The 100 questions for the citizenship test (2008 version)

Who still needs the 100 questions for the citizenship test?

Anyone who filed before October 20, 2025, including for a retest on that application. If you qualify for 65/20, you study only the 20 starred questions from the 2008 list, which USCIS also publishes as a separate PDF.

Filed on or after October 20, 2025? The two lists differ in numbering and in many answers, so don’t mix them.

What the 100 questions cover

Those are the headings in USCIS’s 2008 list, revised August 2021.

• American government: principles of American democracy, the system of government, and rights and responsibilities.
• American history: the colonial period and independence, the 1800s, and recent American history.
• Integrated civics: geography, symbols and holidays.

Official 2008 materials, including audio

• The list of 100 questions and answers as a PDF, also in large print and text-only.
• MP3 audio of all 100 questions and answers, one track per question or one file for the lot, in English and in Spanish.
• Civics flash cards, one card per question.
• An online practice test with 20 questions, in English or Spanish.
• Learn About the United States: Quick Civics Lessons, a booklet USCIS still lists among its study resources.

The 100 questions in other languages

USCIS has the 2008 list in Arabic, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese. Who may take civics in another language is on our Spanish page.