Transcript North Carolina Civics Economics Review

North Carolina
Civics Economics Review
The uprising known as Shay’s
Rebellion was in protest of
A. The Intolerable Acts
B. The lack of representation in
Parliament
C. High tea prices
D. High state taxes that forced farmers
into debt
The meeting of colonial delegates
in Philadelphia in September 1774
to discuss concerns about Britain’s
Intolerable Acts was known as the
A.
B.
C.
D.
First Continental Congress
Mayflower Compact
Boston Tea Party
Declaratory Act
American colonists resented British
taxes because
A. American members of Parliament
voted against the taxes
B. Americans grew their own tea
C. The Mayflower Compact did not
allow for taxes
D. They had no representatives in the
British Parliament
One of the major Anti-Federalist
objections to the Constitution was
that it
A. Allowed for freedom of religion
B. Gave too much power to state
governments
C. Did not contain a bill of rights
D. Did away with the Electoral College
All of the following are protected by
the 1st Amendment in the Bill of
Rights except
A.
B.
C.
D.
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of religion
Freedom of speech
Freedom from self-incrimination
The first representative assembly,
or legislature, in the English
colonies was called the
A.
B.
C.
D.
Virginia Company
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Parliament
In colonial America, tobacco and
rice were crops grown mainly in
A.
B.
C.
D.
New England
The Northern Colonies
The Southern Colonies
New York and Pennsylvania
In a totalitarian state,
A. The government’s control extends to
almost all aspects of people’s lives
B. Political opposition to the ruler is
openly accepted
C. There are few restrictions on
individual freedoms
D. Industries and farms produce
whatever they wish for maximum
profit
The Mayflower Compact
established a tradition of direct
democracy, as evidenced by
A. The creation of the House of
Burgesses
B. The rejection of common law
C. Town meetings in which citizens
discuss and vote on important issues
D. A governor appointed by the English
king
In a parliamentary system of
government, the prime minister is
not only the chief executive, but
also
A. A member of the judicial branch
B. A member of the parliament
C. A hereditary ruler, such as a king or
queen
D. The president, or head of state
The Federalists believed that the
United States
A. Did not need to replace the Articles of
Confederation
B. Needed a strong central government
C. Needed to keep all government power
within the individual states
D. Should not adopt the Constitution
Under the Articles of
Confederation, Congress
A. Had no power to tax
B. Had full power to enforce the laws it
created
C. Was made up of a legislature in
which each state had two or more
votes
D. Had nearly unlimited central powers
In the pamphlet Common Sense,
Thomas Paine argued
A. Against the Declaration of
Independence
B. Against the Articles of Confederation
C. For repairing relations with Britain
and continuing as a colony
D. For complete independence from
Britain
After 1763, Great Britain began to
place steep taxes on the American
colonies because
A. Tea had become much more expensive
B. Britain needed the money to pay off
heavy war debts following the French
and Indian War
C. The Americans had fought in the battles
of Lexington and Concord
D. For complete independence from Britain
The American colonists’
acceptance of common law and
belief that a ruler was not above
the law were based on
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Mayflower Compact
French political traditions
Town meetings
English political traditions
The notion that power lies with the
people is called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Expressed power
Popular sovereignty
Concurrent power
Checks and balances
For a bill to become a law
A. It must be approved by the Supreme
Court
B. Only the president needs to approve
it
C. It must be approved by a general
vote of the population
D. A majority of both senators and
representatives must vote for it
In the system of checks and
balances, to check the power of the
Supreme Court, Congress can
A. Veto laws proposed by the Supreme
Court
B. Block treaties approved by the
Supreme Court
C. Remove judges through the
impeachment process
D. Overturn executive policies it finds
contrary to the U.S. Constitution
The first step in the process for
amending the U.S. Constitution is
A.
B.
C.
D.
Proposal
Ratification
Interpretation
Presidential action
The ruling in the 1819 McCulloch v.
Maryland Supreme Court case
demonstrated that
A. Local powers take precedence over
state powers
B. Local powers take precedence over
federal powers
C. Federal powers take precedence over
state powers
D. Concurrent powers are
unconstitutional
The Supreme Court’s decision in
Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka, Kansas found that
A. Racial segregation in public schools
was unconstitutional
B. Armbands worn to school to protest
the war were a form of speech and
protected by the First Amendment
C. Protections in the Bill of Rights did
not apply to the states
D. Students 18 years and older could
vote in all elections
Americans who favor states’ rights
over federal powers believe that
the national government’s powers
should be limited because
A. people, not the states, created the national
government
B. State governments are closer to the people
C. Congress has the right to adopt any means it
needs to carry out its delegated powers.
D. Most citizens identify more closely with the
national government.
Nearly half of the federal
government’s revenue is supplied
by
A.
B.
C.
D.
Estate taxes
The income tax
Fees from national parks
Taxes on tobacco and alcohol
A federal welfare program that
provides help with nutrition and
health care to low-income women,
infants, and children up to age 5 is
A.
