After immigrating to the United States, you must pass a unified test to apply for U.S. naturalization. U.S. immigration experts from Worldway introduce the essential "dry goods" for naturalization—100 questions and answers from the U.S. naturalization test—for your reference:
New Naturalization Test
Naturalization Test (redesigned)
Please note: The following new version of the naturalization test (100 questions) applies to immigrants who applied for naturalization on or after October 1, 2008. If you applied for naturalization before October 1, 2008, but your interview was scheduled for after October 1, 2008, you may also choose to take the new version of the test.
*For those aged 65 or older who have held a green card for 20 years or more, you only need to study the questions marked with an asterisk (*).
Principles of American Democracy
1. What is the supreme law of the land?
Question: What is the supreme law of the land?
A: the Constitution
Answer: The Constitution
2. What does the Constitution do?
Question: What does the Constitution do?
A: sets up the government.
Answer: Sets up the government.
A: defines the government
Answer: Defines the government.
A: protects basic rights of Americans
Answer: Protects the basic rights of Americans.
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
Question: The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
A: We the People
Answer: We the People
4. What is an amendment?
Question: What is an amendment?
A: a change (to the Constitution)
Answer: A change (to the Constitution).
A: an addition (to the Constitution)
Answer: An addition (to the Constitution).
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Question: What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
A: the Bill of Rights. Answer: The Bill of Rights.
*6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment.
Question: What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
A: speech. Answer: Freedom of speech.
A: religion. Answer: Freedom of religion.
A: assembly. Answer: Freedom of assembly.
A: press. Answer: Freedom of the press.
A: petition the government. Answer: The right to petition the government.
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Question: How many amendments does the Constitution have?
A: Twenty-seven (27). Answer: 27 amendments.
8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Question: What did the Declaration of Independence do?
A: announced our independence (from Great Britain)
Answer: Announced our independence (from Great Britain).
A: declared our independence (from Great Britain)
Answer: Declared our independence (from Great Britain).
A: said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
Answer: Said that the United States is free (from Great Britain).
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Question: What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
A: life
Answer: Life.
A: liberty
Answer: Liberty.
A: pursuit of happiness
Answer: Pursuit of happiness.
10. What is freedom of religion?
Question: What is freedom of religion?
A: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
Answer: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
*11. What is the economic system in the United States?
Question: What is the economic system in the United States?
A: capitalist economy
Answer: Capitalist economy.
A: market economy
Answer: Market economy.
12. What is the “rule of law”?
Question: What is the “rule of law”?
A: Everyone must follow the law.
Answer: Everyone must follow the law.
A: Leaders must obey the law.
Answer: Leaders must obey the law.
A: Government must obey the law.
Answer: Government must obey the law.
A: No one is above the law.
Answer: No one is above the law.
B: System of Government
*13. Name one branch or part of the government.
Question: Name one branch or part of the government.
A: Congress. Answer: Congress.
A: legislative. Answer: Legislative.
A: President. Answer: President.
A: executive. Answer: Executive.
A: the courts. Answer: The courts.
A: judicial. Answer: Judicial.
14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Question: What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
A: checks and balances. Answer: Checks and balances.
A: separation of powers. Answer: Separation of powers.
15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Question: Who is in charge of the executive branch?
A: The President. Answer: The President.
16. Who makes federal laws?
Question: Who makes federal laws?
A: Congress
Answer: Congress.
A: Senate and House (of Representatives)
Answer: Senate and House (of Representatives).
A: (U.S. or national) legislature
Answer: (U.S. or national) legislature.
*17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
Question: What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
A: The Senate and House (of Representatives)
Answer: The Senate and House (of Representatives).
18. How many U. S. Senators are there?
Question: How many U.S. Senators are there?
A: One hundred (100)
Answer: 100.
19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
Question: How many years do we elect a U.S. Senator for?
A: Six (6)
Answer: Six.
*20. Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators?
Question: Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators?
A: Answers will vary.
[For District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories, the answer is that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.]
