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HAVE YOU TAKEN THE TEST ?

BajaBlanca - 8-18-2010 at 08:43 PM

If anyone has taken the Mexican nationalization test and has the answers to the 100 questions, I sure could use some help. Thanks. :biggrin:

grace59 - 8-19-2010 at 06:34 AM

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca
If anyone has taken the Mexican nationalization test and has the answers to the 100 questions, I sure could use some help. Thanks. :biggrin:

I wish! I found the questions on line...all in spanish, of course, but haven't had time to translate them all, find the answers...and then translate that back into Spanish:lol:..just not enough time! If you find such a thing please post it here for those of us who need to study! Let us know how the nationalization process goes for you.

shari - 8-19-2010 at 07:01 AM

I took the test a couple years ago and my study sheet only had about 50 questions...of course in spanish because the test is in spanish. I studied like mad and had them all down...but they slipped one in on me that wasnt on the list...name 2 famous mexican authors...the 2 I put down werent famous enough I guess but that was my only wrong answer.

the most difficult thing for me to learn was the first 3 stanzas of the national anthem because they use old world words that arent used anymore...kinda like reciting shakespeare in spanish.

There were only 5 questions on the test and I believe you could only get one wrong. The best part was going to DF and seeing the murals & architecture...oh and getting my citizenship of course.

I highly recommend Gilberto Pinera to help you through the process...he's awesome and makes it go very smoothly and gets your passport lickety split. He picks you up at the airport and you can even stay in a nice room in his house, he drives you around and just makes the process so much easier.

His office # is 555-529-8701 and tell him Shari from Bahia asuncion sent you.

[Edited on 8-19-2010 by shari]

BajaBlanca - 9-12-2010 at 02:52 PM

Shari - thanks for the information !! I will certainly use him.

@grace59 - I have the questions and the answers - do you still want them ? Does anyone else ?????

Here are the first 10:

1. What ancient mexican deity is known as the plumed serpent? QUETZALCOATL

2. what culture developed in the city of palenque ? MAYA

3. the huge heads were created by the ______ culture. OLMECA

4. name the land that was built on the lagoons of the mexican valley and which served as the productive base for the central altiplano. nowadays, you can find them in xochomilco: CHINAMPA

5. name the manuscript on amate paper on leather with pictures showing old historical and religious subjects: CODICE

6 where can the sun and moon pyramids be found? TEOTIHUACAN

7. what is the name of the mythical place where the mexicas were divided and from where they started their migration: AZTLAN

8. the base crop for the mesoamerican peoples was: MAIZ = CORN

9. chichen itza was a powerful ______ city: MAYA

10. year the spanish conquiered mexico-tenochtitlan? 1521

schwlind - 9-13-2010 at 04:28 AM

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Originally posted by shari


the most difficult thing for me to learn was the first 3 stanzas of the national anthem because they use old world words that arent used anymore...kinda like reciting shakespeare in spanish.

I highly recommend Gilberto Pinera to help you through the process...he's awesome and makes it go very smoothly and gets your passport lickety split. He picks you up at the airport and you can even stay in a nice room in his house, he drives you around and just makes the process so much easier.

His office # is 555-529-8701 and tell him Shari from Bahia asuncion sent you.

[Edited on 8-19-2010 by shari]


Hi Shari...

where is Gilberto Pinera located?? Also, where DO YOU find the first three stanzas of the national anthem???

Thanks,
Linda

DENNIS - 9-13-2010 at 06:19 AM

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Originally posted by schwlind
where DO YOU find the first three stanzas of the national anthem???

Thanks,
Linda


HIMNO NACIONAL MEXICANO

CORO

Mexicanos, al grito de guerra
El acero aprestad y el bridon;
y retiemble en sus centros la tierra
Al sonoro rugir del canon.

Cina -oh patria! tus sienes de olivo
De la Paz el arcangel divino,
Que en el cielo tu eterno destino
Por el dedo de Dios se escribio.
Mas si osare un extrano enemigo
Profanar con su planta tu suelo,
Piensa -oh patria querida! que el cielo
Un soldado en cada hijo te dio.

