This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Misc > General > Miscellenous – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What part of the U.S. Constitution expressed the reasons that the U.S. Constitution was written? A) Preamble. B) Amendments. C) Articles. D) Bill of Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preamble. 2. What is the Law of Blood A) You are American If at least one parent is American. B) You are American If you were born on US territory, Military bases, or in the 50 states. C) Immigrants going through the legal process to become American. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You are American If at least one parent is American. 3. Which freedom matches the scenario? Ashley writes a letter to her local government about her opinion on a new law. A) Religion. B) Press. C) Petition. D) Assembly. E) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Petition. 4. What is an example of a service that the government provides? A) Schools. B) Post Offices. C) Highways. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. The President of the United States today is: A) George W. Bush. B) Bill Clinton. C) Barack Obama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barack Obama. 6. Why do citizens need to learn about the candidates and issues before voting in an election? A) To be cool and vote for the same person their friends do. B) You don't need to learn about them. C) To make a good an informed decision. D) To vote for whatever candidate that is going to raise your salary to make more money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make a good an informed decision. 7. What is the state capital? A) Columbia. B) St. Louis. C) Kansas City. D) Jefferson City. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Columbia. 8. Which of of the following is a U.S. Territory? A) Bahamas. B) Puerto Rico. C) Cuba. D) Jamaica. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Puerto Rico. 9. Who are the senators from Florida? A) Ron DeSantis & Rick Scott. B) Marco Rubio & Rick Scott. C) Elizabeth Porter & Adam Putnam. D) Ted Yoho & Neal Dunn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marco Rubio & Rick Scott. 10. ..... of the House A) Owner. B) Keeper. C) Man. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 11. Who was the first Postmaster General of the U.S.? A) Thomas Jefferson. B) Theodore Roosevelt. C) Benjamin Franklin. D) Andrew Jackson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benjamin Franklin. 12. Which First Amendment Freedom says you have the right to ask for change from the Government? A) Freedom of the Press. B) Freedom of Assembly. C) Freedom of Speech. D) Freedom of Petition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Freedom of Petition. 13. If you were trying to study how states should work with each other to resolve disputes where in the constitution should you first search A) Article 1. B) Article 4. C) Article 5. D) Article 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Article 4. 14. What is the name of the current Speaker of The House of Representatives A) Liz Cheney. B) Amy Comey-Barrett. C) Kamala Harris. D) Nancy Pelosi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nancy Pelosi. 15. Serving on one when given a summons is a responsibility A) Council. B) Senate. C) Jury. D) Miltary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jury. 16. Most elections take place the Tuesday after the first Monday in ..... A) October. B) September. C) December. D) November. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) November. 17. What first amendment freedom says one can publish information? A) Press. B) Speech. C) Assembly. D) Petition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Press. 18. What is the national anthem of the United States? A) God Bless America. B) Take Me Out to the Ballgame. C) America the Beautiful. D) Star Spangled Banner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Star Spangled Banner. 19. Parents who were not born in the United States become US citizens through the process of naturalization, are their children citizens too? A) No. B) Yes, as long as at least one of the parents live in the U.S. with the children. C) Yes, but only as long as both parents live in the US. with the children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, as long as at least one of the parents live in the U.S. with the children. 20. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the state wherein they reside.This excerpt is from Amendment ..... A) 14. B) 15. C) 12. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14. 21. Only citizens can A) Have a job. B) Travel with a US passport. C) Play sports. D) Drive a car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Travel with a US passport. 22. I am not a Republican so I must belong to this other major political party A) Democrat. B) Democratic-Republicans. C) Socialist. D) Oligarchists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democrat. 23. Below is a quote from an individual about their place of birth. "My Mother is from Canada and my father is a United States Citizen who lived in the United States for over twenty-five years and is a U.S. Marine. I was born in Canada" By which means would this person be a U.S. citizen? A) Immigration. B) Naturalization. C) Law of Blood. D) Law of Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Law of Blood. 24. What are the changes to the Constitution called? A) Amendments. B) Revisions. C) Corrections. D) Addendums. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amendments. 25. Logan finds a wallet in the parking lot at school. What should he do to demonstrate the character traits of trustworthiness and honesty? A) Give the money in the wallet to a friend. B) Keep the money in the wallet. C) Return the wallet and money to the owner. D) Keep the money and return the wallet to the owner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Return the wallet and money to the owner. 26. What technology revolutionized farming in the west? A) Steel plows, mechanical reapers, and windmills. B) Morse code. C) Internet. D) Hydroelectricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steel plows, mechanical reapers, and windmills. 27. Which basic principle is represented when members of Congress are elected to make laws on behalf of the people? A) Limited Government. B) Rule of Law. C) Federalism. D) Representative Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Representative Government. 28. What is the executive branch of the United States government? A) The President and his cabinet. B) The Governor of states. C) The Congress. D) The Supreme Court and Federal Courts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The President and his cabinet. 29. Which categories below are responsibilities of a U.S. citizen? A) Being informed, voting, volunteering, and running for elected office. B) Being informed, running for elected office, serving on a jury. C) Attending church, voting, register for selective service. D) Work in a government job, volunteering, paying taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being informed, voting, volunteering, and running for elected office. 