Chapter 13 Vocabulary Practice Quiz

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Match the definitions given by each numbered item below with the correct term that is defined. When you're finished, click "submit" to find out your score, how well you know the vocabulary terms related to the origins of government in the United States. Keep taking this practice quiz until you get a perfect score!

  1. A citizen of one nation who is temporarily or permanently living in another nation
  2. Your answer:
    non-resident
    slander
    alien
    civilian


  3. Language or actions that call for or encourage resistance or rebellion against a lawfully established government (see also treason)
  4. Your answer:
    perdition
    prior restraint
    sedition
    libel


  5. Deliberately publishing false written or visual statements harming the reputation or business of an individual or group
  6. Your answer:
    libel
    sedition
    obscenity
    slander


  7. A basic individual right to which every human being is entitled
  8. Your answer:
    civic right
    civic responsibility
    civil right
    civil liberty


  9. Words or symbols that can reasonably be expected to cause anger, fear, or resentment in others on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, or gender
  10. Your answer:
    libel
    slander
    hate speech
    prior restraint


  11. An act of disloyalty to one’s own country (see also sedition)
  12. Your answer:
    libel
    treason
    obscenity
    slander


  13. Messages that are communicated nonverbally; can include articles worn on clothing, hand gestures, and certain types of actions
  14. Your answer:
    libel
    symbolic speech
    pure speech
    civil speech


  15. The part of the First Amendment to the Constitution that prohibits Congress from passing any law that establishes a religion or that favors one religion over others
  16. Your answer:
    Establishment Clause
    Elastic Clause
    Free Exercise Clause
    Free Practice Clause


  17. A case in which the Supreme Court ruled that officially sponsored prayers in U.S. public schools violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution
  18. Your answer:
    ACLU v. Reno
    Crooks v. DeJaylor
    Engle v. Vitale
    Schenck v. United States


  19. Printed or visual material that is not protected by the First Amendment because it is considered to lack serious social value and to be highly offensive
  20. Your answer:
    libel
    symbolic speech
    slander
    obscenity


  21. Marching around in a specific area while carrying signs that communicate a message of protest
  22. Your answer:
    picketing
    civil liberty
    civil right
    drafting


  23. A law that protects reporters from having to reveal confidential sources of information; these allow people to provide information to the media without fearing that they will be revealed as informants
  24. Your answer:
    shield laws
    elastic clauses
    sedition laws
    libel laws


  25. The practice of requiring civilians to serve in the military for a specified period of time
  26. Your answer:
    rear echelon
    sedition
    draft
    service requirement


  27. A clause in the First Amendment to the Constitution that prohibits government interference with the “free exercise” of religious practices
  28. Your answer:
    Preservation Clause
    Free Exercise Clause
    Religious Practices Clause
    Establishment Clause


  29. An independent agency that issues licenses to radio and television stations allowing them to broadcast
  30. Your answer:
    National Broadcast Agency
    Federal Communications Commission
    Agency for National Broadcasting
    Broadcast Communications Commission


  31. The case in which the Supreme Court established the clear-and-present-danger test as a rule for drawing boundaries of constitutional protections for free expression
  32. Your answer:
    Schenck v. United States
    Huckleberry v. Finn
    Engle v. Vitale
    In re Gault


  33. Deliberately making false spoken statements that might damage the reputation of a business, an individual, or a group; this is a criminal offense, but it is generally not prosecuted; however, victims of this often seek damages in civil lawsuits
  34. Your answer:
    sedition
    libel
    slander
    obscenity


  35. An action by a government to prevent the publication of something or to require approval before it can be published; thus, it is a form of censorship
  36. Your answer:
    prior restraint
    litigation
    previous publication
    prior publication



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