This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Misc > General > Miscellenous – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Able to practice religion, freedom of speech and expression A) Equality. B) Responsibility. C) Right. D) Duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right. 2. In a ..... citizens directly debate and decide public issues. This works best in smaller communities. A) Representative Democracy. B) Direct Democracy. C) Democracy. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Democracy. 3. Name one U.S. territory A) Guam. B) Haiti. C) Bermuda. D) Cayman Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guam. 4. How are the U.S. leaders chosen? A) Voted by the citizens. B) By the executive branch. C) By the king. D) By a mayor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voted by the citizens. 5. What is the head executive of a state government called? A) Legislator. B) Governor. C) Senator. D) Mayor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Governor. 6. The movement of people from region to region A) Government. B) Migration. C) Civics. D) Demographics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Migration. 7. What continent were the people that were taken to America and sold as slaves from (mostly)? A) Africa. B) Australia. C) South America. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Africa. 8. The president of the United States lives in the ..... A) White House. B) Atlanta, Georgia. C) The Capitol. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White House. 9. How many stars are there on our flag? A) 13. B) 50. C) 25. D) 48. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 50. 10. An oath of allegiance is A) Another name for an application. B) A promise to obey the speed limit. C) A promise to do homework. D) A promise to be a good citizen of the USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A promise to be a good citizen of the USA. 11. What is the date of Independence Day? A) July 4. B) May 25. C) October 31. D) December 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) July 4. 12. Analogy practice:The Virginia Declaration of Rights is to the Bill of Rights as the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom is to the ..... A) Articles of Confederation. B) Declaration of Independence. C) 14th amendment. D) 1st amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1st amendment. 13. What did the Fourteenth Amendment say about the citizenship of former slaves? A) The Fourteenth Amendment limited the rights of former slaves until they became U.S. citizens. B) The Fourteenth Amendment prevented former slaves from becoming U.S. citizens because they were once considered property. C) The Fourteenth Amendment considered former slaves as U.S. citizens only if they fought for the Union in the Civil War. D) The Fourteenth Amendment included freed slaves as U.S. citizens through birth or naturalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Fourteenth Amendment included freed slaves as U.S. citizens through birth or naturalization. 14. What is a platform of a party? A) The total of their membership. B) The total views / opinions of the party. C) An individual issue of the party. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The total views / opinions of the party. 15. Which of the following individuals represents your district in the US House of Representatives? A) Roy Blunt. B) Claire McCaskill. C) Jason Smith. D) Joe Biden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jason Smith. 16. Which of the following outlines the naturalization process accurately? A) Ceremony, test, application, interview. B) Application, interview, test, ceremony. C) Interview, application, test, ceremony. D) Test, application, interview, ceremony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Application, interview, test, ceremony. 17. Decide which citizen requirement meets this goal. It shows you are willing to learn about your adoptive country. A) Passing the civics test. B) Being fingerprinted. C) Learning the language. D) Living in the US for at least 5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passing the civics test. 18. Respect the rights, beliefs, and opinions of others. A) Right. B) Responsibility. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Responsibility. 19. Which plan from the 1787 Constiutional Convention called for * Unicameral legislature where every state received equal representation.* Every state would only receive 1 vote A) 3/5ths Compromise. B) Great Compromise. C) New Jersey Plan. D) Virginia Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Jersey Plan. 20. The idea of self government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are they? A) Four score and . B) We the people . C) Give me liberty . D) I pledge allegiance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We the people . 21. Voting by party lines is known as A) Party Identifcation. B) Straight Ticket Voting. C) The Solid South. D) Split Ticket Voting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Straight Ticket Voting. 22. First if you are ..... in the US, you are a citizen. A) Working. B) Visiting. C) Living. D) Born. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Born. 23. Senators serve for how many years. A) Six Years. B) Four Years. C) Eight Years. D) TwoYears. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Six Years. 24. For how long do we elect a president? A) 4. B) 2. C) 3. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 25. Name ONE right ONLY for USA citizens A) Give up loyalty to other country. B) Freedom of speech. C) Vote in a federal election. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vote in a federal election. 26. What day is known as tax day; the last day you can file your federal taxes? A) April 1st. B) December 31st. C) April 15th. D) January 1st. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) April 15th. 27. Which of the following is an example of due process of law? A) A police officer searches a home without permission. B) A citizen is arrested and taken to prison without a fair trial. C) A police officer sends a criminal to jail for 10 years for a crime without a fair trial. D) A citizen who is unable to afford an attorney is provided an attorney and given a speedy trial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A citizen who is unable to afford an attorney is provided an attorney and given a speedy trial. 28. What country did the United States win its independence from? A) Great Britain. B) France. C) Mexico. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Great Britain. 29. The ..... is a document that outlines the laws of our country. A) Declaration of Independence. B) Common good. C) Constitution. D) Responsibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constitution. 30. What are three of the requirements that these individuals need to achieve in order to obtain citizenship? A) Serve in the armed forces; be of "good character; reside in the United States for ten years. B) Reside in the United States for five years; pass a citizenship test; be of "good character". C) Reside in the United States for ten years; pass a test of general knowledge" ; have a college degree. D) Reside in the United States for five years; pass a citizenship test; earn more than $ 20, 000 annually. