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Questions
and Answers for the
Naturalization Intervew
(Typical
100 questions)
1)
What are the colors of our flag?
Answer:
Red, White, and Blue
2)
How many stars are there in our flag?
Answer:
50
3)
What do the stars on our flag mean?
Answer:
One for each state in the Union
4)
How many stripes are there on the flag?
Answer: 13
5)
What color are the stripes?
Answer:
Red and White
6)
What do the stripes on the flag mean?
Answer:
They represent the original 13 states
7)
How many states are there in the Union?
Answer:
50
8)
What is the 4th of July?
Answer:
Independence Day
9)
What is the date of Independence Day?
Answer:
July 4th
10)
Independence from whom?
Answer:
England
11)
What country did we fight during the Revolutionary
War?
Answer:
England
12)
Who was the first President of the United States?
Answer:
George Washington
13)
Who is the President of the United States today?
Answer:
George W. Bush
14)
Who is the Vice-President of the United States today?
Answer:
Richard Cheney
15)
Who elects the President Of The United States?
Answer:
The Electoral College
16)
Who becomes the President of the United States if
the President should die?
Answer:
Vice-President
17)
For how long do we elect the President?
Answer:
4 years
18)
What is the Constitution?
Answer:
The Supreme law of the land
19)
Can the Constitution be changed?
Answer:
Yes
20)
What do we call a change to the Constitution?
Answer:
Amendments
21)
How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution?
Answer:
27
22)
How many branches are there in our Government?
Answer:
3
23)
What are the three branches of our Government?
Answer:
Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary
24)
What is the Legislative branch of our Government?
Answer:
Congress
25)
Who makes the laws in the United States?
Answer:
The Congress
26)
What is Congress?
Answer:
The Senate and the House of Representatives
27)
What are the duties of Congress?
Answer:
To make laws
28)
Who elects the Congress?
Answer:
The people
29)
How many senators are there in Congress?
Answer:
100
30)
Who are the senators from your state?
Answer:
From California - Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer
31) For how long do we elect
each senator?
Answer:
6 years
32)
How many representatives are there in Congress?
Answer:
435
33)
For how long do we elect the representatives?
Answer:
2 years
34)
What is the executive branch of our Government?
Answer:
The President, Cabinet, and Departments under
the Cabinet members
35)
What is the Judiciary branch of our Government?
Answer:
The Supreme Court
36)
What is the Supreme law of the United States?
Answer:
The Constitution
37)
What are the duties of the Supreme Court?
Answer:
To Intepret Laws
38)
What is the "Bill of Rights"
Answer:
The first 10 amendments of the Constitution
39)
What is the capital of your state?
Answer:
For California - Sacramento
40)
Who is the current governor of your state?
Answer:
Gray Davis
41)
Who becomes the President of the United States of
the President and the Vice-President should die?
Answer:
Speaker of the House of Representatives
42)
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Answer:
William Rehnquist
43)
What are the thirteen original states?
Answer:
- Connecticut
-
New Hampshire
-
New York
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New Jersey
- Massachusetts
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Pensylvania
-
Delaware
-
Virginia
-
North Carolina
-
South Carolina
-
Georgia
-
Rhode Island
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Maryland
44)
Who said "Give me liberty or give me death"?
Answer:
Patrick Henry
45)
Which countries where our enemies during the World
War II?
Answer:
Germany, Italy, and Japan
46)
What are the 49th and 50th states of the Union?
Answer:
Hawaii and Alaska
47)
How many terms can a President serve?
Answer:
2
48)
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Answer:
A civil rights leader
49)
Who is the head of your local government?
Answer:
Mayor of your city (give the name of the your city's
mayor)
50)
According to the Constitution, a person must meet
certain requirements in order to be eligible to become
President. Name one of these requirements?
Answer:
- Must
be a natural-born citizen of the United States
- Must
be at least 35 years old by the time he/she will
serve
- Must
have lived in the United States for at least 14
years
51)
Why are there 100 senators in the Senate?