30. An election where voters choose a candidate from among the candidates offered by each or every political party to actually take and hold office. A) Electoral College. B) Primary Election. C) Secret Appointment. D) General Election. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) General Election. 31. Which purpose of government, as stated in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, was a direct result of the FAILURE of the Articles of Confederation (all of the states acting like individual countries)? A) To establish justice. B) To provide for the common defense. C) To ensure domestic tranquility. D) To promote the general welfare. E) To form a more perfect union. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) To form a more perfect union. 32. D amendment entitles you the freedom of ..... A) Freedom of Speach. B) Right to a speedy trial. C) Right to refuse to hold soldiers. D) Right to bear arms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Right to bear arms. 33. What does the term "ratified" mean? A) To approve. B) To not approve. C) To change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To approve. 34. What is the capitol of your state? A) Oklahoma City. B) Tulsa. C) Yukon. D) Guthrie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oklahoma City. 35. The branch of government that makes laws A) Supreme Court. B) Judicial. C) Executive. D) Legislative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legislative. 36. What is one right or freedom in the 1st amendment A) Freedom of speech. B) Right to bear arms. C) Right to arm bears. D) Freedom of discovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freedom of speech. 37. You are responsible and turn your work in on time. A) Courtesy. B) Self-Reliance. C) Accountability. D) Trustworthiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accountability. 38. Which of the following was one of the 13 original states A) Virginia. B) Iowa. C) Florida. D) Alaska. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virginia. 39. Which of the following phrases best describes the U.S. population? A) Growing older. B) No change in average age. C) People do not act their age. D) Getting younger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growing older. 40. The scenario below describes a government decision. A self-appointed council amends the country's constitution. Based on the scenario, which form of government is taking action? A) Oligarchy. B) Dictatorship. C) Communism. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oligarchy. 41. You helped pick up trash in your community! A) Accountability. B) Courtesy. C) Civic. D) Patriotism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civic. 42. Before you can become a citizen, you need to be ..... A) A resident of Mexico. B) A resident of Canada. C) Working in the USA. D) A legal resident. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A legal resident. 43. A person coming to the US from another land A) Emmigrants. B) Resident aliens. C) Immigrant. D) Resident. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immigrant. 44. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States? A) Mitch McConnell. B) Kamala Harris. C) Paul Ryan. D) Nancy Pelosi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kamala Harris. 45. How many members are there in the House of Representatives for the State of Oregon? A) 435. B) 60. C) 15. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60. 46. What piece of land did the US buy from France in 1803? A) Puerto Rico. B) Alaska. C) Louisiana Territory. D) Hawaii. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Louisiana Territory. 47. Who selects the Supreme Court Justices? A) The current Supreme Court. B) The people. C) The vice president. D) The president. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The president. 48. What is one promise you make when you become a US citizen? A) Continue to be loyal to other countries. B) Obey the laws of the United States. C) Travel to other states within the United States. D) Travel to other countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obey the laws of the United States. 49. Which principle is represented by the three branches of government? A) Separation of Powers. B) Popular Sovereignty. C) Individual Rights. D) Executive Branch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Separation of Powers. 50. The Federalist Papers supported passage of the U.S. Constitutions. Which one of these men was NOT an author? A) James Madison. B) Alexander Hamilton. C) John Jay. D) John Adams. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Adams. 51. A ..... primary is one in which only declared party members can vote A) Close. B) Open. C) Run-off. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Close. 52. Which of the following is NOT one of the responsibilities of citizens? A) Register and vote. B) Hold elective office. C) Pay taxes. D) Participate in campaigns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pay taxes. 53. Why did the Colonists fight the British A) Love. B) Boredom. C) Fight against France. D) High taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High taxes. 54. The length of the President's Term is: A) 8 years. B) 2 years. C) 4 years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4 years. 55. What book was written to evaluate how and why American's Federal Republic was successful, and who wrote it? A) "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. B) "Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville. C) "Behind Enemy Lines" by Wendy Holden. D) "Understanding Liberty" by Curtis Patranella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville. 56. Which of the following is a positive right? A) Right to an income. B) Pursuit of happiness. C) Free speech. D) Freedom of religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right to an income. 57. Farm workers and their families migrated to cities in the 1800s because of A) New factory jobs. B) Better schools. C) Overcrowding. D) Automobiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New factory jobs. 58. ..... parties rarely win major elections and have never won a presidential election. Many ..... parties revolve around a single-issue, others focus on changing society in a major way and others revolve around a personality (e.g., Teddy Roosevelt for the Bull Moose party). A) Ideological. B) Third. C) Radical. D) Single-issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third. 59. What is the purpose of the 23rd Amendment? A) Allowed citizens of Washington, DC to vote in the Presidential election. B) Gives all races the right to vote. C) Lowered the voting age to 18 years old. D) Banned poll taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allowed citizens of Washington, DC to vote in the Presidential election. 60. When do the electors cast their official votes? A) Before the primary election. B) Before the popular election. C) After the primary election. D) After the popular election. 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