PBSC Florida Civics Literacy Exam.Final Test 2024\2025.
What is the supreme law of the land?
the Constitution
What does the Constitution do?
-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?
We the People
What is an amendment?
-a change (to the Constitution)
-an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill of Rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
-speech
-religion
-assembly
-press
-petition the government
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
twenty-seven
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
-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?
-life
-liberty
,PBSC Florida Civics Literacy Exam.Final Test 2024\2025.
-pursuit of
happiness
What is freedom of religion?
You can practice
any religion, or
not practice a
religion.
What is the economic system
in the United States?
-capitalist economy
-market economy
What is the "rule of law"?
-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.
-Congress
-legislative
-President
-executive
-the courts
-judicial
What stops one branch of
government from becoming
too powerful?
-checks and
balances
-separation
of powers
, PBSC Florida Civics Literacy Exam.Final Test 2024\2025.
Who is in charge of the
executive branch?
the President
Who makes federal laws?
-Congress
-Senate and House
(of Representatives)
-(U.S. or national)
legislature
What are the two parts of the
U.S. Congress?
the Senate
and House (of
Representatives)
How many U.S. Senators
are there?
one hundred (100)
We elect a U.S. Senator for
how many years?
six
Who is one of your state's
U.S. Senators now?
Marco Rubio
Rick Scott
The House of Representatives
has how many voting
members?
435
We elect a U.S.
Representative for how
many years?
What is the supreme law of the land?
the Constitution
What does the Constitution do?
-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?
We the People
What is an amendment?
-a change (to the Constitution)
-an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill of Rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
-speech
-religion
-assembly
-press
-petition the government
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
twenty-seven
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
-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?
-life
-liberty
,PBSC Florida Civics Literacy Exam.Final Test 2024\2025.
-pursuit of
happiness
What is freedom of religion?
You can practice
any religion, or
not practice a
religion.
What is the economic system
in the United States?
-capitalist economy
-market economy
What is the "rule of law"?
-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.
-Congress
-legislative
-President
-executive
-the courts
-judicial
What stops one branch of
government from becoming
too powerful?
-checks and
balances
-separation
of powers
, PBSC Florida Civics Literacy Exam.Final Test 2024\2025.
Who is in charge of the
executive branch?
the President
Who makes federal laws?
-Congress
-Senate and House
(of Representatives)
-(U.S. or national)
legislature
What are the two parts of the
U.S. Congress?
the Senate
and House (of
Representatives)
How many U.S. Senators
are there?
one hundred (100)
We elect a U.S. Senator for
how many years?
six
Who is one of your state's
U.S. Senators now?
Marco Rubio
Rick Scott
The House of Representatives
has how many voting
members?
435
We elect a U.S.
Representative for how
many years?