Answer:
2 from each state
52)
Who selects the Supreme Court Justices?
Answer:
Appointed by the President
53)
How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
Answer:
9
54)
Why did the pilgrims come to America?
Answer:
For religious freedom
55)
What is the head executive of a state goverment called?
Answer:
Governor
56)
What is the head executive of a city government called?
Answer:
Mayor
57)
What holiday was celebrated for the first time by
the American colonists?
Answer:
Thanksgiving
58)
Who was the main writer of the Decalaration of Independence?
Answer:
Thomas Jefferson
59)
When was the Decalaration of Independence adopted?
Answer:
July 4th, 1776
60)
What is the basic belief of the Declaration of independence?
Answer:
All men are created equal
61)
What is the National Anthem of the United States?
Answer:
The Star-Spangled Banner
62)
Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
Answer:
Francis Scott Key
63)
Where does freedom of speech come from?
Answer:
The Bill of Rights
64)
What is the minimum voting age in the United States?
Answer:
18
65)
Who signs the bill into law?
Answer:
The President
66)
What is the highest court in the United States?
Answer:
The Supreme Court
67)
Who was the President during the Civil War?
Answer:
Abraham Lincoln
68)
What did the emancipation proclamation do?
Answer:
Freed the slaves
69)
What special group advises the President?
Answer:
The Cabinet
70)
Which president is called "The Father of our
country"?
Answer:
George Washington
71)
What Immigration and Naturalization Service form is
used to apply to become a naturalized citizen?
Answer:
Form N-400 - "Appliaction to file petition for
naturalization"
72)
Who helped the pilgrims in America?
Answer:
The American Indians (Native Americans)
73)
What is the name of the ship that brougth the pilgrims
to America?
Answer:
The Mayflower
74)
What were the 13 original states of the Unites States
called?
Answer:
Colonies
75)
Name 3 rights of freedom guaranteed by the Bill of
Rights:
Answer:
The right of freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable
assembly and requesting change of Government
76)
Who has the power to declare war?
Answer:
The Congress
77)
What kind of goverment does the United States have?
Answer:
Name the party that holds the office
78)
Which President freed the slaves?
Answer:
Abraham Lincol
79)
In what year was the Constitution written?
Answer:
1787
80)
What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
called?
Answer:
The Bill of Rights
81)
Name one purpose of the United Nations?
Answer:
For countries to discuss and try to resolve world
problems; to provide economic aid to many countries
82)
Where does Congress meet?
Answer:
In the Capitol in Washington, DC
83)
Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and
the Bill of Rights?
Answer:
Everyone
84)
What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
Answer:
The Preamble
85)
Name one of the benefits of being a citizen of the
United States?
Answer:
- Obtain
federal jobs
- Travel
with the US passport
- petition
for close relatives to come to US for permanent
residency
86)
What is the most important right guaranteed to US
citizens?
Answer:
The right to vote
87)
What is the United States Capitol?
Answer:
The place where the Congress meets
88)
What is the White House?
Answer:
The President's Official home
89)
Where is the White House located?
Answer:
Washington, DC (1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW)
90)
What is the name of the President's official home?
Answer:
The White House
91)
Name one right guaranteed by the 1st amendment?
Answer:
- Freedom
of speech
- Freedom
of press
- Freedom
of religion
- Peaceable
assembly
- Requesting
change of goverment
92)
Who is the commander-in-chief of the US military?
Answer:
The President
93)
Which president was the first commander-in-chief of
the US military?
Answer:
George Washington
94)
In what month do we vote for the president?
Answer:
November
95)
In what month is the new president ianugurated?
Answer:
January
96)
How many times can a senator be re-elected?
Answer:
There is no limit
97)
How many times can a congressman be re-elected?
Answer:
There is no limit
98)
What are the 2 major political parties in the US today?
Answer:
Democratic and Republican
99)
How many states are there in the United States?
Answer:
50
100)
What is the capital of the United States?
Answer:
Washington, DC
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