KENTUCKY CIVICS UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔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?
✔✔Congress
Senate and House of Representatives (Congress) - ✔✔Who makes federal laws?
✔✔the Senate and House (of Representatives) - ✔✔What are the two parts of the U.S.
Congress?
✔✔One hundred (100) - ✔✔How many U.S. Senators are there?
✔✔six (6) - ✔✔We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
✔✔Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell - ✔✔Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators
now?*
, ✔✔Four hundred thirty-five (435) - ✔✔The House of Representatives has how many
voting members?
✔✔Two (2) - ✔✔We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
✔✔John Yarmouth-Louisville - ✔✔Name your U.S. Representative
✔✔All the people of the state - ✔✔Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
✔✔Because the number is based on population of the state - ✔✔Why do some states
have more Representatives than other states?
✔✔Four (4) - ✔✔We elect a President for how many years?
✔✔November - ✔✔In what month do we vote for President?
✔✔Donald J. Trump - ✔✔What is the name of the President of the United States now?
✔✔Michael R. Pence - ✔✔What is the name of the Vice President of the United States
now?
✔✔The Vice President - ✔✔If the President can no longer serve, who becomes
President?
✔✔The Speaker of the House - ✔✔If both the President and the Vice President can no
longer serve, who becomes President?
✔✔The President (armed forces) - ✔✔Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
✔✔The President (agrees with the law) - ✔✔Who signs bills to become laws?
✔✔The President (says no to a law) - ✔✔Who vetoes bills?
✔✔advises the President - ✔✔What does the President's Cabinet do?
✔✔Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, - ✔✔What are two Cabinet-level
positions?
✔✔▪ decides if a law goes against the Constitution - ✔✔What does the judicial branch
do?
✔✔The US Supreme Court - ✔✔What is the highest court in the United States?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔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?
✔✔Congress
Senate and House of Representatives (Congress) - ✔✔Who makes federal laws?
✔✔the Senate and House (of Representatives) - ✔✔What are the two parts of the U.S.
Congress?
✔✔One hundred (100) - ✔✔How many U.S. Senators are there?
✔✔six (6) - ✔✔We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
✔✔Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell - ✔✔Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators
now?*
, ✔✔Four hundred thirty-five (435) - ✔✔The House of Representatives has how many
voting members?
✔✔Two (2) - ✔✔We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
✔✔John Yarmouth-Louisville - ✔✔Name your U.S. Representative
✔✔All the people of the state - ✔✔Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
✔✔Because the number is based on population of the state - ✔✔Why do some states
have more Representatives than other states?
✔✔Four (4) - ✔✔We elect a President for how many years?
✔✔November - ✔✔In what month do we vote for President?
✔✔Donald J. Trump - ✔✔What is the name of the President of the United States now?
✔✔Michael R. Pence - ✔✔What is the name of the Vice President of the United States
now?
✔✔The Vice President - ✔✔If the President can no longer serve, who becomes
President?
✔✔The Speaker of the House - ✔✔If both the President and the Vice President can no
longer serve, who becomes President?
✔✔The President (armed forces) - ✔✔Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
✔✔The President (agrees with the law) - ✔✔Who signs bills to become laws?
✔✔The President (says no to a law) - ✔✔Who vetoes bills?
✔✔advises the President - ✔✔What does the President's Cabinet do?
✔✔Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, - ✔✔What are two Cabinet-level
positions?
✔✔▪ decides if a law goes against the Constitution - ✔✔What does the judicial branch
do?
✔✔The US Supreme Court - ✔✔What is the highest court in the United States?
