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Midterm Exams 2015-2016 (7th grade) > Civics Exam > Flashcards

Civics Exam Flashcards

1
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What is Medicare?

A

Taxes that help people pay for healthcare as they get older.

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What is social security?

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Taxes collected to aid workers who are retired or disabled.

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3
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What is insurance?

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Money taken out of your paycheck to pay for your healthcare.

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4
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What is demand?

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When consumers wish to purchase a product.

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What is supply?

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The amount of product available to consumers.

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What is producer?

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A person or business that supplies goods and services

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What is a consumer?

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People and businesses that buy and use goods and services.

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What are goods?

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Tangible products that we use to satisfy our wants and needs.

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9
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What are services?

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Activities people do for others.

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10
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What is market economy?

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An economy where producers and consumers decide how resources will be used.

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What is capitalism?

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Economic system in which individuals and businesses are allowed to compete for profit with a minimum of government interference.

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12
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_______ are things you are allowed to do because of nature or because of law.

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Rights

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13
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____________ are things we are supposed to do.

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Responsibilities

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14
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The first ten amendments are known as?

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Bill of Rights

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15
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What rights do the 1st amendment give people?

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The freedom of religion, to assemble, to discuss, to address, to publish

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16
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Which amendment gives people the right to own a gun?

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2nd amendment

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17
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Which act invades people’s privacy to protect them from terrorist attacks?

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Patriot Act

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18
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What ways has the Patriot Act impacted Americans?

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  • took away rights
  • push people over the edge and turn into terrorists
  • lead to racial profiling
  • kept people from turning into terrorists
  • etc.
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19
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If you are born in Birmingham, AL, are you a citizen or not?

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You are

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20
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Is the Citizenship (Naturalization) Test hard to pass?

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Yes

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21
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What document was written between the government and the people in 1215?

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Magna Carta

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22
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What document was written almost 100 years before the American Bill of Rights and has similar rights?

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English Bill of Rights

23
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Who came up with idea of separation of powers and the three branches of government?

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Montesquieu

24
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What is income tax?

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A tax on your income. Taxed by the federal, state, and local government.

25
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Whose writings encouraged colonist to rebel against England?

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Thomas Paine

26
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Which Enlightenment thinker had an optimistic view of humanity and thus supported a democratic form of government?

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John Locke

27
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Which government system do citizens hold power to rule and majority rules and vote directly on issues?

A

Democracy

28
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Which government system do people elect representatives to exercise power for them?

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Republic

29
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Which government system are the people ruled by a king or queen and power is inherited?

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Monarchy

30
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The Legislative Branch _________ laws.

A

Makes

31
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The houses of Congress are the _________________________________.

A

Senate and the House of Representatives

32
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Each state has a different number of representatives based on that state’s ________________.

A

Population

33
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There are ______ Senators per state.

A

2

34
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Who is in charge of the Executive Branch?

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President

35
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If something happened to the President, who would become the president?

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Vice President

36
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How long is a President’s term?

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4 years

37
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The Executive Branch __________ the laws.

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Executes/Enforces

38
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How long is a Supreme Justice’s term?

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Life

39
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Who appoints Supreme Court Justices?

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President

40
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The Judicial Branch ___________ the laws.

A

Interprets

41
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The Constitution is ___________________.

A

The Supreme law of the land

42
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What do you call an account that you plan to put your money in that you’re going to spend money quickly?

A

Checking account

43
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What do you call an account that you plan to put money in that you’re going to save and not spend for a long period of time?

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Savings account

44
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What is the study of how we make decisions in a world where resources are limited that is also known as the study of money?

A

Economy

45
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What is something that is required for survival, such as food, clothing, and shelter?

A

Needs

46
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____________ are things that you would like to have, but don’t necessarily have to have to survive.

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Wants

47
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____________ is defined as having an unlimited amounts of human wants, with a limited amount of resources.

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Scarcity

48
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Our system of government, in which power is divided between the national and state levels is a ____________.

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Federalism

49
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What types of powers are specifically given to Congress by the Constitution?

A

Expressed

50
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________ Powers are not necessarily mentioned in the Constitution but come from the “Necessary and Proper” clause of the constitution.

A

Implied

51
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What is the longest constitution in the world?

A

Alabama Constitution of 1901

52
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How many Representatives in total?

A

435

53
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Alabama has had a total of _ constitutions.

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Midterm Exams 2015-2016 (7th grade) (3 decks)

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