Just how difficult is the naturalization test administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to become a U.S. citizen?
See how well you know your country. The answers are on page 11.
• 1. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
• 2. What is the economic system in the United States?
• 3. We elect a U.S. senator for how many years?
• 4. Why do some states have more representatives in the U.S. House?
• 5. If both the president and the vice president no longer can serve, who becomes president?
• 6. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power?
• 7. Who is the current speaker of the House?
• 8. What is one responsibility that is only for U.S. citizens?
• 9. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the Constitution. Name one of the writers.
• 10. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
• 11. Who was president during World War I?
• 12. Name one U.S. territory?
• 13. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
14. Who did the U.S. fight in World War II?
15. What did Susan B. Anthony do? Answers to the citizenship quiz on page 1:
1. 27
2. Capitalist economy, market economy
3. 6
4. They have more people
5. The speaker of the House
6. To print money, to declare war, to create an army or to make treaties
7. Nancy Pelosi
8. Serve on a jury or vote in a federal election
9. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay or Publius
10. The Louisiana Territory or Louisiana
11. Woodrow Wilson
12. Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands or Guam.
13. Missouri River or Mississippi River
14. Japan, Germany and Italy
15. Fought for women’s rights or fought for civil rights.
