Can you pass the U.S. Citizenship Test?
As Americans, we think we have a pretty firm grasp on what it means to be a citizen. We thought it would be fun to test your knowledge on the U.S. citizenship test to challenge how much you know about your country.
Question: What is the supreme law of the land?
Answer: The Constitution
Question: What does the Constitution do?
Answer: Sets up the government, defines the government, and protects basic rights of Americans
Question: What are the first three words of the Constitution?
Answer: We the People
Question: What is an amendment?
Answer: a change (to the Constitution) or an addition (to the Constitution)
Question: What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Answer: The Bill of Rights
Question: What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Answers:- speech
- religion
- assembly
- press
- petition the government
Question: How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Answer: twenty-seven
Question: What are at least two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Answer:- life
- liberty
- pursuit of happiness
Question: What is freedom of religion?
Answer: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
Question: What is the economic system in the United States?
Answers:- capitalist economy
- market economy
Question: Name one branch or part of the government.
Answers:- Congress
- legislative
- President
- executive
- the courts
- judicial
Question: What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Answer:- checks and balances
- separation of powers
Question: Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Answer: The President
Question: Who makes federal laws?
Answers:- Congress
- Senate and House of Representatives
- U.S. or national legislature
Question: How many U.S. Senators are there?
Answer: one hundred
Question: We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
Answer: six
Question: The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
Answer: four hundred thirty-five
Question: We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
Answer: two
Question: If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
Answer: The Speaker of the House
Question: How many justices are on the Supreme Court
Answer: nine
Question: There were 13 original states. Name three.
Answers:- New Hampshire
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- Connecticut
- New York
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware
- Maryland
- Virginia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Georgia
Question: Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
Answers:- Missouri River
- Mississippi River
Question: Name one U.S. territory.
Answers:- Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- American Samoa
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Guam
Question: Name one state that borders Canada.
Answers:- Maine
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- North Dakota
- Montana
- Idaho
- Washington
- Alaska