CORO

II

-Guerra, guerra sin tregua al que intente
De la patria manchar los blasones!
-Guerra, guerra! Los patrios pendones
En las olas de sangre empapad.
-Guerra, guerra! En el monte, en el valle
Los canones horrisonos truenen
Y los ecos sonoros resuenen
Con las voces de -Union! -Libertad!

CORO

III

Antes, patria, que inermes tus hijos
Bajo el yugo su cuello dobleguen,
Tus campinas con sangre se rieguen,
Sobre sangre se estampe su pie.
Y tus templos, palacios y torres
Se derrumben con horrido estruendo,
Y sus ruinas existan diciendo:
De mil heroes la patria aqui fue.

CORO

IV

-Patria! -patria! Tus hijos te juran
Exhalar en tus aras su aliento,
Si el clarin con su belico acento
Los convoca a lidiar con valor.
-Para ti las guirnaldas de oliva!
-Un recuerdo para ellos de gloria!
-Un laurel para ti de victoria!
-Un sepulcro para ellos de honor!

CORO

Mexicanos, al grito de guerra
El acero aprestad y el bridon,
y retiemble en sus centros la tierra
Al sonoro rugir del canon.

English:

CHORUS

Mexicans, at the cry of battle
lend your swords and bridle;
and let the earth tremble at its center
upon the roar of the cannon.

Your forehead shall be girded, oh fatherland, with olive garlands
by the divine archangel of peace,
For in heaven your eternal destiny
has been written by the hand of God.
But should a foreign enemy
Profane your land with his sole,
Think, beloved fatherland, that heaven
gave you a soldier in each son.

CHORUS

II

War, war without truce against who would attempt
to blemish the honor of the fatherland!
War, war! The patriotic banners
saturate in waves of blood.
War, war! On the mount, in the vale
The terrifying cannon thunder
and the echoes nobly resound
to the cries of union! liberty!

CHORUS

III

Fatherland, before your children become unarmed
Beneath the yoke their necks in sway,
May your countryside be watered with blood,
On blood their feet trample.
And may your temples, palaces and towers
crumble in horrid crash,
and their ruins exist saying:
The fatherland was made of one thousand heroes here.

CHORUS

IV

Fatherland, fatherland, your children swear
to exhale their breath in your cause,
If the bugle in its belligerent tone
should call upon them to struggle with bravery.
For you the olive garlands!
For them a memory of glory!
For you a laurel of victory!
For them a tomb of honor!

schwlind - 9-13-2010 at 06:32 AM

thanks Dennis!

schwlind - 9-13-2010 at 07:30 AM

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Shari - thanks for the information !! I will certainly use him.

@grace59 - I have the questions and the answers - do you still want them ? Does anyone else ?????



Hello Blanca... check your U2U

shari - 9-13-2010 at 07:37 AM

Gilberto Pineda is in DF. and dialed in with all the suits there...citizenship is what he does and he does it well...very very efficient and his family treats you like family if you stay there...tell him shari sent ya.

sanquintinsince73 - 9-13-2010 at 03:28 PM

I wish! I found the questions on line...all in spanish, of course,

You mean they don't have it in Viet, Korean, Tagalog, Chinese??
Sheeesh!!

grace59 - 9-13-2010 at 05:04 PM

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Originally posted by schwlind
Quote:
Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Shari - thanks for the information !! I will certainly use him.

@grace59 - I have the questions and the answers - do you still want them ? Does anyone else ?????



Hello Blanca... check your U2U

Blanca, I also send you a U2U.

BajaBlanca - 9-13-2010 at 05:40 PM

HI everyone - I went online and found all the questions on the SRE site

SRE= SECRETARIA DE RELACIONES ESTRANJERAS and here is the limk:

www.sre.gob.mx

1. on bottom left, under TRAMITES, click on nacionalidad y naturalizacion
2. on right side, choose third option = CARTA DE NACIONALIZACION POR RESIDENCIA (I am assuming all of you are residing in Mexico and applying with an FM2 like me)
3. in RED at the bottom of the page, click on GUIA DE ESTUDIO

The test is there in full and obviously in Spanish. If anyone wants me to continue putting the questions into English - just say so and I will !!!
-----------------------ANSWERS---------------------------------------------

