Puerto Rico Section Quiz

1. A commonwealth has strong ties to another country.

• True

• False: A commonwealth has strong ties to corporations.

• False: Puerto Rico is an ally of the United States.

2. A citizen is a person with certain rights and responsibilities in a country.

• False: A Creole is a person with certain rights and responsibilities in a country.

• True

• False: A citizen is a person who pays income taxes to a country.

• False: A citizen is a person who can vote in their country.

3. The laws of a country are often written in the country's declaration of independence.

• False: The laws of a country are often written in the country's constitution.

• True

• False: The laws of a city are often written in the city's declaration of independence.

• False: The moral codes of a country are often written in the country's declaration of independence.

4. The ancestry of most Puerto Rican people is a combination of

• a. African and Spanish

• b. American and French

• c. Italian and Portuguese

• d. Mexican and Spanish

5. Most Puerto Ricans who live in the mainland United States live in the the

• a. South

• b. West

• c. Midwest

• d. Northeast

6. Much of Puerto Rico is made up of

• a. rain forests

• b. high plateau

• c. hills and mountains

• d. sandy deserts

7. Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States

• a. after the Spanish-American War.

• b. in the 1950s.

• c. in 1917.

• d. as a result of World War II.

8. Unlike citizens of the United States, the citizens of Puerto Rico cannot

• a. vote in the United States presidential elections.

• b. serve in the military.

• c. go to free public schools.

• d. travel freely.