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Question 1 of 20

1. Question

A state’s population affects which of the following?

The number of chambers in its state legislature
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Representation in the U.S. Senate
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Representation in the U.S. House
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Whether it uses a primary or caucus
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Question 2 of 20

2. Question

Which part of the federal government is the highest authority regarding state and federal laws’ constitutionality?

The Bureaucracy
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The Supreme Court
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The President
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The House and Senate
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Question 3 of 20

3. Question

The Gettysburg Address bolstered the United States’ resolve during which conflict?

The Revolutionary War
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The Civil War
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The Spanish-American War
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World War I
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Question 4 of 20

4. Question

President John F. Kennedy’s Ich Bin Ein Berliner (I am a Berliner) speech was a watershed moment in which U.S. conflict?

World War II
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The War in Afghanistan
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The War in Iraq
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The Cold War
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Question 5 of 20

5. Question

The Declaration of Independence discusses the abuses of power made by which individual or group?

King George III
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The Continental Congress
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The British Parliament
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Benedict Arnold
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Question 6 of 20

6. Question

The Constitution gives which of the following people or groups the authority to remove the president from power?

The Vice President
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The chief justice of the Supreme Court
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The House and Senate
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The bureaucracy
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Question 7 of 20

7. Question

Which of the following is a responsibility of American citizenship?

Voting in elections
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Serving on a jury
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Getting a driver’s license
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Donating money to candidates
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Question 8 of 20

8. Question

The Constitution gives a person accused of a crime which of the following rights?

Selecting the jury members
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Selecting the judge
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Refusing to testify
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Refusing to stand trial
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Question 9 of 20

9. Question

Which of the following acts as Americans’ first exposure to political ideas and beliefs?

Family
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School
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Friends
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Bosses
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Question 10 of 20

10. Question

Which of the following is a trait of being a well-informed citizen in a democracy?

Writing news articles for a local paper
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Avoiding news on the internet
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Sticking to one news source
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Consulting many types of news sources
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Question 11 of 20

11. Question

Question 11 refers to the following map.

Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/World_map_longlat.svg/960px-World_map_longlat.svg.png

Which of the following do the vertical lines on the map measure?

Latitude
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Longitude
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Distance
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Apogee
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Question 12 of 20

12. Question

Which of the following features divides Europe and Asia?

A mountain range
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An ocean
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A long river
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A peninsula
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Question 13 of 20

13. Question

Which of the following forces created the Himalayan Mountains?

Strong earthquakes
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Climate
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Erosion
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Colliding tectonic plates
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Question 14 of 20

14. Question

Which of the following industrial byproducts is most responsible for global warming?

Uranium oxide
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Sulfur dioxide
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Carbon dioxide
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Nitrous oxide
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Question 15 of 20

15. Question

Which of the following forms of pollution were reduced the most by requiring catalytic converters on all cars?

Air
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Water
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Soil
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Underground
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Question 16 of 20

16. Question

Which renewable energy source relies on river systems to turn turbines?

Solar
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Tidal
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Hydroelectric
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Wind
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Question 17 of 20

17. Question

Which of the following hazards might a geological survey uncover?

Natural resource deposits
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Fault lines
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Groundwater systems
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Fossil deposits
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Question 18 of 20

18. Question

Discoveries in which type of rock helps geologists find clues about past life on Earth?

Sedimentary
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Igneous
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Metamorphic
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Crystal
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Question 19 of 20

19. Question

Which of the following statements is true about an area with large coal or oil deposits?

It was once very volcanically active.
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It once harbored vast amounts of life.
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It was prone to significant earthquakes.
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It experienced significant meteor collisions.
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Question 20 of 20

20. Question

The fact that many Polynesian cultures share similar customs supports which of the following conclusions?

Their ancestors migrated from the same place.
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They had advanced communication networks.
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They experienced contact with European explorers.
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Their customs are universal to all peoples.
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