CIVIC LITERACY ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED A+

CIVIC LITERACY ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED A+

●● What does the constitution do?
Answer: ▪ sets up the government
▪ defines the government
▪ protects basic rights of Americans


●● The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words?
Answer: ▪ We the people


●● What is an amendment?
Answer: ▪ a change (to the Constitution)
▪ an addition (to the Constitution)


●● What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Answer: ▪ The Bill of Rights


●● What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*
Answer: ▪ Speech

,▪ Religion
▪ Assembly
▪Press
▪ Petition the government


●● How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Answer: ▪ twenty-seven (27)


●● What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Answer: ▪ 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 Declaration of Independence?
Answer: ▪ life
▪ liberty
▪ pursuit of happiness


●● What is freedom of religion?
Answer: ▪ You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.


●● What is the economic system in the United States?*

, Answer: ▪ capitalist economy
▪ market economy


●● What is the "rule of law"?
Answer: ▪ 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 the government.*
Answer: ▪ Congress
▪ legislative
▪ President
▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial


●● What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Answer: ▪ checks and balances
▪ separation of powers


●● Who is in charge of the executive branch?