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