HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR COUNTRY?

COULD YOU PASS A U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST???

You may know that when an immigrant wants to become a U.S. citizen, they have to pass a civics test as part of the naturalization process.

Well, we found some sample questions that are on the actual INS citizenship exam, and we thought it might be fun to see just how many you can answer.

#1.) When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? (--Answer: July 4th, 1776)

#2.) Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? (--Answer: JOHN G. ROBERTS)

#3.) How many Supreme Court justices are there? (--Answer: 9)

#4.) How many stripes are there on the U.S. flag? (--Answer: 13 . . . seven red stripes and six white)

#5.) What do the stripes on the U.S. flag represent? (--Answer: The 13 original states . . . which are Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island and Maryland)

#6.) What is the introduction to the Constitution called? (--Answer: The Preamble)

#7.) What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called? (--Answer: The Bill of Rights)

#8.) Overall, how many amendments are there to the Constitution? (--Answer: 27)

#9.) Who has the power to declare war? (--Answer: Congress . . . NOT the president)

#10.) Who said "Give me liberty or give me death"? (--Answer: PATRICK HENRY)
(MSNBC)

(--You can link to more citizenship questions here . . .)http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/