미국 시민권 시험 Civic Test 2024 example for CA

Civic Test 100

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

 

A: Principles of American Democracy

 

1. What is the supreme law of the land? 국가의 최고 법

▪ the Constitution 헌법

 

2. What does the Constitution do?

▪ sets up the government

▪ defines the government

▪ protects basic rights of Americans

 

3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

▪ We the People

 

4. What is an amendment?

▪ a change (to the Constitution)

▪ an addition (to the Constitution)

 

5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

▪ the Bill of Rights (권리장전)

 

6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?* 1차 헌법 수정안

▪ speech

▪ religion

▪ assembly

▪ press

▪ petition the government

 

7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

▪ twenty-seven (27)

 

8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?

▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain)

▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain)

▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)

 

9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

▪ life

▪ liberty

▪ pursuit of happiness

 

10. What is freedom of religion?

▪ You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.

 

11. What is the economic system in the United States?*

▪ capitalist economy

▪ market economy

 

12. What is the “rule of law”? 법의 지배

▪ Everyone must follow the law.

▪ Leaders must obey the law.

▪ Government must obey the law.

▪ No one is above the law.

 

B: System of Government

13. Name one branch or part of the government.*

▪ Congress 국회

▪ legislative

▪ President

▪ executive

▪ the courts

▪ judicial

 

14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

▪ checks and balances

▪ separation of powers

 

15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?

▪ the President

 

16. Who makes federal laws?

▪ Congress

▪ Senate and House (of Representatives)

▪ (U.S. or national) legislature

 

17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*

▪ the Senate and House (of Representatives)

 

18. How many U.S. Senators are there? 상원 의원

▪ one hundred (100) ( = 2 people X 50 states)

 

19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

▪ six (6)

 

20. Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?*

▪ Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla

 

21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

▪ four hundred thirty-five (435)

 

22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? 하원 의원

▪ two (2)

 

23. Name your U.S. Representative.

▪ Jimmy Gomez

 

24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

▪ all people of the state

 

25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

▪ (because of) the state’s population

▪ (because) they have more people

▪ (because) some states have more people

 

26. We elect a President for how many years?

▪ four (4)

 

27. In what month do we vote for President?*

▪ November

 

28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?*

▪ Joe Biden

 

29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?

▪ Kamala Harris

 

30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

▪ The Vice President

 

31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

▪ the Speaker of the House (하원의장)

 

32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

▪ the President

 

33. Who signs bills to become laws?

▪ the President

 

34. Who vetoes bills? 법안 거부권

▪ the President

 

35. What does the President’s Cabinet do? 각료들

▪ advises the President

 

36. What are two Cabinet-level positions? 각료급 직책

▪ Secretary of Agriculture

▪ Secretary of Commerce

▪ Secretary of Defense

▪ Secretary of Education

▪ Secretary of Energy

▪ Secretary of Health and Human Services

▪ Secretary of Homeland Security

▪ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

▪ Secretary of the Interior

▪ Secretary of Labor

▪ Secretary of State

▪ Secretary of Transportation

▪ Secretary of the Treasury

▪ Secretary of Veterans Affairs

▪ Attorney General

▪ Vice President

 

37. What does the judicial branch do? (사법부)

▪ reviews laws

▪ explains laws

▪ resolves disputes (disagreements)

▪ decides if a law goes against the Constitution

38. What is the highest court in the United States?

▪ the Supreme Court (연방 대법원)

 

39. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

▪ 9

 

40. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

▪ John Robert

 

41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

▪ to print money

▪ to declare war

▪ to create an army

▪ to make treaties

 

42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?

▪ provide schooling and education

▪ provide protection (police)

▪ provide safety (fire departments)

▪ give a driver’s license

▪ approve zoning and land use

 

43. Who is the Governor of your state now?

▪ Gavin Newsom

 

44. What is the capital of your state?*

▪ Sacramento

 

45. What are the two major political parties in the United States?*

▪ Democratic and Republican

 

46. What is the political party of the President now?

▪ Democratic

 

47. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

▪ Mike Johnson

 

C: Rights and Responsibilities

48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

▪ Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).

▪ You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.

▪ Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)

▪ A male citizen of any race (can vote).

 

49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?*

▪ serve on a jury

▪ vote in a federal election

 

50. Name one right only for United States citizens.

▪ vote in a federal election

▪ run for federal office

 

51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?

▪ freedom of expression

▪ freedom of speech

▪ freedom of assembly

▪ freedom to petition the government

▪ freedom of religion

▪ the right to bear arms

 

52. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? 충성의 맹세

▪ the United States

▪ the flag

 

53. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

▪ give up loyalty to other countries

▪ defend the Constitution and laws of the United States

▪ obey the laws of the United States

▪ serve in the U.S. military (if needed)

▪ serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed)

▪ be loyal to the United States

 

54. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?*

▪ eighteen (18) and older

 

55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

▪ vote

▪ join a political party

▪ help with a campaign

▪ join a civic group

▪ join a community group

▪ give an elected official your opinion on an issue

▪ call Senators and Representatives

▪ publicly support or oppose an issue or policy

▪ run for office (공직 출마)

▪ write to a newspaper

 

56. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?*

▪ April 15

 

