LEARN AND PRACTICE
for the U.S. Naturalization test
Government Basic
The United States government is created by the Constitution. The federal government manages things that are important to all Americans. Each state also has government that manages things that are important to that state. Together, the federal and state governments run the United States.
This section on government basics will teach the answers to ten (10) questions on the U.S. Naturalization Test.
Government Basic
What is the supreme law of the land?
QUESTION #01
Government Basic
What is the economic system in the United States?
QUESTION #11
Government Basic
What does the Constitution do?
QUESTION #02
Government Basic
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
QUESTION #03
Government Basic
What is the “rule of law”?
QUESTION #12
Government Basic
Name one branch or part of the government.
QUESTION #13
Government Basic
What stops any one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
QUESTION #14
Government Basic
What are the two major political parties in the United States?
QUESTION #45
Government Basic
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
QUESTION #42
Government Basic
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
QUESTION #41
Government Basic
Who is the governor of your state (Massachusetts) as of 2021?
QUESTION #43
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