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- 1. Multiple Choice
The list below identifies several activities.
Attending a school board meeting Voting in a primary election Helping on a phone bank for a mayoral candidate Putting a candidate's sign in your yard. Registering voters at a community colleg.
What do these activities illustrate?
ways that citizens can run for political office
opportunities for citizens to participate in national elections
opportunitites for citizens to influence political action committees
ways in which citizens actively participate in the political process
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which type of service project would help promote the common good?
planning a neighborhood recycling program
participating in a neighborhood party
completing homework on time
visiting public libraries
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which example is NOT a responsibility of citizenship?
volunteering in the community
attending civic meetings
voting in elections
paying taxes
- 4. Multiple Choice
The image above describes a citizen obligation.
Based on this image, what can be presumed about citizen obligations?
Citizens support attending civic meetings.
Citizens support securing individual rights.
Citizens resist registering for selective service.
Citizens resist contributing to the common good.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which amendment that defines citizenship, grants citizenship to former slaves, and defines voters as males at least 21 years of age?
Amendment 2
Amendment 14
Amendment 7
Amendment 1
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which is considered a citizenship responsibility rather than an obligation?
Obeying the law
Paying taxes
Attending civic meetings
Register for Selective Service
- 7. Multiple Choice
What would be the most likely consequence to society if citizens began refusing to fulfill their citizenship responsibilities?
People would have more free time because they would have fewer social obligations.
People would face the threat of losing their individual rights and freedoms
People would benefit from the direction of strong leaders who would guard their freedoms.
People would find that society was able to look after itself with the help of civic participation.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of these is one of the legal requirements for becoming a citizen?
Registering to vote
Having relatives in the United States
Paying income taxes
Living in the United States for five years
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why is it important for citizens to meet the obligation requested in this document?
to guarantee our right to confront witnesses
to preseve constitutional limits on governmental power
to guarantee our right to be judged by a jury of our peers
to protect our right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus
- 10. Multiple Choice
Any person not a citizen or national of a country is a(n) ________.
alien
resident
immigrant
- 11. Multiple Choice
A person who comes to a country to live there permanently is a(n) ________.
resident
immigrant
alien
- 12. Multiple Choice
__________ establishes that a person's citizenship at birth is the same as that of his or her biological mother or father.
law of blood
law of soil
naturalization
- 13. Multiple Choice
__________ establishes that a person's citizenship at birth is determined by the country where he or she was born.
law of blood
law of soil
naturalizaiton
- 14. Multiple Choice
Someone who is legally and permanently living in the U.S., but not a citizen is a(n) ___________.
legal permanent resident
alien
naturalized citizen
- 15. Multiple Choice
The process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen is called __________.
residential procedure
citizenship
naturalization
- 16. Multiple Choice
A resident is someone who lives in a place for a minimum period of time.
True
False
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a way to become a citizen?
law of blood
law of soil
residential evaluation
naturalization
- 18. Multiple Choice
___________ means being a member of a nation or country and having full responsibilities under the law.
citizenship
naturalization
immigration
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which REQUIREMENT of the naturalization process is missing from this list:
be at least 18 years old
legal permanent resident for at least 5 years
be of good moral character
speak and read English
have at least one American parent
live in the U.S. prior to 2010
pass a civics and history test
- 20. Multiple Choice
A citizen received the notification below in the mail.
What civic responsibility does this notification represent?
getting a driver's license
appearing for jury duty
paying income tax
registering to vote
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