ARIZONA GED CIVICS TEST

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ARIZONA GED CIVICS TEST

Qs and Ans - Expert- Explanation - ing score -100 Questions and Answers

-Format: Multiple-choice / Flashcard

Question 1: Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

Answer:

? John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.)

Question 2: name on state that borders mexico

Answer:

Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas

Question 3: Name two national U.S. holidays.

Answer:

? New Year's Day ? Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ? Presidents' Day ? Memorial Day ? Independence Day ? Labor Day ? Columbus Day ? Veterans Day ? Thanksgiving ? Christmas

Question 4: What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

Answer:

The united states The flag

Question 5: What is the highest court in the United States?

Answer:

? the Supreme Court

Question 6: Where is the Statue of Liberty?

Answer:

New York (Harbor) Liberty Island

Question 7: Who makes federal laws?

Answer:

? Congress ? Senate and House (of Representatives) ? (U.S. or national) legislature

Question 8: Who was President during World War I?

Answer:

? (Woodrow) Wilson Question 9: The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are those words?

Answer:

We the people

Question 10: How many amendments does the Constitution have?

Answer:

twenty-seven (27)

Question 11: Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

Answer:

? slavery ? economic reasons ? states' rights

Question 12: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Answer:

American Indians Native Americans Question 13: Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

Answer:

Ww2 Question 14: During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

Answer:

Communism Question 15: If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

Answer:

Speaker of the house

Question 16: Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

Answer:

(franklin) Roosevelt

Question 17: What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

Answer:

? civil rights (movement)

Question 18: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Answer:

? freed the slaves ? freed slaves in the Confederacy ? freed slaves in the Confederate states

? freed slaves in most Southern states

Question 19: In what month do we vote for president?

Answer:

? November Question 20: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

Answer:

? to print money ? to declare war ? to create an army ? to make treaties

Question 21: There were 13 original states. Name three.

Answer:

? New Hampshire ? Massachusetts ? Rhode Island ? Connecticut ? New York ? New Jersey ? Pennsylvania ? Delaware ? Maryland ? Virginia ? North Carolina ? South Carolina ? Georgia

Question 22: Who vetoes bills?

Answer:

? the President

Question 23: What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Answer:

? U.S. diplomat ? oldest member of the Constitutional Convention ? first Postmaster General of the United States ? writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"