Florida Civic Literacy Test 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 amendment? - Correct Answers ✅▪ a change
(to the Constitution)
▪ an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the
Constitution? - Correct Answers ✅▪ The Bill of Rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?* -
Correct Answers ✅▪ Speech
▪ Religion
▪ Assembly
▪Press
▪ Petition the government
,Florida Civic Literacy Test Exam
Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)
How many amendments does the Constitution have? -
Correct Answers ✅▪ twenty-seven (27)
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
▪ 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
, Florida Civic Literacy Test Exam
Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)
▪ Government must obey the law
▪ No one is above the law
Name one branch or part of the government.* - Correct
Answers ✅▪ Congress
▪ legislative
▪ President
▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too
powerful? - Correct Answers ✅▪ checks and balances
▪ separation of powers
Who is in charge of the executive branch? - Correct
Answers ✅▪ the 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 ✅▪ the Senate and House (of Representatives)
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 amendment? - Correct Answers ✅▪ a change
(to the Constitution)
▪ an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the
Constitution? - Correct Answers ✅▪ The Bill of Rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?* -
Correct Answers ✅▪ Speech
▪ Religion
▪ Assembly
▪Press
▪ Petition the government
,Florida Civic Literacy Test Exam
Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)
How many amendments does the Constitution have? -
Correct Answers ✅▪ twenty-seven (27)
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
▪ 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
, Florida Civic Literacy Test Exam
Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)
▪ Government must obey the law
▪ No one is above the law
Name one branch or part of the government.* - Correct
Answers ✅▪ Congress
▪ legislative
▪ President
▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too
powerful? - Correct Answers ✅▪ checks and balances
▪ separation of powers
Who is in charge of the executive branch? - Correct
Answers ✅▪ the 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 ✅▪ the Senate and House (of Representatives)
