CIVIC LITERACY EXAMS SET 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BUNDLED PREMIUM RESOURCE
● 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
● 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?
Answer: the President
● Who makes federal laws?
Answer: -Congress
-Senate and House
(of Representatives)
-(U.S. or national)
legislature
● What are the two parts of the
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BUNDLED PREMIUM RESOURCE
● 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
● 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?
Answer: the President
● Who makes federal laws?
Answer: -Congress
-Senate and House
(of Representatives)
-(U.S. or national)
legislature
● What are the two parts of the
