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