Answer: Answers will vary. (Residents of the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, please note that your area has no U.S. Senators.)
21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
Question: How many voting members does the House of Representatives have?
A: four hundred thirty-five (435). Answer: 435.
22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
Question: How many years do we elect a U.S. Representative for?
A: Two (2). Answer: Two.
23. Name your U.S. Representative.
Question: Name your U.S. Representative.
A: Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with non-voting Delegates or resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) Representatives in Congress.]
Answer: Answers will vary. (If you do not know the name of your Representative, you can inquire at your local city government office, or visit the official government website: www.house.gov. In the top left corner, under "Find Your Representative," enter your zip code to find your Representative.)
(Residents of U.S. territories where the local Congressional representative has no vote may provide the name of that representative or state that their territory has no voting Representatives in Congress.)
24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
Question: Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
A: all people of the state
Answer: All people of the state.
25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
Question: Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
A: (because of) the state’s population.
Answer: Because of the state's population.
A: (because) they have more people.
Answer: Because they have more people.
A: (because) some states have more people.
Answer: Because some states have more people.
26. We elect a President for how many years?
Question: How many years do we elect a President for?
A: Four (4)
Answer: Four.
*27. In what month do we vote for President?
Question: In what month do we vote for President?
A: November. Answer: November.
*28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?
Question: What is the name of the President of the United States now?
A: Barack Obama. Answer: Barack Obama.
29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
Question: Who is the current Vice President of the United States?
A: Joseph Robinette “Joe” Biden, Jr. Answer: Joseph Robinette “Joe” Biden, Jr.
30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
Question: If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
A: the Vice President
Answer: The Vice President.
31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
Question: If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
A: the Speaker of the House. Answer: The Speaker of the House.
32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
Question: Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
A: the President. Answer: The President.
33. Who signs bills to become laws?
Question: Who signs bills to become laws?
A: the President. Answer: The President.
34. Who vetoes bills?
Question: Who vetoes bills?
A: the President. Answer: The President.
35. What does the President’s Cabinet do?
Question: What does the President’s Cabinet do?
A: advises the President
Answer: They advise the President.
36. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
Question: Name two Cabinet-level positions.
A: Secretary of Agriculture
Answer: Secretary of Agriculture.
A: Secretary of Commerce
Answer: Secretary of Commerce.
A: Secretary of Defense
Answer: Secretary of Defense.
A: Secretary of Education
Answer: Secretary of Education.
A: Secretary of Energy
Answer: Secretary of Energy.
A: Secretary of Health and Human Services
Answer: Secretary of Health and Human Services.
A: Secretary of Homeland Security
Answer: Secretary of Homeland Security.
A: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Answer: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
A: Secretary of Interior
Answer: Secretary of the Interior.
A: Secretary of State
Answer: Secretary of State.
A: Secretary of Transportation
Answer: Secretary of Transportation.
A: Secretary of Treasury
Answer: Secretary of the Treasury.
A: Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs
Answer: Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
A: Secretary of Labor
Answer: Secretary of Labor.
A: Attorney General
Answer: Attorney General.
37. What does the judicial branch do?
Question: What does the judicial branch do?
A: reviews laws
Answer: Reviews laws.
A: explains laws
Answer: Explains laws.
A: resolves disputes (disagreements)
Answer: Resolves disputes (disagreements).
A: decides if a law goes against the Constitution
Answer: Decides if a law goes against the Constitution.
38. What is the highest court in the United States?
Question: What is the highest court in the United States?
A: the Supreme Court
Answer: The Supreme Court.
39. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
Question: How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
A: nine (9). Answer: Nine.
40. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States?
Question: Who is the current Chief Justice of the United States?
A: John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.). Answer: John Roberts.
41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
Question: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. Name one power of the federal government.
A: to print money
Answer: To print money.
A: to declare war
Answer: To declare war.
A: to create an army
Answer: To create an army.
A: to make treaties
Answer: To make treaties.
42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
Question: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. Name one power of the states.