B.
C.
D.
Workfare
EITC
WIC
Social security
The idea that the law applies to
everyone, even those who govern,
is called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Due process
Rule of law
Popular sovereignty
Checks and Balances
According to the U.S. Constitution,
Congress has the power to do all of
the following except
A.
B.
C.
D.
Regulate foreign and interstate trade
Coin money
Declare war
Favor one state over another
The powers that the U.S.
Constitution does not give to the
national government, but which are
kept by the states, are called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Implied powers
Limited powers
Reserved powers
State powers
The Twenty-fourth Amendment
made illegal a tax that some
southern states collected before
allowing a person to vote, called a
A.
B.
C.
D.
Poll tax
Discrimination tax
Suffrage tax
Popular vote tax
The Social Security and Medicare
programs are funded by
A.
B.
C.
D.
The entry fees for national parks
Taxes on tobacco and alcohol
Estate taxes
Payroll taxes
The principles underlying the
Constitution include all of the
following except
A.
B.
C.
D.
Federalism
Popular sovereignty
Limited voting rights
Separation of powers
To support the principle of personal
achievement, the North Carolina
constitution of 1776 called for
A. The creation of a state militia
B. Voting rights for all women and
enslaved people
C. A literacy test requirement for voting
D. The establishment of public schools
and a university
According to the North Carolina
constitution of 1776, the governor
was
A. Elected by the general public,
including women and enslaved
people
B. Appointed by the General Assembly
C. Appointed by the state’s judges
D. Appointed by officials in Great
Britain
Besides the governor and
lieutenant governor, North
Carolina’s executive branch
consists of
A.
B.
C.
D.
The members of the Senate
The General Assembly
The Council of States
39 district attorneys
A 1996 amendment to the North
Carolina constitution gave the
governor the power to
A.
B.
C.
D.
Choose key county officials
Appoint the Council of State
Veto legislation
Dismiss the Council of State
In the court case, Leandro v. State
of North Carolina, the North
Carolina Supreme Court ruled that
the state constitution
A. Requires low-wealth counties to have free
universities
B. Allows for all public schools to charge tuition
C. Allows the “grandfather clause” to be in
effect for education issues
D. Does not require equal funding of education
for every student
The Fourteenth Amendment did all
of the following except
A. Outlawed slavery
B. Defined a U.S. citizen as any one
“born or naturalized in the United
States”
C. Required states to grant citizens
“equal protection of the laws”
D. Forbade states from taking an
individual’s “life, liberty, or property,
with out due process of law”
A large portion of North Carolina
county revenues comes from
A.
B.
C.
D.
Property taxes
County park entrance fees
Utility user fees
Individual income taxes
The second largest category of
municipal expenditures in North
Carolina is for public safety, which
includes
A.
B.
C.
D.
Parks and recreation
Police and fire services
Utilities
Water and suffrage
As evidence by its creation of a
states militia, the North Carolina
constitution of 1776 also upheld the
political value of
A.
B.
C.
D.
Prosperity
Individual rights
War
Safety
According to the original North
Carolina constitution of 1776,
members of both the senate and
the house of representatives were
A.
B.
C.
D.
Chosen by the governor
Chosen by the king
Elected for one-year terms
Elected to serve lifelong terms
The North Carolina constitution of
1776 did not give the governor
much power because
A. The governor was to be appointed for
life
B. They believed more power should be
placed with the judicial branch
C. They did not want the governor
competing with the president
D. Under British rule, the king-appointed
governor and the legislature had
competed for power
The revision of the North Carolina
constitution in 1868
A. Completely changed the basic
structure of government from the
first constitution
B. Greatly opened up participation in
government
C. Granted North Carolina women the
right to vote
D. Lowered the voting age from 21 to
18
Much of the intergovernmental
revenue-money from the federal
government-received by North
Carolina is used to pay for
A.
B.
C.
D.
Military expenses
The governor’s salary
Debts owed by the state
Education, health, and social service
programs
In most municipalities, the
municipal or city manager is
responsible for all of the following
tasks except
A. Keeping official records
B. Hiring and firing municipal employees
C. Proposing a municipal budget to the
municipal governing board
D. Advising the municipal governing
board of municipal policy
The main political parties in
America’s two-party system are the
A.
B.
C.
D.
Progressives and Republicans
Populists and Labor
Democrats and Libertarians
Republicans and Democrats
All of the following are North
Carolina voter eligibility
requirements except
A. Residents must have lived in the
voting precinct for at least six months
B. Residents must be registered to vote
C. Residents must be a citizen of the
United States
D. Residents must be at least 18 years
old
At its presidential nominating
convention, each political party
writes a series of statements
expressing the party’s principles,
beliefs, and positions on election
issues called a
A.
B.
C.
D.
single-issue statement
Political machine
Caucus
Platform
To influence public policy, interest
groups focus their efforts on
elections, the courts, and
A.
B.
C.
D.
PACs
Law makers
Labor unions
Public opinion polls
In a criminal case, the step
following arraignment is
A.
