Florida Civic Literacy Practice Exam | 200+ Questions and Verified Answers Rated A+ | 2025/2026 Guide

Florida Civic Literacy Practice Exam |
200+ Questions and Verified Answers
Rated A+ | 2025/2026 Guide


What form does the US government have?

- Correct Answer - Democracy



What was one of the main reasons the English colonists came to the
New World?

- Correct Answer - -freedom

-political liberty

-religious freedom

-economic opportunity

-practice their religion

-escape persecution



What right are stated in the Declaration of Independence?

- Correct Answer - -life

-liberty

-pursuit of happiness

,What were the reasons the colonists separated from England?

- Correct Answer - -high taxes

-taxation without representation

-British soldiers stayed in Americans houses

-they did not have self-government

-boston massacre

-boston tea party (tea act)

-stamp act

-sugar act

-Townshend acts

-intolerable (coercive) acts



How did the French and Indian War (1763) affect the colonists?

- Correct Answer -



What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?

- Correct Answer - The House of Burgesses was the first assembly of
elected representatives of English colonists in North America.



What are the three branches of the US government?

- Correct Answer - Legislative, Executive, Judicial

, What is the system of checks and balance of the US government?

- Correct Answer - provides each branch of government with individual
powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from
becoming too powerful.



What are the three levels of the US government?

- Correct Answer - -federal

-state

-local



What are the powers of Congress?

- Correct Answer - -writing laws

-declares war

-makes the federal budget



What are the powers of the President?

- Correct Answer - -signs bills into law

-vetoes bills

-enforce laws

-commander in chief (of the military)

-chief diplomat