A: provide schooling and education
Answer: Provide schooling and education.
A: provide protection (police)
Answer: Provide protection (police).
A: provide safety (fire departments)
Answer: Provide safety (fire departments).
A: give a driver's license
Answer: Give a driver's license.
A: approve zoning and land use
Answer: Approve zoning and land use.
43. Who is the Governor of your state?
Question: Who is the Governor of your state?
A: Answers will vary. [Residents of the District of Columbia and U.S. territories without a Governor should say “we don’t have a Governor.”]
Answer: Answers will vary. (Residents of the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, please state that you do not have a Governor.)
*44. What is the capital of your state?
Question: What is the capital of your state?
A: Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. is not a state and does not have a capital. Residents of U.S. territories should name the capital of the territory.]
Answer: Answers will vary. (District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. is not a state and does not have a capital.)
*45. What are the two major political parties in the United States?
Question: What are the two major political parties in the United States?
A: Democratic and Republican
Answer: Democratic and Republican.
46. What is the political party of the President now?
Question: What is the political party of the current President?
A: Democratic (Party)
Answer: Democratic.
47. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
Question: Who is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives?
A: John Boehner
Answer: John Boehner.
C: Rights and Responsibilities
48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
Question: There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
A: Citizens eighteen (18) and older can vote.
Answer: Citizens eighteen (18) and older can vote.
A: You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
Answer: You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
A: Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
Answer: Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
A: A male citizen of any race can vote.
Answer: A male citizen of any race can vote.
*49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
Question: Name one responsibility that is only for United States citizens.
A: serve on a jury
Answer: Serve on a jury.
A: vote
Answer: Vote.
50. What are two rights only for United States citizens?
Question: Name two rights that are only for United States citizens.
A: apply for a federal job
Answer: Apply for a federal job.
A: vote
Answer: Vote.
A: run for office
Answer: Run for office.
A: carry a U.S. passport
Answer: Carry a U.S. passport.
51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
Question: Name two rights of everyone living in the United States.
A: freedom of expression
Answer: Freedom of expression.
A: freedom of speech
Answer: Freedom of speech.
A: freedom of assembly
Answer: Freedom of assembly.
A: freedom to petition the government
Answer: Freedom to petition the government.
A: freedom of worship
Answer: Freedom of worship.
A: the right to bear arms
Answer: The right to bear arms.
52. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
Question: What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
A: the United States
Answer: The United States.
A: the flag
Answer: The flag.
53. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
Question: Name one promise you make when you become a United States citizen.
A: give up loyalty to other countries
Answer: Give up loyalty to other countries.
A: defend the Constitution and laws of the United States
Answer: Defend the Constitution and laws of the United States.
A: obey the laws of the United States
Answer: Obey the laws of the United States.
A: serve in the U.S. military (if needed)
Answer: Serve in the U.S. military (if needed).
A: serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed)
Answer: Serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed).
A: be loyal to the United States
Answer: Be loyal to the United States.
*54. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
Question: How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
A: eighteen (18) and older
Answer: Eighteen (18) and older.
55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
Question: Name two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy.
A: vote
Answer: Vote.
A: join a political party
Answer: Join a political party.
A: help with a campaign
Answer: Help with a campaign.
A: join a civic group
Answer: Join a civic group.
A: join a community group
Answer: Join a community group.
A: give an elected official your opinion on an issue
Answer: Give an elected official your opinion on an issue.
A: call Senators and Representatives
Answer: Call Senators and Representatives.
A: publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
Answer: Publicly support or oppose an issue or policy.
A: run for office
Answer: Run for office.
A: write to a newspaper
Answer: Write to a newspaper.
*56. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms? Question: When is the last day to send in federal income tax forms?
A: April 15
Answer: April 15 of each year.
57. When must all men register for the Selective Service?
Question: When must all men register for the Selective Service?
A: at age eighteen (18)
Answer: At age eighteen (18).
A: between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)
Answer: Between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26).
