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FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY TEST
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS CORRECT 100%
Question :What is the supreme law of the land
Correct answer:▪The constitution
Question :What does the constitution do?
Correct answer:▪ sets up the government
▪ defines the government ▪ protects basic rights of Americans
Question :The idea of self-government is in the first three
words of the Constitution. What are these words?
Correct answer:▪ We the people
Question :What is an amendment?
Correct answer:▪ a change (to the Constitution)
▪ an addition (to the Constitution)
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Question :What do we call the first ten amendments to the
Constitution?
Correct answer:▪ The Bill of Rights
Question :What is one right or freedom from the First
Amendment?*
Correct answer:▪ Speech
▪ Religion ▪ Assembly ▪Press ▪ Petition the government
Question :How many amendments does the Constitution
have?
Correct answer:▪ twenty-seven (27)
Question :What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Correct answer:▪ announced our independence (from
Great Britain)
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▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
Question :What are two rights in the Declaration of
Independence?
Correct answer:▪ life
▪ liberty ▪ pursuit of happiness
Question :What is freedom of religion?
Correct answer:▪ You can practice any religion, or not
practice a religion.
Question :What is the economic system in the United
States?*
Correct answer:▪ capitalist economy
▪ market economy
Question :What is the "rule of law"?
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Correct answer:▪ Everyone must follow the law
▪ Leaders must obey the law ▪ Government must obey the law ▪ No one is above the law
Question :Name one branch or part of the government.*
Correct answer:▪ Congress
▪ legislative ▪ President ▪ executive ▪ the courts ▪ judicial
Question :What stops one branch of government from
becoming too powerful?
Correct answer:▪ checks and balances
▪ separation of powers
