Geography
Goverment
Economics
Civics Test
Are you smarter than a 5th Grader?
100

List one country in Africa.

What is Egypt?

And other answers.

100

The supreme law of the land.

What is the Constitution?

100
Something that motivates a person to act in a certain way.

What is an incentive?

100

This person is the current Vice President of the United States.

Who is Kamala Harris?

100

What was the name of the last Queen of France?

(Hint*French Revolution)

Who was Marie Antoinette

200

This place is the capital city of New Mexico

What is Santa Fe?

200

The leader of the majority party who serves as the president of the House of Representatives. (Double points if you know the name of the current person)

Who is the Speaker of the House? Who is Kevin McCarthy?

200

The cost of borrowing money.

What is interest?

200

This responsibility is only given to U.S. citizens.

What is voting in federal elections?

or

What is serving on a jury?

200

An angle less than 90 degrees.

What is an acute angle?

300

List one requirement for a place to be a country.

Land area

Sovereignty 

Defensive ability (military)

Diplomatic relations with other countries

300

This person signs bills into law.

Who is the president?

300

A slowdown in a nation's economy.

What is a recession

300

These are two national holidays.

What is: New Year's Day, MLK Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas

300

The boiling point of water.

What is 100 degrees Celsius or 212 Fahrenheit 

400

If you were located at the latitude and longitude coordinates 45 degrees south & 15 degrees east, they you would be

A) North of the equator, west of the prime meridian

B) South of the equator, east of the prime meridian

C) West of the prime meridian

D) In the northern hemisphere

B) South of the equator, east of the prime meridian

400

Stops one branch of the government from becoming too powerful.

What are checks and balances?

What is separation of power?

400

A measurement of the total goods and services produced within a country.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

400

The two major political parties in the United States.

What are the republicans and democrats?

400
The name for similar sounding words.

What are homonyms?

500

Individuals who are forced to leave their home because it is unsafe.

What is a refugee?

500

This branch reviews laws.

What is the Judicial Branch?

500

A decrease in the vale of currency, an increase in the general level of prices.

What is inflation?

500

This constitutional change gave freedom of the press.

What is a First Amendment right?

500

Christmas tree lights are often connected in series. This is not a good idea because...

A.) They use more energy.

B.) They aren't colorful.

C.) If one light breaks, they all go out.

D.) There isn't a complete circuit.

C.) If one light breaks, they all go out.