Florida Civic Literacy Exam FCLE STUDY GUIDE
What is the supreme law of the land? the Constitution
What does the Constitution do? -sets up the government
-defines the government
-protects basic rights of Americans
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of We the People
the Constitution. What are these words?
What is an amendment? -a change (to the Constitution)
-an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the the Bill of Rights
Constitution?
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
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 -life
Declaration of Independence? -liberty
-pursuit of
happiness
What is freedom of religion? You can practice
any religion, or
not practice a
religion.
What is the economic system -capitalist economy
in the United States? -market economy
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 -Congress
the government. -legislative
-President
-executive
-the courts
-judicial
, Florida Civic Literacy Exam FCLE STUDY GUIDE
What stops one branch of -checks and
government from becoming balances
too powerful? -separation
of powers
Who is in charge of the the President
executive branch?
Who makes federal laws? -Congress
-Senate and House
(of Representatives)
-(U.S. or national)
legislature
What are the two parts of the the Senate
U.S. Congress? and House (of
Representatives)
How many U.S. Senators one hundred (100)
are there?
We elect a U.S. Senator for six
how many years?
Who is one of your state's Marco Rubio
U.S. Senators now? Rick Scott
The House of Representatives 435
has how many voting
members?
We elect a U.S. two
Representative for how
many years?
Name your Mario Diaz Balart or
U.S. Representative. Byron Donalds
Who does a U.S. Senator represent? all people of the state
Why do some states have more Representatives than -(because of) the state's population
other states?
We elect a President for how many years? four
In what month do we vote for President? November
What is the supreme law of the land? the Constitution
What does the Constitution do? -sets up the government
-defines the government
-protects basic rights of Americans
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of We the People
the Constitution. What are these words?
What is an amendment? -a change (to the Constitution)
-an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the the Bill of Rights
Constitution?
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
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 -life
Declaration of Independence? -liberty
-pursuit of
happiness
What is freedom of religion? You can practice
any religion, or
not practice a
religion.
What is the economic system -capitalist economy
in the United States? -market economy
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 -Congress
the government. -legislative
-President
-executive
-the courts
-judicial
, Florida Civic Literacy Exam FCLE STUDY GUIDE
What stops one branch of -checks and
government from becoming balances
too powerful? -separation
of powers
Who is in charge of the the President
executive branch?
Who makes federal laws? -Congress
-Senate and House
(of Representatives)
-(U.S. or national)
legislature
What are the two parts of the the Senate
U.S. Congress? and House (of
Representatives)
How many U.S. Senators one hundred (100)
are there?
We elect a U.S. Senator for six
how many years?
Who is one of your state's Marco Rubio
U.S. Senators now? Rick Scott
The House of Representatives 435
has how many voting
members?
We elect a U.S. two
Representative for how
many years?
Name your Mario Diaz Balart or
U.S. Representative. Byron Donalds
Who does a U.S. Senator represent? all people of the state
Why do some states have more Representatives than -(because of) the state's population
other states?
We elect a President for how many years? four
In what month do we vote for President? November
