CIVIC LITERACY STUDY PRACTICE MULTIPLE CHOICE 80 CONCEPT REVIEW GUIDE 2026 LAW DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL PROCESSES

CIVIC LITERACY STUDY PRACTICE MULTIPLE
CHOICE 80 CONCEPT REVIEW GUIDE 2026
LAW DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL
PROCESSES

◉ 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