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2008 civics test · Question 59 of 100 · American History: Colonial Period and Independence
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Accepted answers
- American Indians
- Native Americans
This question is from the 2008 test, which is only for people who filed Form N-400 before October 20, 2025. If you filed on or after that date, study the 2025 test instead: see the same question on the 2025 test.
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- It is question 59 on the official USCIS list of 100 questions for the 2008 civics test, the test for people who filed Form N-400 before October 20, 2025. Which test do I take?
- The 2025 test asks the same question, as question 74 on the 2025 test. The accepted answers can be worded differently, so study the list for your own test.
- You only need to give one of the answers listed.
- It is not one of the 20 questions for 65/20 applicants.
- At the interview the officer asks up to 10 questions out loud and you need 6 correct answers to pass.
More questions on this topic
American History: Colonial Period and Independence
- 58. What is one reason colonists came to America?
- 60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
- 61. Why did the colonists fight the British?
- 62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
- 63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
- 64. There were 13 original states. Name three.
- 65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
- 66. When was the Constitution written?
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