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Civics | Year in Review 2021
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1
The House passed a $1 trillion bill in November, a central plank of Biden’s economic agenda. What is its focus?
education
infrastructure
military spending
2
While not named in the Constitution, the President has the power to issue what that have the force of law?
Executive Orders
Vetoes
Command the armed forces
3
Which branch of government has the "power of the purse" or the power to control spending to help rebuild (for example)?
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
4
President Biden signed legislation to make Juneteenth (June 19th) a federal holiday to commemorate what?
end of slavery in the United States
the signing of the Constitution
the beginning of summer
5
NASA safely landed a new $2.7B robotic rover on Mars on Feb. 18, beginning its most ambitious effort in decades to:
claim the planet for the United States
study whether there was ever life on the now barren red planet
rescue a lost NASA spacecraft
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Which of the following has the power to confirm federal judges?
President and Vice President
House of Representatives
Congress
Senate
7
In March, the Univ. of California agreed not take what into account in admissions or scholarship decisions?
extracurricular activities
SAT and ACT Scores
AP Scores
8
The U.S. military finally departed Afghanistan. How long did this war, the longest war in American history, last?
10 years
20 years
15 years
9
Facebook said on Sept. 27 that it had paused development of an Instagram service tailored for
children 13 years old and younger
divorced parents
senior citizens
10
On July 8, Zaila Avant-Garde, a 14-year-old from Louisiana, became the first Black American to win the National
Robotics Competition
Spelling Bee
Math Olympics
11
What is the term for the Supreme Court's power to deem laws in violation of the Consitution (a.k.a) its main 'check'?
judicial review
precendent
bureacracy
12
If President Biden had vetoed the infrastructure bill, what fraction of Congress would be needed to override said veto?
1/3 of both houses of Congress
3/4 of both houses of Congress
2/3 of both houses of Congress
13
The Supreme Court ruled a student's 1st Amend. rights were violated when she was punished for doing what off-campus?
mocking the school's principal
sending a vulgar social media message
writing a scathing opinion piece for a local paper
14
How many Americans recieved the COVID vaccine by the end of 2021?
240 million
70 million
140 million
15
Which branch of government contains the CDC and FDA and other COVID vaccine testing and approval agencies?
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
16
On Jan. 20, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president. Which of the following is NOT true of the ceremony?
Mr. Biden became the oldest president in American History.
All living presidents were in attendance for the ceremony.
Amanda Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in American history.
17
Which "big 7" idea describes a kind of government in which people vote for other people to represent them in government?
repubilcanism
popular sovereignty
federalism
18
Which of the following was announced in response to the restrictive voting laws passed in Georgia?
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library will temporarily relocate to Alabama.
Major League Baseball will pull its All-Star Game out of suburban Atlanta.
The CNN Center will permanently relocate to New York.
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The climate summit highlighted that the US, the EU, India & what country are the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases?
China
Australia
Russia
20
On Dec. 10, a series of what tore through six states and left at least 88 people dead?
ice storms
flash floods
tornadoes
