Questionário para Residência Americana | Civics Practice Test

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Estava pesquisando como é o processo para cidadania Americana, apenas por curioso mesmo, e descobri que existe um questionário de 100 perguntas que o candidato recebe e precisa saber sobre os Estados Unidos da América, segundo os vídeos que ví de pessoas que conseguiram, ele disseram que são feitas 10 perguntas dentre as 100 do livro, e você precisa acertar 6 delas, bem existe um site do próprio governo americano que você pode praticar, você pode responder 20 perguntas no máximo cada tentativa, eu vou fazer sempre para estudar e treinar sobre o questionário, e vou deixar as respostas aqui das perguntas que aparecem para mim com o intuito de ajudar.

O link para fazer o teste direto é esse https://my.uscis.gov/en/prep/test/civics/view

A: Principles of American Democracy 

1. What is the supreme law of the land?
   ▪ the Constitution
   
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
   
6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*
   ▪ 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”?
    ▪ 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 ▪ 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?
    ▪ one hundred (100)

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?*
    ▪ Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories should answer that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.]
    
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?
    ▪ two (2)
    
23. Name your U.S. Representative.
    ▪ Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with nonvoting 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.]
    
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?*
    ▪ Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the President of the United States.
    
29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
    ▪ Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Vice President of the United States.
    
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
    
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?
    ▪ the President
    
35. What does the President’s Cabinet do?
    ▪ advises the President

36. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
    ▪ 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?
    ▪ 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
    
39. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
    ▪ Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
    
40. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
    ▪ Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Chief Justice of the United States.
    
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?
    ▪ Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. does not have a Governor.]
    
44. What is the capital of your state?*
    ▪ 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.]
    
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?
    ▪ Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the political party of the President.
    
47. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
    ▪ Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    

C: Rights and Responsibilities 

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
    ▪ 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?
    ▪ at age eighteen (18)
    ▪ between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)
    

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?
    ▪ 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?
    ▪ (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?
    ▪ 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.
    ▪ (James) Madison
    ▪ (Alexander) Hamilton ▪ (John) Jay
    ▪ Publius
    
68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
    ▪ U.S. diplomat
    ▪ 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?
    ▪ 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
    
84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
    ▪ civil rights (movement)
    
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
    

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)
    
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