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Name _________________ _________ Date_______________ Block_________ Page #_____ ATTENTION PARENTS & STUDENTS !!! IMPORTANT !!! CIVICS: MID-TERM EXAM REVIEW PACKET QUESTIONS This review packet is due the day of your Civics exam. It will take approximately 3 1/2 hours to complete. From this day forward, you should spend a minimum of 15 minutes per day working on this packet in preparation for the mid-term exam. By the time you have completed this study packet, you will be ready for your mid-term exam. “ I have read the above statement and agree to study and work on this packet for at least 15 minutes a day, up to the day of the exam. I will not wait until the day before the exam to study and complete the exam review packet.” Student signature ___________________________________________ “ I have read the above statements, looked over the exam review packet, and understand that it is my student’s responsibility to complete this packet by the day of his/her exam.” Parent signature ____________________________________________ Page 1 CIVICS: MID-TERM EXAM REVIEW PACKET QUESTIONS BENCHMARK 1: (Chapters. 1 & 5) Define the following terms: 1. Consent of the governed: ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2 .Limited government: _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Rule of law: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Democracy: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Representative government: ________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. A citizen is an individual with certain rights and duties under a government and who, by birth or by choice, owes allegiance to that government. What does it mean to “owe allegiance” to a country and why do Americans feel they are owed certain rights? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What does the Fourteenth Amendment state? What does this statement mean? ______________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What are the 2 ways a person can obtain U. S. citizenship? ________________________________________________ 9. “Immigration and naturalization, particularly in the twentieth century, have led to an increasingly diverse society.” What is diversity and how can people moving from other countries to the United States increase diversity? ____________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. To become a citizen through naturalization, a person must ______________________________________________________and _________________________ and the__________________________________________________________________________. 11. What must citizens do in order for the United States government to be effective? ______________________________ 12. Name 4 important duties a citizen of the United States must fulfill. _________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What happens to citizens who choose not to fulfill their civic duties? Give an example. _________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. A basic responsibility of citizenship is to contribute to the common good. What is the main difference between a civic duty and a civic responsibility? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. List the 7 main responsibilities of a U.S. citizen. ________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. A democratic society requires the _____________________ _________________________ of its citizens. 17. Name 3 ways for citizens to participate in community service: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 BENCHMARK 2 - Election Process (Chap. 9, 10, 11) 18. Political party’s ______________________________________ and __________________________________ for citizens to _____________________________ in the political process. 19. What are the 4 main functions of political parties? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20. How many “main” parties are in the United States? _________________ 21. Is the United States characterized as a “Two-Party System,” or a “Single Party System,” or a “3-party System” ? _______________________________ 22. Name the two main political parties in the United States. _______________________ _______________________ 23. If third parties rarely win elections; why do third party candidates even run? __________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24. Name 4 similarities that exist between the Republican and Democratic parties. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25. What is the main difference between the Republican and Democratic parties? _________________________________________ __________________________________ 26. Name two characteristics might distinguish the campaign of a third party candidate? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 27. ________________________ _______________________ ________________ presented in political campaigns to make __________________________ _____________________ among candidates. 28. The ________________________ plays an important role in the _________________ _____________________. 29. When choosing a candidate, what strategies for evaluating campaign speeches, literature, and advertisements for accuracy might you use? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 30. What is the job or role of the media in political elections? ______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 31. What is a campaign “contribution?” __________________________________________________________________ 32. Is running a political campaign expensive? Why? _______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 33. Name the 5 main drawbacks that have occurred due to the rising cost of political campaigns. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 34. ____________________ campaign _________________ have led to efforts to ________________________________________ ___________________________________. Page 3 35. Why do limits exist on the amount individuals may contribute to political candidates and campaigns? _______________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 36. Is voting a basic responsibility or duty of citizenship? _________________________________________ 37. What must a citizen do before he or she can vote in any political campaign? _________________________________ 38. The __________________________________________________ and ____________ is related to how ____________________ election _________________________ are to citizens. 39. Who can participate in primary and general elections? ____________________________________________________________ 40. If you want to vote in Virginia, what are the three main qualifications? _______________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 41. What are the 3 main factors pollsters look at to help determine who will vote in elections? ________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 42. Showing “apathy” is showing a lack of interest in politics and political campaigns. Why do so many people fail to vote? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 43. Are voters more likely to vote in presidential or state and local elections? ____________________________________ 44. Why do we have an electoral college and how does it work? ______________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 45. Describe the “winner take all” system as related to the electoral college. ____________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 46. How are the number of electors determined for each state? ______________________________________________ 47. The _____________________ for a _________________________ to win in the electoral college_________________________ ______________________________. BENCHMARK 3 - Public Opinion and Public Policy: (Chap. 11) 48. The media ________________________________________ and___________________________________________________. 49. Name 4 ways the media is able to play an important role in setting the public agenda. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 50. ______________________ and _____________________________________influence public policy. 51. Define Lobbying: ___________________________________________________________________________________ 52. Name 3 ways individuals can influence public policy. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 53. Name 3 ways groups can influence public policy._________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 4 BENCHMARK 4 - Significant Historical Documents (Chapter 2) 54. American constitutional government is founded on what concepts articulated in earlier documents? _________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 55. Name and describe the causes leading to the war for Independence (Revolutionary War)._________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 56. Describe the Charters of the Virginia Company of London: ______________________________________________________ 57. Describe The Virginia Declaration of Rights: __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 58. Describe the Declaration of Independence: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 59. Who wrote the “Social Contract?” ______________________________________________ 60. Briefly explain the “Social Contract. