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NAEP Civics Grade 8 - Question List

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56. Which of the following is a problem that could NOT be solved by one nation alone?
  1. National debt
  2. Government corruption
  3. Highway traffic
  4. Ocean pollution
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57. Sometimes the common good conflicts with individual rights. Which of the following is an example of this?
  1. A person is put in jail because she is guilty of a violent crime.
  2. A person must move out of his house so that a highway can be built.
  3. Schools are closed because of icy roads.
  4. A community organizes to clean up a vacant lot.
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58. A central purpose of the United Nations is to
  1. establish democratic governments worldwide
  2. maintain international peace and security
  3. decide where national boundaries lie
  4. bring international criminals to justice
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59. One may well ask, "How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?" The answer is found in the fact that there are two types of laws: There are just laws and there are unjust laws. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. . . . - Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 1963 According to Martin Luther King, Jr., which of the following would be considered an unjust law?
  1. A law that requires people to pay taxes
  2. A law that requires children to attend school
  3. A law that requires segregation of the races
  4. A law that punishes violent behavior
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One may well ask, "How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?" The answer is found in the fact that there are two types of laws: There are just laws and there are unjust laws. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. . . . - Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 1963 

What response to an unjust law is most consistent with the ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
  1. Leaving the country rather than obeying the law
  2. Engaging the police in open battle
  3. Urging people to carry guns to protect themselves
  4. Taking part in peaceful demonstrations and boycotts
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