Civics Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Latest Graded A+

Civics Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Latest Graded
A+


Question:
What is the supreme law of the land?
Answer:
the Constitution


Question:
What does the Constitution do?
Answer:
sets up /defines the government


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 or 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:

,Religion


Question:
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Answer:
27


Question:
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Answer:
Announced our independence from Great Britain


Question:
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Answer:
Life and liberty


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 or market


Question:
What is the "rule of law"?
Answer:
No one is above the law (everyone must follow it)

, Question:
Name one branch or part of the government.
Answer:
Judicial


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


Question:
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Answer:
the President


Question:
Who makes federal laws?
Answer:
Congress


Question:
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
Answer:
Senate and House of Representatives


Question:
How many U.S. Senators are there?
Answer:
100


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