/12 Section 1 Part 1 Click the Start button below to begin the Test What is the supreme law of the land? 1) The Bill of rights. 2) The Constitution. 3) The law. The Constitution is the highest law in the United States. What does the Constitution do? 1) Sets up the government 2) Sets up the State 3) Sets up the police The Constitution sets up the principles that are upheld by the government. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? 1) The Bill of Rights 2) "We The People" 3) Freedom of Speech The Constitution is the highest law in the United States. What is an amendment? 1) Federal law 2) State Law 3) A change to the Constitution What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? 1) The Constitutional Law 2) The Bill or Rights 3) The Federal Amendments The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? 1) To Vote 2) Freedom of Speech 3) To serve on a Jury The first amendments asserts many rights or freedoms such as the Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Press, and the right to petition the Government. How many amendments does the Constitution have? 1) 27 Amendments 2) 2 Amendments 3) 10 Amendments The Constitution of the United States has 27 Amendments. What did the Declaration of Independence do? 1) Said that the United States is independent from France 2) Said that the United States is Ruled by Britten 3) Said that the United States is free The Declaration of Independence announced that the United States is free from Great Britain. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? 1) Right to Travel 2) Life and Liberty 3) To Vote The Declaration of Independence asserted the rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. What is freedom of religion? 1) You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion 2) You can not practice any religion. 3) You can practice any religion as long as you don’t do it in public. In the United States of America we recognize, respect, and acknowledge the right of every human being to practice their religion, or not practice any religion. What is the economic system in the United States? 1) Market Economy 2) Restricted Economy 3) Open Economy The economic system in the United States is Market, or Capitalist Economy. What is the “rule of law”? 1) People must follow the state law. 2) Everyone must follow the law 3) People must follow the law but not the Government The Rule of Law means that everyone must follow the law. Leaders must follow the law, Government must obey the law, and no one is above the law. Your score is Restart The Test
