CIVIC LITERACY STUDY PRACTICE MULTIPLE
CHOICE 80 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
2026 GOVERNMENT AND CIVICS CORE
CONCEPTS
◉ Which of the following correctly pairs a document with a core
theme of that document?
a) Declaration of Independence - Formed a state-centered
government
b) Magna Carta - Established the principle of rule of law
c) U.S. Constitution - Formed a unitary government
d) Articles of Confederation - Established the principle of consent of
the governed
Answer: b
◉ What is the minimum number of members of the U.S. House of
Representatives representing each state?
Answer: one
◉ What is a purpose of civil rights movements?
Answer: to secure equalities
,◉ What is the social contract?
Answer: The people give up some liberty to receive governmental
protection.
◉ What is an example of representation?
Answer: The U.S. Congress passes a law.
◉ Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
Answer: the residents of a single state
◉ Which of the following documents provided a rationale for the
Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Common Sense
◉ What are two natural rights identified in the Declaration of
Independence?
Answer: life and liberty
◉ How many U.S. Senators represent each state?
Answer: two
, ◉ What is the length of a U.S. President's elected term?
Answer: four years
◉ What is one branch of the U.S. federal government?
Answer: legislative
◉ What does the U.S. Constitution do?
Answer: It sets up a federal government.
◉ Which phrase from a letter written by Abigail Adams to her
husband John Adams in 1776 is reflected in the Nineteenth
Amendment?
Answer: "I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more
generous and favourable to them"
◉ Which phrase from a letter written by President Thomas Jefferson
in 1802 reflects a freedom in the Bill of Rights?
Answer: "building a wall of separation between Church & State"
◉ Which of the following pairs of cases focused on the rights of
public school students?
Answer: Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
(1988)
CHOICE 80 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
2026 GOVERNMENT AND CIVICS CORE
CONCEPTS
◉ Which of the following correctly pairs a document with a core
theme of that document?
a) Declaration of Independence - Formed a state-centered
government
b) Magna Carta - Established the principle of rule of law
c) U.S. Constitution - Formed a unitary government
d) Articles of Confederation - Established the principle of consent of
the governed
Answer: b
◉ What is the minimum number of members of the U.S. House of
Representatives representing each state?
Answer: one
◉ What is a purpose of civil rights movements?
Answer: to secure equalities
,◉ What is the social contract?
Answer: The people give up some liberty to receive governmental
protection.
◉ What is an example of representation?
Answer: The U.S. Congress passes a law.
◉ Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
Answer: the residents of a single state
◉ Which of the following documents provided a rationale for the
Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Common Sense
◉ What are two natural rights identified in the Declaration of
Independence?
Answer: life and liberty
◉ How many U.S. Senators represent each state?
Answer: two
, ◉ What is the length of a U.S. President's elected term?
Answer: four years
◉ What is one branch of the U.S. federal government?
Answer: legislative
◉ What does the U.S. Constitution do?
Answer: It sets up a federal government.
◉ Which phrase from a letter written by Abigail Adams to her
husband John Adams in 1776 is reflected in the Nineteenth
Amendment?
Answer: "I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more
generous and favourable to them"
◉ Which phrase from a letter written by President Thomas Jefferson
in 1802 reflects a freedom in the Bill of Rights?
Answer: "building a wall of separation between Church & State"
◉ Which of the following pairs of cases focused on the rights of
public school students?
Answer: Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
(1988)
