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Civic Literacy Initiative of Kentucky

Kentucky Citizenship Quiz

1-7.   Match the correct government official with the office he/she now holds:

a) Trey Grayson

b) Jack Conway

c) Todd Hollenbach

d) Steve Beshear

e) Richie Farmer

f) Daniel Mongiardo

g) Crit Luallen


_____ Governor
_____ Lieutenant Governor             
_____ Attorney General                  
_____ Secretary of State                
_____ State Auditor           
_____ State Treasurer        
_____ Commissioner of Agriculture  

8-10.  The three branches of government which create, execute, and interpret laws are the 
______________________, ______________________, and ______________________.

11-12. List Kentucky’s two U.S. Senators: __________________ and __________________

13-14.  What is the state song of Kentucky and what individual wrote this famous song?
__________________ and __________________

15.  How many electoral votes does Kentucky have?  ______

16. How many justices serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?  ______

17. What year did American women receive the right to vote?

a) 1795 b) 1826  c) 1900  d) 1920

18. What year did Kentucky establish statehood? 

a) 1776 b) 1792  c) 1812  d) 1892

19. How many counties does Kentucky have?

a) 13  b) 38  c) 120  d)220

20.  True or False:  The state nickname of Kentucky is the “Bluegrass State” because of the abundant growth of bluegrass in Central Kentucky. 

21. The Kentucky Secretary of State is:

a) elected     b) appointed

22. The Kentucky General Assembly, the elected legislative body which creates laws for our state, is composed of:

a) 100 representatives & 38 senators

b) 38 representatives & 100 senators

c) 435 representatives & 100 senators

23-24. What native Kentuckians served as the United States President and the Confederate President during the U.S. Civil War? 

__________________ and __________________

25. Kentucky has ________ members in the United States House of Representatives.

 

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