FCLE Florida CIVIC Literacy Practice
TEST Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions Latest Update
Question:
What does the Constitution do?
Answer:
sets up the government, defines the government, protects basic rights of Americans
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 to the Constitution or an 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:
speech, religion, assembly, press or petition
,Question:
how many amendments does the constitution have?
Answer:
27
Question:
what did the declaration of independence do?
Answer:
announced our independence, declared our independence, said that the United States
is free
Question:
what are two rights in the declaration of independence?
Answer:
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
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:
cabalist and market economy
Question:
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.
, Question:
name a branch or part of the government?
Answer:
Congress legislative President executive the courts judicial
Question:
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Answer:
checks and balances, and separation of powers
Question:
who is in charge of the executive branch?
Answer:
president
Question:
who makes federal laws
Answer:
Congress, Senate and House (of Representatives), (U.S. or national) legislature
Question:
How many U.S. Senators are there?
Answer:
100
Question:
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
Answer:
Senate and House of Representatives
TEST Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions Latest Update
Question:
What does the Constitution do?
Answer:
sets up the government, defines the government, protects basic rights of Americans
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 to the Constitution or an 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:
speech, religion, assembly, press or petition
,Question:
how many amendments does the constitution have?
Answer:
27
Question:
what did the declaration of independence do?
Answer:
announced our independence, declared our independence, said that the United States
is free
Question:
what are two rights in the declaration of independence?
Answer:
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
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:
cabalist and market economy
Question:
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.
, Question:
name a branch or part of the government?
Answer:
Congress legislative President executive the courts judicial
Question:
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Answer:
checks and balances, and separation of powers
Question:
who is in charge of the executive branch?
Answer:
president
Question:
who makes federal laws
Answer:
Congress, Senate and House (of Representatives), (U.S. or national) legislature
Question:
How many U.S. Senators are there?
Answer:
100
Question:
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
Answer:
Senate and House of Representatives
