USA quiz · Grade 12
16 practice questions. Tap an answer, then use the list below to study with a parent or teacher.
Open a card to see the answer. These are original practice items for US elementary students — not a state test copy.
Answer: chooses the president; most states are winner-take-all
A candidate can win the popular vote and lose the presidency.
Answer: House seats + 2 senators (plus D.C.’s 3)
California has the most; several small states have 3.
Answer: the US Senate delaying a vote
It is a Senate procedure students search often.
Answer: drawing district maps to favor a party
It affects House and state-legislature races.
Answer: strike down unconstitutional laws
Marbury v. Madison is the usual case name in US classes.
Answer: the House charging a federal official; the Senate holds the trial
Conviction takes a two-thirds Senate vote.
Answer: the leader of the majority in the House
Second in the presidential line after the VP.
Answer: chooses all House seats and about one-third of the Senate, not the president
The president’s party often loses seats.
Answer: a lower quantity demanded
The demand curve slopes down.
Answer: quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied at that price
Price tends to rise toward equilibrium.
Answer: the market value of final goods and services produced in a country in a period
It is a standard size-of-economy number.
Answer: a general rise in prices
The CPI is a common US measure.
Answer: influencing interest rates and the money supply
It is the US central bank.
Answer: the next-best alternative you give up
Choosing AP Chem may cost a free period.
Answer: prices and voluntary exchange
The US is a mixed economy with markets plus government.
Answer: labor force that wants work and does not have a job
Discouraged workers can fall out of the labor force.
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