Civic literacy test current edition 2025
Civic literacy test
Questions and a 100% approved answers
What is the supreme law of the land - ✔✔✔▪The constitution?
What does the constitution do? - ✔✔✔▪ sets up the government
▪ protects basic rights of Americans
▪ defines the government
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
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▪ Executive
▪ The courts
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 (27)
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States. - ✔✔✔▪Missouri (river)
▪Mississippi (River)
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States? - ✔✔✔▪Pacific (ocean)
What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? - ✔✔✔▪Atlantic (ocean)
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Name one U.S. territory. - ✔✔✔▪ Puerto Rico
▪ U.S. Virgin Islands
▪ American Samoa
▪ Northern Mariana Islands
▪ Guam
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
▪ 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
▪ Judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - ✔✔✔▪ checks and
balances
▪ Separation of powers
Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - ✔✔✔▪ all people of the state
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Civic literacy test
Questions and a 100% approved answers
What is the supreme law of the land - ✔✔✔▪The constitution?
What does the constitution do? - ✔✔✔▪ sets up the government
▪ protects basic rights of Americans
▪ defines the government
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
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▪ Executive
▪ The courts
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 (27)
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States. - ✔✔✔▪Missouri (river)
▪Mississippi (River)
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States? - ✔✔✔▪Pacific (ocean)
What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? - ✔✔✔▪Atlantic (ocean)
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Name one U.S. territory. - ✔✔✔▪ Puerto Rico
▪ U.S. Virgin Islands
▪ American Samoa
▪ Northern Mariana Islands
▪ Guam
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
▪ 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
▪ Judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - ✔✔✔▪ checks and
balances
▪ Separation of powers
Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - ✔✔✔▪ all people of the state
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