Florida Civic Literacy Test Questions and Answers
| Fall 2026 | 100% Correct
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Terms in this set (117)
What is the supreme law ▪The constitution
of the land
▪ sets up the government
What does the
▪ defines the government
constitution do?
▪ protects basic rights of Americans
The idea of self- ▪ We the people
government is in the first
three words of the
Constitution. What are
these words?
▪ a change (to the Constitution)
What is an amendment?
▪ an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ▪ The Bill of Rights
ten amendments to the
Constitution?
▪ Speech
What is one right or ▪ Religion
freedom from the First ▪ Assembly
Amendment?* ▪Press
▪ Petition the government
How many amendments ▪ twenty-seven (27)
does the Constitution
have?
▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain)
What did the Declaration
▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain)
of Independence do?
▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
What are two rights in the ▪ life
, What is the economic ▪ capitalist economy
system in the United ▪ market economy
States?*
▪ Everyone must follow the law
▪ Leaders must obey the law
What is the "rule of law"?
▪ Government must obey the law
▪ No one is above the law
▪ Congress
▪ legislative
Name one branch or part ▪ President
of the government.* ▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial
What stops one branch of ▪ checks and balances
government from ▪ separation of powers
becoming too powerful?
Who is in charge of the ▪ the President
executive branch?
▪ Congress
Who makes federal laws? ▪ Senate and House (of Representatives)
▪ (U.S. or national) legislature
What are the two parts of ▪ the Senate and House (of Representatives)
the U.S. Congress?*
How many U.S. Senators ▪ 100
are there?
We elect a U.S. Senator for ▪ six (6)
how many years?
Who is one of your state's ▪ Marco Rubio
U.S. Senators now?*
The House of ▪435
Representatives has how
many voting members?
We elect a U.S. ▪ two (2)
Representative for how
many years?
Name yourU.S. ▪Donna Shalala
| Fall 2026 | 100% Correct
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Terms in this set (117)
What is the supreme law ▪The constitution
of the land
▪ sets up the government
What does the
▪ defines the government
constitution do?
▪ protects basic rights of Americans
The idea of self- ▪ We the people
government is in the first
three words of the
Constitution. What are
these words?
▪ a change (to the Constitution)
What is an amendment?
▪ an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ▪ The Bill of Rights
ten amendments to the
Constitution?
▪ Speech
What is one right or ▪ Religion
freedom from the First ▪ Assembly
Amendment?* ▪Press
▪ Petition the government
How many amendments ▪ twenty-seven (27)
does the Constitution
have?
▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain)
What did the Declaration
▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain)
of Independence do?
▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
What are two rights in the ▪ life
, What is the economic ▪ capitalist economy
system in the United ▪ market economy
States?*
▪ Everyone must follow the law
▪ Leaders must obey the law
What is the "rule of law"?
▪ Government must obey the law
▪ No one is above the law
▪ Congress
▪ legislative
Name one branch or part ▪ President
of the government.* ▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial
What stops one branch of ▪ checks and balances
government from ▪ separation of powers
becoming too powerful?
Who is in charge of the ▪ the President
executive branch?
▪ Congress
Who makes federal laws? ▪ Senate and House (of Representatives)
▪ (U.S. or national) legislature
What are the two parts of ▪ the Senate and House (of Representatives)
the U.S. Congress?*
How many U.S. Senators ▪ 100
are there?
We elect a U.S. Senator for ▪ six (6)
how many years?
Who is one of your state's ▪ Marco Rubio
U.S. Senators now?*
The House of ▪435
Representatives has how
many voting members?
We elect a U.S. ▪ two (2)
Representative for how
many years?
Name yourU.S. ▪Donna Shalala
