ELEMENTARY CIVICS
Part Seven: Quiz

1. Which of these are examples of things government does in Tennessee?
a) builds roads
b) operates the grocery store
c) checks to make sure the water coming out of your kitchen tap is safe
d) runs the police department
e) builds cars

2. The money government makes citizens pay for the cost of running government is called _______.

3. TRUE OR FALSE. You start paying taxes when you are 18.

4. TRUE OR FALSE. The word "Tennessee" came from the Spanish language.

5. The Tennessee state capital is ___________.

6. What are the three branches of state government?

7. Of the three branches, which one makes the laws?

8. Who is the current governor of Tennessee?

9. How many counties are there in Tennessee?

10. The building that serves as the center of government for every county is called the ___________.

11. TRUE OR FALSE: Tennessee has always had the number of counties that it has now.

12. Are these examples of good citizenship or bad citizenship?
a) A woman who misses part of her work day to go vote
b) A man who serves in the United States Navy
c) A woman who volunteers in the evening to teach people how to read
d) A woman who dislikes and doesn't trust people who don't go to her church
e) A boy who sees trash on the side of the road and picks it up because no one else will do it
f) A man who cheats on his taxes
g) A man who serves on a jury
h) A girl who volunteers to help take care of dogs at the humane association
i) A man who never reads the newspaper and never watches the news and votes for the person his friend told him to vote for
j) A boy who volunteers to do work with senior citizens.

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