Jan 31, 2017
Happy New Year! Happy New US Citizen! Here Is our second citizenship quiz in honor of the Lunar New Year.
pdf: A Citizenship Quiz in Honor of the Lunar New Year Part 2 https://goo.gl/qZ84CK
Citizenship Resources for
Lunar New Year
https://goo.gl/lhq7j3
Questions and Answers
1. We elect a U.S.
Representative for how many years? (22)
two (2)
2. Name your U.S.
Representative. (23)
Answers will vary. Go to www.house.gov
3. What does the judicial
branch do? (37)
reviews laws
explains laws
resolves disputes
(disagreements)
decides if a law goes against the
Constitution
4. What is the name of
the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
(47)
Paul Ryan
5. 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).
6. 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
7. What is one promise
you make when you become a United States citizen?
(53)
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
8. What is one reason
colonists came to America? (58)
freedom
political liberty
religious freedom
economic opportunity
practice their religion
escape persecution
9. Name one war fought by
the United States in the 1900s.* (78)
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
(Persian) Gulf War
10. What did Martin
Luther King, Jr. do?*
fought for civil rights
worked for equality for all
Americans
Extra credit: Name your city’s mayor.
Photo sources:
David Wu:
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/oregon-congressman-david-wu-to-resign/
Stephanie Murphy:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwyW8xNUUAAoSpp.jpg
Thomas Tang: http://www.law2.arizona.edu/alumni/Newsletters/jun102015_files/c82c16e5-024a-4682-8bf9-73d809673ea4.png
A Chinese American woman voting
in New York, 1912. New York Public Library, 733568F
https://www.nwhm.org/media/category/exhibits/chinese/voting.jpg
Xiong Yan:
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/04/18/world/17sino-yan/17sino-yan-tmagArticle.jpg
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/XIONG-YAN-64-20100603-95574994.html
Bishop Dominic Luong
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/forty-years-after-saigon-interview-bishop-dominic-luong
Maya Lin
http://tariqalitv.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Ep24-Maya-Lin.png
Wong Chin Foo
http://firstchineseamerican.com/images/Figure%2015.jpg
Richard Tran
http://i0.wp.com/www.nguoi-viet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/14468165_693661434124690_128378842246779627_o.jpg