United States Immigration Quiz

What is an Undocumented Immigrant?

• A person who enters or stays in a country with official permission.

• A person who enters or stays in a country illegally.

• A person who has been removed from the United States.

• A person who has obtained US citizenship through naturalization.

What is the purpose of a Visa in the context of United States immigration?

• To grant a person lawful permanent residence in the United States.

• To remove a person from the United States.

• To grant a person US citizenship after fulfilling certain requirements.

• To grant an individual temporary work, education, or travel in the United States.

What does a Green Card signify in the United States?

• Temporary permission to work or study in the United States.

• Lawful permanent residence in the United States.

• The process of becoming a US citizen.

• Permission to leave the United States to settle in another country.

What is Deportation?

• The process of granting US citizenship to foreign citizens.

• The removal of a person from the United States.

• The act of moving to a new country to live.

• The act of leaving a country to settle in another country.

What is Naturalization?

• The removal of a person from the United States.

• The process by which a person illegally enters or stays in a country.

• The process by which US citizenship is granted to foreign citizens after fulfilling requirements passed by Congress.

• The process of obtaining a Green Card for permanent residence.

What is the difference between Immigration and Emigration?

• Immigration is to leave a country to settle in another, while Emigration is to come to live in a new country.

• Immigration is the process of becoming a US citizen, while Emigration is the removal of a person from the United States.

• Immigration is to come to live in a new country, while Emigration is to leave a country to settle in another.

• There is no difference; both terms mean the same thing.

What is the definition of a refugee according to the learning material?

• A person who chooses to leave their country for better economic opportunities.

• A person who is forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

• A person who travels internationally for education or cultural exchange.

• A person who is sent to another country as a diplomatic representative.

What does the 14th Amendment outline?

• The right to bear arms.

• The process for electing the president.

• Citizenship rights and equal protection under the law.

• The powers of the executive branch.

What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

• To encourage Chinese people to immigrate to the United States.

• To establish trade agreements with China.

• To prohibit Chinese people from immigrating and entering the United States.

• To provide aid to Chinese immigrants already in the United States.

What did the Displaced Persons Act of 1948 allow?

• It allowed over 400,000 homeless refugees from WWII to come to the United States from Europe.

• It provided financial assistance to displaced persons within the United States.

• It deported all persons displaced by WWII back to their countries of origin.

• It established a quota system for immigrants from specific countries.