FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY EXAM - 100-QUESTION PRACTICE TEST

FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY EXAM - 100-
QUESTION PRACTICE TEST



Whatlislthelsupremellawloflthelland?l-lans-ThelConstitution
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lThelU.S.lConstitutionlislthelhighestllegallauthority,loutlininglgovernmentlstructurelandl
protectinglcitizen'slrights.

WhatldoeslthelConstitutionldo?l-lans-DefineslthelGovernment
-lThelConstitutionlcreateslthelframeworklforlfederallgovernmentlandllimitslitslpowers.

ThelfirstltenlamendmentsltolthelConstitutionlarelknownlas:l-lans-ThelBillloflRights
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lTheselamendmentslguaranteelessentiallfreedomsllikelspeech,lreligion,landlduelproce
ss.

WhatlarelthelfirstlthreelwordsloflthelConstitution?l-lans-"Welthelpeople"
-lThislphraselestablisheslthelidealoflself-governmentlbylthelpeople.

WhatldidlthelDeclarationloflIndependenceldo?l-lans-
DeclaredlindependencelfromlGreatlBritain
-lItlformallylannouncedlthelAmericanlColonies'lseparationlfromlBritishlrulelinl1776.

Whatlarelthelthreelbranchesloflgovernment?l-lans-Executive,lLegislative,lJudicial
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lThislsystemlensureslseparationloflpowerslandlpreventslanylonelbranchlfromlbecomin
gltoolpowerful.

Wholmakeslfederalllaws?l-lans-Congress
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lCongress,lconsistingloflthelHouseloflrepresentativeslandlSenate,lpassesllawslatlthelf
ederalllevel.

WhatlislthelhighestlcourtlinlthelUnitedlStates?l-lans-ThelSupremelCourt
-lThelSupremelCourtlislthelfinallauthoritylonlinterpretinglU.S.llawlandlthelConstitution.

Wholislinlchargeloflthelexecutivelbranch?l-lans-ThelPresident
-lThelPresidentlenforcesllawslandlactslaslCommander-in-Chiefloflthelmilitary.

, Whatlstopslonelbranchloflgovernmentlfromlbecomingltoolpowerful?l-lans-
CheckslandlBalances
-lThislsystemlallowsleachlbranchltollimitlthelpowerloflthelothers,lpreventingltyranny.

WhatlislonelrightlorlfreedomlfromlthelFirstlAmendment?l-lans-
ThelFirstlAmendmentlprotectslfreedomslsuchlaslspeech,lreligion,landlthelpress.

Wholcanlvetolbills?l(Wholhaslthelpowerltolrejectlalproposedllaw.)l-lans-ThelPresident
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lThelPresidentlcanlrejectlbillslpassedlbylCongress,lbutlCongresslcanloverridelthelvetol
withlaltwo-thirdslvote.

WhatldolwelshowlloyaltyltolwhenlwelsaylthelPledgeloflAllegiance?l-lans-ThelU.S.lFlag
-lThelflaglrepresentslthelnationlandlthelvalueslofllibertylandljustice.

WhatlisltheleconomiclsystemlinlthelUnitedlStates?l-lans-Capitalism
-lThelU.S.leconomylislbasedlonlprivatelownershiplandlfreelmarkets.

Whatlislthel"rulelofllaw"?l-lans-Thelgovernmentlmustlfollowlthellaw
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lThelrulelofllawlensureslthatlalllpeople,lincludinglgovernmentlofficials,larelsubjectltolth
elsamellaws.

WholwrotelthelDeclarationloflIndependence?l-lans-ThomaslJefferson
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lJeffersonlwaslthelprimarylauthor,loutlininglthelcolonies'lreasonslforlseparatinglfromlBri
tain.

WhatlareltwolrightslinlthelDeclarationloflIndependence?l-lans-
Lifelandlthelpursuitloflhappiness
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lThelDeclarationlstateslthatlalllmenlhavelunalienablelrightsltol"life,lliberty,landlthelpurs
uitloflhappiness."

WhatltypeloflgovernmentldoeslthelUnitedlStateslhave?l-lans-Republic
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lThelU.S.lislalconstitutionallrepublic,lwherelofficialslarelelectedltolrepresentlthelpeople.

UnderlthelConstitution,lsomelpowerslbelongltolthelfederallgovernment.lWhatlislonelpo
werloflthelfederallgovernment?l-lans-Tolprintlmoney
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lThelfederallgovernmentlcontrolslthelnationallcurrency,lwhilelstateslhandlellicensinglan
dlelections.