B.
C.
D.
Indictment
Arrest
Trial
Acquittal
State courts that handle cases
involving felonies-murder, armed
robbery, drug trafficking, and other
major crimes-are called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Justice courts
Municipal courts
Misdemeanor courts
General trial courts
In the few circumstances when a
case can be heard in either a state
or federal court, the courts are said
to have
A.
B.
C.
D.
Original jurisdiction
District jurisdiction
Concurrent jurisdiction
Judicial jurisdiction
During a criminal trial, the lawyers’
opening statements
A. Are presented to the jury members
after they cannot reach a verdict
B. Are presented before the indictment
C. Outlined the case that each will
present
D. “instruct” the jury, or explain the law
that relates to the case
When the House and the Senate
pass similar, but not identical, bills,
A. The Senate version is put into law
B. The bill is dropped and cannot be
reconsidered for a certain amount of
time
C. The president decides which version
to put into law
D. A conference committee is formed,
with members from both houses, to
produce a compromise bill.
During a filibuster in the Senate,
A. Senators opposed to a bill talk for
hour after hour until the bill is
withdrawn
B. Rules for debate of a bill discussed
and set
C. A bill is passed without any charges
D. Senators must immediately carry out
a roll-call vote on a bill
In the House of Representatives,
during a floor debate on a bill,
A. There is usually a time limited for
discussion set by the Rules
Committee
B. Representatives can speak for as long
as they wish
C. Representatives can filibuster, or talk
a bill to death
D. Only the representatives from the
party sponsoring the bill may speak
To safeguard against a person
being kept in jail unlawfully, Article
1of the Constitution includes the
A.
B.
C.
D.
Definition of treason
Writ of habeas corpus
Search and seizure clause
Double jeopardy clause
Cases that involve disputes
between individuals, organizations,
or governments, in which no
criminal laws have been broken,
are related to
A.
B.
C.
D.
Civil law
Statutory law
Criminal law
International law
In North Carolina, sheriffs are
A.
B.
C.
D.
Elected in a state election
Appointed by the governor
Elected in county elections
Appointed by mayors or city
managers
In North Carolina, sheriffs’
departments enforce state and
local laws
A. Only along county roads
B. In the unincorporated areas of the
county and in municipalities without
police departments
C. Within city limits
D. Only within state and local parks and
recreation areas
Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution
forbids the enactment of an ex post
facto law, which is a law that
A. Would allow a person to be punished for an
action that was not against the law when it
was committed
B. Punishes a person accused of crime without a
trial or a fair hearing
C. Refuses to allow defendants to question
witnesses testifying against them
D. Punishes a citizen for treason
Representatives of interest groups
who contact lawmakers directly to
influence their policymaking are
called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Political activists
Lobbyists
Concerned citizens
Journalists
The four factors that affect
production are
A. Labor, capital, consumers, and
producers
B. Land, labor, capital, and
entrepreneurial skill
C. Resources, scarcity, transportation,
and leisure time
D. Entrepreneurial skill, incentives,
standard of living, and loans
The scarcity of resources forces
society to make choices concerning
A. borrowing, collecting, and interest
payments
B. Standard of living, overtime, and
product quality
C. What to produce, how to produce, and
for whom to produce
D. Consumption, education, and tradeoffs
You are considering buying a new
lawnmower. It will be expensive but
it will allow you to cut more lawns.
Such an economic choice is called
a
A.
B.
C.
D.
trade-off
Supply and demand decision
Scarcity modeling
Production allocation
The wants and needs of people are
restricted by
A.
B.
C.
D.
Consumer demands
Economic models
Specialization
Scarcity
Capital goods refer to the
A. machinery, tools, and buildings used
to make products
B. Production of goods such as
television, cars, CD players, and
clothes
C. Human resources necessary to
produce goods
D. Total goods and services produced tn
a country
Division of labor improves
productivity by
A. Separating diligent workers from less
motivated ones
B. Comparing product markets with
factor markets
C. Increasing profit motive by
encouraging competition
D. Breaking jobs down into separate
tasks
The idea that businesses usually
try to produce the products that
people want most is
A.
B.
C.
D.
Competition
Consumer sovereignty
Voluntary exchange
Profit motive
The factor that is largely
responsible for the growth of a freeenterprise system based on
capitalism
A.
B.
C.
D.
Voluntary exchange
The profit motive
Specialization
Productivity
Money that a person has left over
after paying taxes and for the
necessities of living, which can be
used to buy luxury items or put into
saving accounts, is called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Interest
Disposable income
Discretionary income
Gross income
All of the money that the
government has borrowed over the
years ad has not yet been paid
back is the government’s
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bonds
Debts
Revenue
Surplus
The struggle that goes on between
buyers and sellers to get the best
products at the lowest prices is
called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Private property rights
The profit motive
Voluntary exchange
Competition
A period in the business cycle
when real GDP goes down for six
straight months is called a (n)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Expansion
Dividend
Peak
Recession