FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY 120
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025 GRADED A+
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,1. What is the supreme law of the land?
o Answer: The Constitution
2. What does the Constitution do?
o Answer:
▪ Sets up the government
▪ Defines the government
▪ Protects basic rights of Americans
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution.
What are these words?
o Answer: We the People
4. What is an amendment?
o Answer:
▪ A change (to the Constitution)
▪ An addition (to the Constitution)
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
o Answer: The Bill of Rights
6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
o Answer:
▪ Speech
▪ Religion
▪ Assembly
▪ Press
▪ Petition the government
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
o Answer: Twenty-seven (27)
8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
o Answer:
▪ Announced our independence (from Great Britain)
, ▪ Declared our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ Said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
o Answer:
▪ Life
▪ Liberty
▪ Pursuit of happiness
10. What is freedom of religion?
o Answer: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
11. What is the economic system in the United States?
o Answer:
▪ Capitalist economy
▪ Market economy
12. What is the "rule of law"?
o Answer:
▪ Everyone must follow the law
▪ Leaders must obey the law
▪ Government must obey the law
▪ No one is above the law
13. Name one branch or part of the government.
o Answer:
▪ Congress
▪ Legislative
▪ President
▪ Executive
▪ The courts
▪ Judicial
14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025 GRADED A+
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
,1. What is the supreme law of the land?
o Answer: The Constitution
2. What does the Constitution do?
o Answer:
▪ Sets up the government
▪ Defines the government
▪ Protects basic rights of Americans
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution.
What are these words?
o Answer: We the People
4. What is an amendment?
o Answer:
▪ A change (to the Constitution)
▪ An addition (to the Constitution)
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
o Answer: The Bill of Rights
6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
o Answer:
▪ Speech
▪ Religion
▪ Assembly
▪ Press
▪ Petition the government
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
o Answer: Twenty-seven (27)
8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
o Answer:
▪ Announced our independence (from Great Britain)
, ▪ Declared our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ Said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
o Answer:
▪ Life
▪ Liberty
▪ Pursuit of happiness
10. What is freedom of religion?
o Answer: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
11. What is the economic system in the United States?
o Answer:
▪ Capitalist economy
▪ Market economy
12. What is the "rule of law"?
o Answer:
▪ Everyone must follow the law
▪ Leaders must obey the law
▪ Government must obey the law
▪ No one is above the law
13. Name one branch or part of the government.
o Answer:
▪ Congress
▪ Legislative
▪ President
▪ Executive
▪ The courts
▪ Judicial
14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
