Civics

Question 1

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 1

The U.S constitution

Question 2

What does the constitution do?

Answer 2

Protects basic rights of Americans

Question 3

The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

Answer 3

We the people

Question 4

What is a

Amendment?

Answer 4

A change or addition to the constitution

Question 5

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

Answer 5

The bill of rights

Question 6

How many amendments does the constitution have?

Answer 6

27

Question 7

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

Answer 7

Declared our independence from Great Britain

Question 8

What is an economic system in the United States?

Answer 8

Market economy

Question 9

What is the rule of law?

Answer 9

Everyone must follow the law

Question 10

Who makes federal laws?

Answer 10

Congress

Question 11

What are the two parts of congress?

Answer 11

The us senate and House of Representatives

Question 12

What stops one branch from being too powerful?

Answer 12

Checks and balances

Question 13

How many U.S senators are there?

Answer 13

100

Question 14

We elect a U.S senator for how many years?

Answer 14

6

Question 15

Who is one of Arizona’s senators?

Answer 15

Mark kelley

Question 16

We elect a U.S representative how many years?

Answer 16

2

Question 17

Who does a u.s senator represent

Answer 17

All people of the state

Question 18

In what month do we vote for president?

Answer 18

November

Question 19

If both the president and Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes president?

Answer 19

Speaker of the house

Question 20

What does the presidents cabinet do?

Answer 20

Advises the president

Question 21

What are two cabinet level positions?

Answer 21

Vice President, attorney general

Question 22

What does the judicial branch do ?

Answer 22

Reviews laws

Question 23

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

Answer 23

To declare war

Question 24

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states

Answer 24

To give licsenses

Question 25

Who is the Governor of your state now?

Answer 25

Doug doucey

Question 26

What is the capital of Arizona

Answer 26

Pheonix

Question 27

What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?*

Answer 27

Serve on a jury

Question 28

Name one right only for United States citizens.

Answer 28

Run for office

Question 29

What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

Answer 29

Vote, join a political party

Question 30

When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?*

Answer 30

April 15th

Question 31

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Answer 31

Freedom

Question 32

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Answer 32

Fourth of july

Question 33

When was the constitution written

Answer 33

1787

Question 34

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

Answer 34

James Madison

Question 35

Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

Answer 35

George Washington

Question 36

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

Answer 36

Louisiana

Question 37

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.

Answer 37

Civil war

Question 38

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

Answer 38

The War between the states

Question 39

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

Answer 39

Slavery

Question 40

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*

Answer 40

Word war 1

Question 41

Who was President during World War I?

Answer 41

Woodrow Wilson

Question 42

Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

Answer 42

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 43

Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Answer 43

Japan, Italy, Germany

Question 44

Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

Answer 44

World war 2

Question 45

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

Answer 45

Communism

Question 46

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

Answer 46

Cherokee

Question 47

Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.

Answer 47

Mississippi river

Question 48

What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?

Answer 48

Atlantic

Question 49

Name one U.S. territory

Answer 49

Puerto rico

Question 50

Name one state that borders Canada.

Answer 50

New york

Question 51

What is the capital of the United States?*

Answer 51

Washington DC