57. When must all men register for the Selective Service? 의무 병역

▪ at age eighteen (18)

▪ between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)

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AMERICAN HISTORY

 

A: Colonial Period and Independence

 

58. What is one reason colonists came to America?

▪ freedom

▪ political liberty

▪ religious freedom

▪ economic opportunity

▪ practice their religion

▪ escape persecution

 

59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

▪ American Indians

▪ Native Americans

 

60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

▪ Africans

▪ people from Africa

 

61. Why did the colonists fight the British? 식민 개척자들

▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation)

▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)

▪ because they didn’t have self-government

 

62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 독립 선언서

▪ (Thomas) Jefferson

 

63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

▪ July 4, 1776

 

64. There were 13 original states. Name three.

▪ New Hampshire

▪ Massachusetts

▪ Rhode Island

▪ Connecticut

▪ New York

▪ New Jersey

▪ Pennsylvania

▪ Delaware

▪ Maryland

▪ Virginia

▪ North Carolina

▪ South Carolina

▪ Georgia

 

65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention? 헌법 제정회

▪ The Constitution was written.

▪ The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

 

66. When was the Constitution written?

▪ 1787

 

67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

연방 주의자 논문집은 미국 헌법 가결을 지지했다

▪ (James) Madison

▪ (Alexander) Hamilton

▪ (John) Jay

▪ Publius

 

68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

▪ U.S. diplomat 외교관

▪ oldest member of the Constitutional Convention

▪ first Postmaster General of the United States

▪ writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”

▪ started the first free libraries

 

69. Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

▪ (George) Washington

 

70. Who was the first President?*

▪ (George) Washington

 

B: 1800s

71. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

▪ the Louisiana Territory

▪ Louisiana

 

72. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.

▪ War of 1812

▪ Mexican-American War

▪ Civil War

▪ Spanish-American War

 

73. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

▪ the Civil War

▪ the War between the States

 

74. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

▪ slavery

▪ economic reasons

▪ states’ rights

 

75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*

▪ freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)

▪ saved (or preserved) the Union

▪ led the United States during the Civil War

 

76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? 노예 해방 선언

▪ freed the slaves

▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy

▪ freed slaves in the Confederate states

▪ freed slaves in most Southern states

 

77. What did Susan B. Anthony do?

▪ fought for women’s rights

▪ fought for civil rights

 

C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information

 

78. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*

▪ World War I

▪ World War II

▪ Korean War

▪ Vietnam War

▪ (Persian) Gulf War

 

79. Who was President during World War I?

▪ (Woodrow) Wilson

 

80. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

▪ (Franklin) Roosevelt

 

81. Who did the United States fight in World War II?

▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy

 

82. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

▪ World War II

 

83. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

▪ Communism 공산주의

 

84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination? 인종 차별

▪ civil rights (movement) 시민 평등권(운동)

 

85. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*

▪ fought for civil rights

▪ worked for equality for all Americans

 

86. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?

▪ Terrorists attacked the United States.

 

87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

[USCIS Officers will be supplied with a list of federally recognized American Indian tribes.]

▪ Cherokee

▪ Navajo

▪ Sioux

▪ Chippewa

▪ Choctaw

▪ Pueblo

▪ Apache

▪ Iroquois

▪ Creek

▪ Blackfeet

▪ Seminole

▪ Cheyenne

▪ Arawak

▪ Shawnee

▪ Mohegan

▪ Huron

▪ Oneida

▪ Lakota

▪ Crow

▪ Teton

▪ Hopi

▪ Inuit

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INTEGRATED CIVICS

A: Geography

 

88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.

▪ Missouri (River)

▪ Mississippi (River)

 

89. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?

▪ Pacific (Ocean)

 

90. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?

▪ Atlantic (Ocean) 대서양

 

91. Name one U.S. territory.

▪ Puerto Rico

▪ U.S. Virgin Islands

▪ American Samoa

▪ Northern Mariana Islands

▪ Guam

 

92. Name one state that borders Canada.

▪ Maine

▪ New Hampshire

▪ Vermont

▪ New York

▪ Pennsylvania

▪ Ohio

▪ Michigan

▪ Minnesota

▪ North Dakota

▪ Montana

▪ Idaho

▪ Washington

▪ Alaska

 

93. Name one state that borders Mexico.

▪ California

▪ Arizona

▪ New Mexico

▪ Texas

 

94. What is the capital of the United States?*

▪ Washington, D.C.

 

95. Where is the Statue of Liberty?*

▪ New York (Harbor)

▪ Liberty Island

[Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).]

 

B: Symbols

 

96. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

▪ because there were 13 original colonies

▪ because the stripes represent the original colonies

 

97. Why does the flag have 50 stars?*

▪ because there is one star for each state

▪ because each star represents a state

▪ because there are 50 states

 

98. What is the name of the national anthem?

▪ The Star-Spangled Banner

 

C: Holidays

 

99. When do we celebrate Independence Day?*

▪ July 4

 

100. Name two national U.S. holidays.

▪ New Year’s Day

▪ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

▪ Presidents’ Day

▪ Memorial Day

▪ Independence Day

▪ Labor Day

▪ Columbus Day

▪ Veterans Day

▪ Thanksgiving

▪ Christmas