GED Civics Exam | Actual Questions and Answers Latest
Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
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the constitution
Correct Answer: What is the supreme law of the land?
• Question
Sets up the government. Defines the government. Protects basic rights of Americans.
Correct Answer: What does the constitution do?
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We the people
Correct Answer: The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words?
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A change or addition to the constitution.
Correct Answer: What is an amendment?
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Bill of Rights
Correct Answer: What do we call the first 10 amendments to the constitution?
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speech ▪ religion ▪ assembly ▪ press ▪ petition the government
Correct Answer: One freedom from the first amendment?
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27
Correct Answer: How many amendments does the constitution have?
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▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ declared our independence (from
Great Britain) ▪
said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
Correct Answer: 8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
, • Question
▪ life
▪ liberty
Correct Answer: What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
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You can practice any religion or not practice a religion
Correct Answer: What is freedom of religion?
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Capitalist economy. Market economy.
Correct Answer: What is the economic system in the United States?
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Everyone must follow the law. Leaders must obey the law. Government must obey the
law. No one is above the law.
Correct Answer: What is the rule of the law?
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▪ Congress ▪ legislative ▪ President ▪ executive ▪ the courts ▪ judicial
Correct Answer: Name one branch of the government
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Checks and balances. Separation of powers.
Correct Answer: What stops one brand of government from becoming too powerful?
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The President of the United States. (POTUS)
Correct Answer: Who is in charge of the executive branch?
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Congress ▪ Senate and House (of Representatives) ▪ (U.S. or national) legislature
Correct Answer: Who makes federal laws?
• Question
The Senate and House (of representatives)
Correct Answer: What are the 2 parts of the U.S. Congress?
Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
• Question
the constitution
Correct Answer: What is the supreme law of the land?
• Question
Sets up the government. Defines the government. Protects basic rights of Americans.
Correct Answer: What does the constitution do?
• Question
We the people
Correct Answer: The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words?
• Question
A change or addition to the constitution.
Correct Answer: What is an amendment?
• Question
Bill of Rights
Correct Answer: What do we call the first 10 amendments to the constitution?
• Question
speech ▪ religion ▪ assembly ▪ press ▪ petition the government
Correct Answer: One freedom from the first amendment?
• Question
27
Correct Answer: How many amendments does the constitution have?
• Question
▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ declared our independence (from
Great Britain) ▪
said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
Correct Answer: 8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
, • Question
▪ life
▪ liberty
Correct Answer: What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
• Question
You can practice any religion or not practice a religion
Correct Answer: What is freedom of religion?
• Question
Capitalist economy. Market economy.
Correct Answer: What is the economic system in the United States?
• Question
Everyone must follow the law. Leaders must obey the law. Government must obey the
law. No one is above the law.
Correct Answer: What is the rule of the law?
• Question
▪ Congress ▪ legislative ▪ President ▪ executive ▪ the courts ▪ judicial
Correct Answer: Name one branch of the government
• Question
Checks and balances. Separation of powers.
Correct Answer: What stops one brand of government from becoming too powerful?
• Question
The President of the United States. (POTUS)
Correct Answer: Who is in charge of the executive branch?
• Question
Congress ▪ Senate and House (of Representatives) ▪ (U.S. or national) legislature
Correct Answer: Who makes federal laws?
• Question
The Senate and House (of representatives)
Correct Answer: What are the 2 parts of the U.S. Congress?
