Florida Civic Literacy Exam Question and
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What are the three branches of government? -✓✓Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What are the two houses of Congress? -✓✓Senate and House of Representatives
How is representation in the Senate decided? -✓✓2 representatives per state
How many years is the term for a senator? -✓✓6 years
How is representation in the House of Representatives decided? -✓✓Each state
sends two Senators to represent their state in the U.S. Senate. However, in the
House of Representatives, a state's representation is based on its population.
How many years is the term for a representative? -✓✓2 years
How many voting members does the House currently have? -✓✓435
Who is the commander-in-chief of the military? -✓✓President of the United States
How many years is the term for a President? -✓✓4 years but, re-elected another 4
years
, If a president cannot serve, who is next in line? -✓✓Vice President
If the president and vice president cannot serve, who is next in line? -✓✓The
Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes President.
What is the purpose of Checks and Balances? Who makes federal laws? -
✓✓provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other
branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
Congress
Who signs or vetoes bills to become laws? -✓✓The president
What are the rights and responsibilities of a citizen? -✓✓law, taxes, jury duty,
voting, freedom of speech, etc
How does one become a citizen in the U.S. after the 14th amendment? -✓✓All
persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
What type of government does the US have? -✓✓representative democracy
What is federalism? -✓✓sharing of powers between federal and state governments.
• What type of economic system does the U.S. have? -✓✓mixed economy
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What are the three branches of government? -✓✓Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What are the two houses of Congress? -✓✓Senate and House of Representatives
How is representation in the Senate decided? -✓✓2 representatives per state
How many years is the term for a senator? -✓✓6 years
How is representation in the House of Representatives decided? -✓✓Each state
sends two Senators to represent their state in the U.S. Senate. However, in the
House of Representatives, a state's representation is based on its population.
How many years is the term for a representative? -✓✓2 years
How many voting members does the House currently have? -✓✓435
Who is the commander-in-chief of the military? -✓✓President of the United States
How many years is the term for a President? -✓✓4 years but, re-elected another 4
years
, If a president cannot serve, who is next in line? -✓✓Vice President
If the president and vice president cannot serve, who is next in line? -✓✓The
Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes President.
What is the purpose of Checks and Balances? Who makes federal laws? -
✓✓provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other
branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
Congress
Who signs or vetoes bills to become laws? -✓✓The president
What are the rights and responsibilities of a citizen? -✓✓law, taxes, jury duty,
voting, freedom of speech, etc
How does one become a citizen in the U.S. after the 14th amendment? -✓✓All
persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
What type of government does the US have? -✓✓representative democracy
What is federalism? -✓✓sharing of powers between federal and state governments.
• What type of economic system does the U.S. have? -✓✓mixed economy
