Answers to Quiz on Government
•1. Name two countries that were our enemies during World War II.
Canada and Mexico
Germany and Japan
England and Spain
China and Russia
•2. What part of the government has the power to declare war?
Congress
the president
the Supreme Court
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
•3. In October 1962 the United States and the Soviet Union came close to war
over the issue of Soviet:
control of East Berlin
missiles in Cuba
support of the Ho Chi Minh regime in Viet Nam
military support of the Marxist regime in Afghanistan
•4. In the area of United States foreign policy, Congress shares power with the:
President
Supreme Court
state governments
United Nations
•5. Free enterprise or capitalism exists insofar as:
experts managing the nation’s commerce are
appointed by elected officials
individual citizens create, exchange, and control
goods and resources
charity, philanthropy, and volunteering decrease
demand and supply are decided through majority vote
government implements policies that favor businesses
over consumers
Answers to Government & Civics Test
•6. Which of the following are the unalienable rights referred to in the
Declaration of Independence?
life, liberty, and property
honor, liberty, and peace
liberty, health, and community
life, respect, and equal protection
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
•7. In 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed a series of government programs
that became known as:
the Great Society
the Square Deal
the New Deal
the New Frontier
supply-side economics
•8. What are the three branches of government?
executive, legislative, judicial
executive, legislative, military
bureaucratic, military, industry
federal, state, local
•9. What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and
Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
Is slavery morally wrong?
Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the union?
Are free African Americans citizens of the United States?
•10. The United States Electoral College:
trains those aspiring for higher political office
was established to supervise the first televised presidential debates
is otherwise known as the U.S. Congress
is a constitutionally mandated assembly that elects the president
was ruled undemocratic by the Supreme Court
• 11. What impact did the Anti-Federalists have on the United States Constitution?
their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights
their arguments helped lead to the abolition of the slave trade
their influence ensured that the federal government would
maintain a standing army
their influence ensured that the federal government would
have the power to tax
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12. Which of the following statements is true about abortion?
the Supreme Court struck down most legal restrictions
on it in Roe v. Wade
the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that underage
women must notify their parents of an impending abortion
the National Organization for Women has lobbied for legal
restrictions on it
it is currently legal only in cases of rape or incest, or to protect
the life of the mother
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13. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:
all moral and political truth is relative to one’s time and place
moral ideas are best explained as material accidents or
byproducts of evolution
values originating in one’s conscience cannot be judged by
others
Christianity is the only true religion and should rule the state
certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible
to human reason
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14. The Puritans:
opposed all wars on moral grounds
stressed the sinfulness of all humanity
believed in complete religious freedom
colonized Utah under the leadership of Brigham Young
were Catholic missionaries escaping religious persecution
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15. The phrase that in America there should be a “wall of separation” between
church and state appears in:
George Washington’s Farewell Address
the Mayflower Compact
the Constitution
the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson’s letters
•16. In his “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
argued for the abolition of slavery
advocated black separatism
morally defended affirmative action
expressed his hopes for racial justice and brotherhood
proposed that several of America’s founding ideas were
discriminatory
•17. Sputnik was the name given to the first:
telecommunications system
animal to travel to space
hydrogen bomb
manmade satellite
•18. Susan B. Anthony was a leader of the movement to
guarantee women the right to vote in national elections
guarantee former slaves the right to vote
ensure that harsher laws against criminals were passed
reduce the authority of the Constitution of the United States
•19 The Scopes “Monkey Trial” was about:
freedom of the press
teaching evolution in the schools
prayer in the schools
education in private schools
•20. Who is the commander in chief of the U.S. military?
Secretary of the army
Secretary of state
President
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
•21. International trade and specialization most often lead to which of the
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following?
an increase in a nation’s productivity
a decrease in a nation’s economic growth in the long term
an increase in a nation’s import tariffs
a decrease in a nation’s standard of living
•22. Which of the following is a policy tool of the Federal Reserve?
raising or lowering income taxes
increasing or decreasing unemployment benefits
buying or selling government securities
increasing or decreasing government spending
•23. If taxes equal government spending, then:
government debt is zero
printing money no longer causes inflation
government is not helping anybody
tax per person equals government spending per person on average
tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent
•24. Business profit is:
cost minus revenue
assets minus liabilities
revenue minus expenses
selling price of a stock minus its purchase price
earnings minus assets
•25. Business profit is:
cost minus revenue
assets minus liabilities
revenue minus expenses
selling price of a stock minus its purchase price
earnings minus assets
•26. Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s
centralized planning because:
the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
markets rely upon coercion, whereas government relies upon voluntary
compliance with the law
more tax revenue can be generated from free enterprise
property rights and contracts are best enforced by the market system
government planners are too cautious in spending taxpayers’ money
•27. A progressive tax:
encourages more investment from those with higher incomes
is illustrated by a 6% sales tax
requires those with higher incomes to pay a higher ratio of taxes to income
requires every income class to pay the same ratio of taxes to income
•26. A flood-control levee is considered a public good because:
citizens value it as much as bread and medicine
a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it
government construction contracts increase employment
insurance companies cannot afford to replace all houses after a flood
government pays for its construction, not citizens
27. Which of the following fiscal policy combinations has the federal
government most often followed to stimulate economic activity when
the economy is in a severe recession?
increasing both taxes and spending
increasing taxes and decreasing spending
decreasing taxes and increasing spending
decreasing both taxes and spending
28. The Bill of Rights explicitly prohibits:
Prayer in public school
Discrimination based on race, sex, or religion
The ownership of guns by private individuals
Establishing an official religion for the United States
The President from vetoing a line item in a spending bill
29. In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New
Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:
Impeach several Supreme Court Justices
Eliminate the Supreme Court
Appoint additional Supreme Court Justices who shared his views
Override the Supreme Court’s decisions by gaining three
quarter majorities in both houses of Congress
30. Under our Constitution, some powers belong exclusively to the federal government.
What is one power of the federal government?
Make Treaties
Make zoning laws
Maintain prisons
Establish standards for doctors and lawyers
31. What is the source of the following phrase – “Government of The People,
by the people and for the people” ?
Declaration of Independence - Constitution- MLKs Speech--Gettysburg Address
QUIZ ON CIVICS & U.S. CONSTITUTION
- PERCENTAGE CORRECT -
# CORRECT PERCENTAGE
# CORRECT - PERCENTAGE
33
100
19
59
32
97
18
55
31
94
17
52
30
91
16
49
29
88
15
45
28
85
14
42
27
82
13
40
26
79
12
36
25
76
11
33
24
73
10
30
23
70
9
27
22
67
8
24
21
64
7
21
20
61
6
18