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Citizenship Pre-Assessment (Johel)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the supreme law of the land?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Star-Spangled Banner

c)

The 10 Commandments

d)

The Constitution

2.

What is an amendment?

a)

A change or addition to the Constitution

b)

The supreme law of the land

c)

What sets up the government

d)

A branch of the government

3.

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

a)

10

b)

27

c)

100

d)

435

4.

What is the economic system in the United States?

a)

capitalism

b)

communism

c)

socialism

5.

Who makes federal laws?

a)

the President

b)

Congress

c)

the Supreme Court

6.

How many U.S. Senators are there?

a)

50

b)

100

c)

435

d)

2

7.

Who is one of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senators now?

a)

Bob Casey Jr.

b)

Tom Wolf

c)

Jim Kenney

d)

Mitch McConnell

8.

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

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

9.

We elect a President for how many years?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

10.

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

a)

the Speaker of the House

b)

the Secretary of Defense

c)

the Secretary of State

d)

the Attorney General

11.

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

a)

Kamala Harris

b)

Nancy Pelosi

c)

Tom Wolf

d)

Mitch McConnell

12.

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

a)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

b)

John G. Roberts Jr.

c)

Brett Kavanaugh

d)

Thurgood Marshall

13.

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

a)

to print money

b)

to declare war

c)

to create an army

d)

to provide schooling and education

14.

Who is the Governor of Pennsylvania?

a)

Jim Kenney

b)

Josh Shapiro

c)

JT Realmuto

d)

Michael Nutter

15.

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

a)

Native Americans

b)

Africans

c)

Indentured Servants

16.

There were 13 original states. Which was NOT one of them?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Virginia

c)

Florida

d)

Massachusetts

17.

Who is the "Father of Our Country"?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Samuel Adams

18.

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

a)

Revolutionary War

b)

Civil War

c)

World War I

d)

Vietnam War

19.

What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?

a)

write the Declaration of Independence

b)

worked for equality for all Americans

c)

freed the slaves

d)

started the first free libraries

20.

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

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

21.

What is the capital of the United States?

a)

Harrisburg

b)

New York City

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

Los Angeles

22.

Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

a)

because there were 13 original colonies

b)

because there were 13 writers to the Declaration of Independence

c)

because there were 13 battles in the Revolutionary War

23.

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

a)

All men are created equal

b)

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

c)

We the People

24.

The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

a)

100

b)

50

c)

435

d)

200

25.

In what month do we vote for President?

a)

January

b)

November

c)

October

d)

December