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 61. Describe the Articles of Confederation:_______________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 62. Describe the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom:____________________________________________________________ 63. Describe the Constitution of the United States of America, including the Bill of Rights: _______________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 64. What does the preamble to the constitution do and why does it begin with “We the People?” ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 65. What are the 4 main purposes of the U.S. government? _________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BENCHMARK 5 - Federalism, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances (Chap. 6,7, & 8) 66. Define Federalism: ________________________________________________________________________________________ 67. The _____________________of the United States of America establishes a _________________ form of _________________ in which the______________________________________________________. 68. The ____________________ of the __________________________________government are either _______________________ or _________________________________in the Constitution of the United States of America. 69. The ___________________________________________to the national government by the Constitution of the United States of America are_________________________________________. 70. The ______________________________________of the United States of America __________________________________to both the __________________and ______________________governments. 71. The ______________________ of the local governments in _____________________are________________________________. Page 5 72. Primary responsibilities of each level of government: National: _________________________________________________________________________________ State: _________________________________________________________________________________ 73. The __________________ and _______________________________ of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches at both the national and state levels are______________________________. 74. Why does the Constitution separate powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?_______________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 75. A system of _________________________________________ gives each of the three branches of government ways to limit the powers of the other branches. 76. Why are the legislative, executive, and judicial powers are separated at the state and national levels of government? ___________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 77. All powers of local government in Virginia are____________________________________________________________________. 78. What powers does the legislative branch have over the other branches? Executive: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Judicial: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 79. What powers does the executive branch have over the other branches? Legislative: __________________________________________________________________________________________ Judicial: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 80. What powers does the judicial branch have over the other branches? Executive: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Legislative: __________________________________________________________________________________________ 81. At the Virginia (state) level of government, the Congress is called the _____________ ________________. 82. The head of the executive level of government at the state level is the ______________________. 83. The head of the judicial branch of government at the national level is the Supreme Court; at the Virginia (state level) it is the ________________ ________________ _________________. BENCHMARK 7 - The Lawmaking Process and the Roles and Powers of the Executive Branch: 84. What is the main responsibility of officials who are elected to serve in the state and national legislatures? _______________________________________________ 85. The Virginia General Assembly and the United States Congress are bicameral legislatures. What is a “bicameral legislature?” ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 86. Legislative powers can be “expressed” or implied. What do these two terms mean and give at least one example of each type of power. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 87. What are the four basic steps in the lawmaking process? 1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 88. Elected officials ___________________ and ________________________in response to ________________or issues. Individuals and ____________________ ____________________help shape_____________________. Page 6 90. Where are the powers of the executive branch written? __________________________________________________________ 91. How can the executive branch influence policymaking? ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fill in the chart to complete the United States system of “checks and balances known as federalism: Branch of Government Local Government Virginia Government National Government Legislative * U.S. Congress (National Level) *General Assembly (State Level) Executive * President (National Level) * Governor (State Level) Judicial * U.S. Supreme Court (National Level) * Virginia Supreme Court (State Level) BENCHMARK 6 - Amending the U. S. ConstitutionName and describe your 5 basic “first amendment freedoms:” 1. .___________________________________________________________________________________________________ .___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. .___________________________________________________________________________________________________ .___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. .___________________________________________________________________________________________________ .___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. .___________________________________________________________________________________________________ .___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. .___________________________________________________________________________________________________ .___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Give a brief description of the following parts of the Constitution covered on the SOL and midterm exam: Article I: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Article II: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Article III: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Article IV: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Page 7 Article V: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Article VI: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Article VII: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 1: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 2: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 3: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 4: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 5: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 6: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 7: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 8: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 9: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 10: __________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 13: __________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 14: __________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 15: __________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 16: __________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 17: __________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 19: __________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 23: __________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 24: __________________________________________________________________________________ Amendment 26: __________________________________________________________________________________ DUE DATES: A Day Classes B Day Classes Due TODAY January 4 January 5 # 1- 17 January 8 January 9 # 18-34 January 10 January 11 # 35-53 January 12 January 16 # 54-71 January 17 January 18 # 72-91 On day of your exam… (See below) Finish and turn in entire packet for completeness & accuracy. EXAM SCHEDULE: Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Exams 1 Exams 5 and Exams 3 Exams 7 and 2 (FLEX 8) and 4 and 8 Jan. 26 No School Teacher Work Day Page 8