Civic Literacy Assessment Exam
Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)
What is the supreme law of the land? - Correct Answers
✅The Constitution
What does the Constitution do? - Correct Answers ✅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? - Correct Answers
✅We the people
What is an ammendment? - Correct Answers ✅A change or
addition to the Constitution
What do we call the first ten amendments to the
Constitution? - Correct Answers ✅Bill of Rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? -
Correct Answers ✅Freedom of speech
How many amendments does the Constitution have? -
Correct Answers ✅27
,Civic Literacy Assessment Exam
Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)
What did the Declaration of Independence do? - Correct
Answers ✅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? -
Correct Answers ✅life and liberty (pursuit of happiness)
What is freedom of religion? - Correct Answers ✅You can
practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
What is the economic system in the United States? - Correct
Answers ✅capitalist economy
market economy
What is the "rule of law"? - Correct Answers ✅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. - Correct
Answers ✅▪ Congress
▪ legislative
,Civic Literacy Assessment Exam
Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)
▪ President
▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too
powerful? - Correct Answers ✅Checks and balances
Separation of power
Who is in charge of the executive branch? - Correct
Answers ✅president
Who makes federal laws? - Correct Answers ✅Congress
Senate and House (of Representatives)
(U.S. or national) legislature
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? - Correct
Answers ✅Senate and House of Representatives
How many U.S. Senators are there? - Correct Answers
✅100
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? - Correct
Answers ✅6
, Civic Literacy Assessment Exam
Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)
Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now? - Correct
Answers ✅Lori Berman (Florida)
The House of Representatives has how many voting
memebers? - Correct Answers ✅435
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? -
Correct Answers ✅two
Name your U.S. Representative. - Correct Answers ✅Lois
Frankel
Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - Correct Answers ✅all
people of the state
Why do some states have more Representatives than other
states? - Correct Answers ✅(because of) the state's
population
(because) they have more people
(because) some states have more people
We elect a President for how many years? - Correct
Answers ✅four
Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)
What is the supreme law of the land? - Correct Answers
✅The Constitution
What does the Constitution do? - Correct Answers ✅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? - Correct Answers
✅We the people
What is an ammendment? - Correct Answers ✅A change or
addition to the Constitution
What do we call the first ten amendments to the
Constitution? - Correct Answers ✅Bill of Rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? -
Correct Answers ✅Freedom of speech
How many amendments does the Constitution have? -
Correct Answers ✅27
,Civic Literacy Assessment Exam
Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)
What did the Declaration of Independence do? - Correct
Answers ✅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? -
Correct Answers ✅life and liberty (pursuit of happiness)
What is freedom of religion? - Correct Answers ✅You can
practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
What is the economic system in the United States? - Correct
Answers ✅capitalist economy
market economy
What is the "rule of law"? - Correct Answers ✅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. - Correct
Answers ✅▪ Congress
▪ legislative
,Civic Literacy Assessment Exam
Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)
▪ President
▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too
powerful? - Correct Answers ✅Checks and balances
Separation of power
Who is in charge of the executive branch? - Correct
Answers ✅president
Who makes federal laws? - Correct Answers ✅Congress
Senate and House (of Representatives)
(U.S. or national) legislature
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? - Correct
Answers ✅Senate and House of Representatives
How many U.S. Senators are there? - Correct Answers
✅100
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? - Correct
Answers ✅6
, Civic Literacy Assessment Exam
Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)
Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now? - Correct
Answers ✅Lori Berman (Florida)
The House of Representatives has how many voting
memebers? - Correct Answers ✅435
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? -
Correct Answers ✅two
Name your U.S. Representative. - Correct Answers ✅Lois
Frankel
Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - Correct Answers ✅all
people of the state
Why do some states have more Representatives than other
states? - Correct Answers ✅(because of) the state's
population
(because) they have more people
(because) some states have more people
We elect a President for how many years? - Correct
Answers ✅four
