Civics Today Citizenship, Economics, & You

Chapter 1: The American People

Self-Check Quizzes

1
Who said that without government life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"?
A)Henry Cabot Lodge
B)Aristotle
C)Thomas Hobbes
D)Abraham Lincoln
2
Which of the following is NOT a function of government?
A)keep order
B)maintain private property
C)provide security
D)provide services
3
According to the rule of law, _____.
A)American citizens are the source of the government's power
B)the legal requirements of voting must be kept to a minimum
C)one person equals one vote
D)everyone, including those who govern, must obey the law
4
A _____ is an example of a representative democracy
A)absolute monarchy
B)republic
C)totalitarian state
D)dictatorship
5
A person who moves permanently to a new country is a(n) _____.
A)immigrant
B)citizen
C)dual citizen
D)colonist
6
Several million _____ live in the United States temporarily, but remain citizens of their own countries.
A)aliens
B)Native Americans
C)immigrants
D)Europeans
7
_____ described the United States' democracy as a "government of the people, by the people, for the people."
A)George Washington
B)Benjamin Franklin
C)Fidel Castro
D)Abraham Lincoln
8
The Latin phrase E pluribus unum means _____.
A)"Victory or death"
B)"Out of many, one"
C)"Let the buyer beware"
D)"Seize the day"
9
Until 1924, most _____ were excluded from citizenship.
A)enslaved Africans
B)immigrants
C)Native Americans
D)Asians
10
_____ make up the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States.
A)Anglo Americans
B)African Americans
C)Asian Americans
D)Hispanic Americans
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