Forming the Foundation of Government in the Classroom, School, and Community
Session 6: Sample Assessment Items

Sample Assessment Items

Asterisk (*) indicates correct answer. 

1.     What tells students how they should behave in school?
A.     Laws
B.     Rules*
C.     Yearbooks
D.     Other students

2.     A place where people live, work, and play is called __________
A.     a habitat
B.     an environment
C.     a community*
D.     a century

3.     Which of the following is a true statement?
A.     Rules are for adults and not for students.
B.     Rules let students know who is in charge.
C.     Rules let students know who is the smartest in the class.
D.     Rules let students know how to act.*

4.     What are official rules that people live by and must follow in our community?
A.     Laws*
B.     Consequences
C.     Rights
D.     Responsibilities

5.     What is the group of people called who make, enforces, and determine if laws have been broken?
A.     Pharaohs
B.     Firemen
C.     Kings
D.     Government*

6.     Why do we have rules and laws in our community?
A.     To reward good people
B.     To give people jobs
C.     To make everyone the same
D.     To keep people safe and protect their rights*

7. Who makes the country’s laws for our state and country?
A.     A judge
B.     The police
C.     The president
D.     The government*

8.     Why is a government necessary?
A.     So rules are not followed
B.     So people have a national anthem
C.     To organize national holidays
D.     To make the laws*

9 - 13   Directions: Read each statement below. Decide which of the following is a rule or a law. Write rule if the statement is a rule or write law if the statement is a law.

9.     No throwing food in the cafeteria                                  
10.   No driving over the speed limit of 55mph                     
11.   No TV watching before homework                                
12.   No talking in the library                                                   
13.   No littering                                                                         

14 — 20 Directions: Read each statement below. Write true if the statement is true or write false if the statement is a false.

14.   Rules do not keep people safe.                                      
15.   Parents make the laws.                                                     
16.   A community is where teachers live and work.           
17.   Laws protect houses and yards.                                    
18.   In this country, people have the freedom to choose their job.            
19.   If someone breaks a law, they will always go to jail. _______  
20.   The purpose of the government is to solve your problems.