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reside in the United States for five years; pass a citizenship test; be of "good character". 31. Which of the following is a Responsibility of Citizenship? A) Paying Taxes. B) Helping elderly people. C) Petitioning the government. D) Jury Duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Petitioning the government. 32. In the U.S. Constitution, cruel and unusual punishment in banned by which amendment? A) 8th. B) 4th. C) 5th. D) 1st. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8th. 33. The royal family of Foxatonia is having trouble with the neighboring country of Wolvington whose King is using his unlimited power to provoke a war between the two Kingdoms. What type of Government would you use to describe both countries? A) Democracy. B) Dictatorship. C) Kingdoms. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monarchy. 34. Being a(n) ..... of the United States means fulfilling your duties and responsibilities A) Resident. B) Guest. C) Government. D) Citizen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Citizen. 35. There are ..... ways to become a citizen A) 435. B) 100. C) Two. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 36. For how long do we elect each senator? A) 4 years. B) 2 years. C) 6 years. D) 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6 years. 37. Which individual is automatically entitled to U.S. citizenship? A) A child of Canadian parents who is born in Michigan. B) A French architect who is hired to work in Florida. C) A Mexican student whose scholarship allows him to attend school in Utah. D) A woman from China whose daughter marries an American man in Pennsylvania. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A child of Canadian parents who is born in Michigan. 38. The following would all be examples of Checks that the ..... Branch has over the ..... Branch 1. Grant Reprieves and Pardons 2. Approve Judges to fill Vacancies in the Court A) Judicial; Legislative. B) Executive; Legislative. C) Executive:Judicial. D) Legislative; Executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Executive:Judicial. 39. What does the judicial branch at you? A) Sets up the government. B) Explains laws. C) Print money. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explains laws. 40. Which basic principle states that the government is very powerful but it cannot do all things? A) Limited government. B) Rule of law. C) Democracy. D) Consent of the governed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limited government. 41. What was the date that Congress finally approved the Declaration of Independance? A) July 4th, 1776. B) October 16, 1776. C) July 4th, 2017. D) July 4th, 1767. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) July 4th, 1776. 42. Seeking entry into country in order to escape from persecution or crisis A) Illegal alien. B) Legal alien. C) Refugees. D) Naturals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refugees. 43. The president's main job is to A) Make laws. B) Carry out laws. C) Declare war. D) Pardon criminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry out laws. 44. Decide which citizen requirement meets this goal. It allows a person the opportunity to decide if he really wants to be a US citizen. A) Passing the civics test. B) Living in the US for at least 5 years. C) Being fingerprinted. D) Learning the language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Living in the US for at least 5 years. 45. We elect the President for how many years? A) 2. B) 10. C) 4. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 46. The Full Faith and Credit Clause describes the legal relationship between states. This Clause is also known as Article ..... of the US Constitution A) 4. B) 5. C) 3. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 47. This is required to apply for naturalization. A) Have a permanent resident (green) card for at least 5 years. B) Being able to read, write, and speak English. C) Have a permanent resident (green) card for 3 years if you are married to a US citizen. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 48. What is the system used in the United States to elect presidents where they need to achieve a 270 vote majority? A) Direct Democracy. B) Federalism. C) Electoral College. D) Individual Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electoral College. 49. What document outlines the plan of government of the United States? A) The Bill of Rights. B) The Magna Carta. C) The Constitution. D) Their is not one the president decides everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Constitution. 50. We cannot have a government by the people unless the people A) Rebel. B) Enlist in the military. C) Participate. D) Pay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participate. 51. The duty of the Supreme Court is to: A) Enforce laws. B) Make laws. C) Interpret laws. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interpret laws. 52. Who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" ? A) George Washington. B) Mozart. C) Francis Scott Key. D) Alexander Hamilton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Francis Scott Key. 53. What number in the constitution is freedom of religion? A) History is Amazing. B) Mr. Haas is the best. C) The First Amendment. D) The first one is very true. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The First Amendment. 54. What is the economy of The United States A) Socialist economy. B) Free market or capitalist economy. C) Mixed Economy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free market or capitalist economy. 55. If both the President and the VicePresident die, who becomes President? A) The Representative. B) The Chief Justice. C) The Speaker. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Speaker. 56. According to the textbook, what is among the most important of a citizen's responsibilities? A) Helping those in need. B) Joining the military. C) Voting. D) Going to school to be informed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voting. 57. Which is something the president can NOT do when a bill reaches them? A) Veto the bill. B) Do Nothing (pocket veto). C) Make changes to the bill. D) Sign and Pass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make changes to the bill. 58. How do the obligations and responsibilities of citizenship help the country? A) They contribute to the common good. B) They keep you out of jail. C) They give you something to do. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They contribute to the common good. 59. Name 2 US Holidays A) Labour day and Thanksgiving. B) Mexican American war and Independence day. C) World War 1 and World War 2. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Labour day and Thanksgiving. 60. What is the top court in Indiana called? A) Court of Appeals. B) Indiana Supreme Court. C) Pacer Court. D) General Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indiana Supreme Court. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMisc QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesMiscellenous Quiz 1Miscellenous Quiz 2Miscellenous Quiz 3Miscellenous Quiz 4Miscellenous Quiz 5Miscellenous Quiz 6Miscellenous Quiz 7Miscellenous Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books