer: Rule of Law
●● Which document is the supreme law of the land in the United States?
Answer: the Constitution
, ●● What is a necessary condition for the Constitution of the United
States to remain the Law of the land? Answer: citizens must accept the
relationship between government and citizens as outlined in the
document.
●● Which document influenced both Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution of the United States? Answer: the Magna Carta
●● What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: to announce the colonies were establishing there own country
free from British control
●● What is one current outcome of America's history of slavery?
Answer: Members of minority groups are subjected to discrimination
●● Use the even diagram to answer the question
This diagram list services provided by state and local government.
Which service best fits the intersection of the two circles? Answer:
maintaining a police force
●● Why did the farmers of the constitution of the United States adopt a
federal system as a means to govern the country? Answer: to distribute
the powers of government
2026 COMPLETE PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
●● In terms of representation in government, which term best describes
the government of the United States? Answer: a constitutional republic
●● Use the quote to answer the question
"Where-ever law ends, tyranny begins" -John Locke (1690)
How is this quote related to the Rule of Law? Answer: it supports the
idea that clear, shared, and accepted rules are needed to protect the rights
of the citizens.
●● Which principle is based on the belief that all people and institutions
are accountable to laws that are written, publicly shared, equally
enforced and independently judged? Answer: Rule of Law
●● Which document is the supreme law of the land in the United States?
Answer: the Constitution
, ●● What is a necessary condition for the Constitution of the United
States to remain the Law of the land? Answer: citizens must accept the
relationship between government and citizens as outlined in the
document.
●● Which document influenced both Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution of the United States? Answer: the Magna Carta
●● What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: to announce the colonies were establishing there own country
free from British control
●● What is one current outcome of America's history of slavery?
Answer: Members of minority groups are subjected to discrimination
●● Use the even diagram to answer the question
This diagram list services provided by state and local government.
Which service best fits the intersection of the two circles? Answer:
maintaining a police force
●● Why did the farmers of the constitution of the United States adopt a
federal system as a means to govern the country? Answer: to distribute
the powers of government