1. c) Quetzalcóatl
2. a) Maya
3. c) Olmeca
4. a) Chinampa
5. d) Códice
6. c) Teotihuacan
7. a) Aztlán
8. d) El maíz
9. b) Maya
10. a) 1521
11. b) Nueva España
12. a) Hernán Cortés
13. b) Cuauhtémoc
14. a) una mujer indígena que sirvió de interprete a Cortes
15. c) la noche triste
16. a) Virrey
17. b). coloniales
18. d). los hijos de españoles nacidos en la Nueva Espana
19. a) océano pacifico
20. b). la virgen de guadalupe
21. d) la plata
22. a) sor juana ines de la cruz
23. c) 16 de septiembre
24. a) 1810
25. a) inicio la guerra de la independencia
26. c) miguel hidalgo y costilla
27. b) niños héroes
28. a) la batalla de puebla
29. a) Benito juarez
30. d) estados unidos
31. b) liberales y consevadores
32. b) porfirio diaz
33. a) las vías ferreas
34. d) 20 de noviembre
35. b) emiliano zapata
36. a) francisco madero
37. b) un líder de la revolución mexicana
38. c) la revolución de 1910
39. a) el corrido
40. a) expropio el petróleo
41. d) conquista, independencia, revolución mexicana
42. a) diego rivera
43. c) partido revolucionario institucional
44. d) segunda guerra mundial
45. c) la no proliferación de las armas nucleares
46. a) el escudo, la bandera, el himno nacional
47. b) una exhortación a la guerra defensiva
48. c) pero si se atreviera un enemigo extranero
49. c) evocan una leyenda prehispanica
50. b) 31
51. a) estados unidos, guatemala, y belice
52. c) chihuahua
53. d) guerrero
54. d) oaxaca
55. a) ciudad de mexico, guadalajara, monterrey
56. b) jalisco
57. a) Acapulco, Huatulco, cancun
58. b) 2
59. a) chiapas
60. d) monterrey
61. a) puebla
62. c) chiapas
63. d) popocatepetl
64. c) 6 años
65. b) federación, estado, municipio
66. b) el instituto federal electoral (IFE)
67. c) la residencia oficial del presidente de la republica
68. a) calderón, fox, zedillo, salinas
69. a) estados unidos mexicanos
70. a) constitución política de los estados unidos mexicanos
71. a) estados unidos y canada
72. c) aceite crudo de petreleo, autopartes y productos de cobre
73. d) mas de 60
74. a) Mexico es uno de los países con menor desigualidad social en america latina
75. b) sor juana ines de la cruz
76. a) juan rulfo
77. b) carlos fuentes
78. a) Octavio paz
79. c) paisajes
80. a) palacio de bellas artes
81. d) la plaza principal
82. b) jose guadalupe posada
83. a) calaveras
84. c) el cine
85. d) cantinflas
86. a) jorge negrete
87. d) mole
88. a) chocolate, aguacate, tomate y pavo
89. c) tequila
90. d) los días previos a la navidad
91. c) Veracruz
92. a) despedir a alguien
93. d) las mañanitas
94. b) una golosina hecha a base de leche de cabra quemada
95. c) de cascara verde y pulpa blanca
96. d) sitios
97. b) una tienda pinturas y solventes
98. c) bajo de estatura
99. d) se aplica por igual al vendedor y al comprador
100. d) veracruz


I must admit, I thoroughly enjoyed studying this ... I feel like I am so dumb for not reading up on this earlier ... it is VERY interesting.

And just to let you all know, if anyone comes from a LATIN country, the wait is only 2 years with an FM2 !!

and, if you are very involved in the community and can prove it, you apply under different rules and regualtions. (I am NOT doing this, just wanted to inform you all)

It is all interesting stuff I am learning, I must say !!! :bounce:

Edited to correct spelling mistakes. I am always in such a hurry to type and end up with typos, desculpenme !!

[Edited on 9-14-2010 by BajaBlanca]

OK Shari, I give up

Howard - 9-13-2010 at 05:54 PM

What does 'DK" stand for?

I was told the rules for 65+ years old are different than if you are under 65 years old. Does anyone know about this? I was told that you only have an FM@ for 2 years if you are over 65.

See you next month,

Howard and Gringo the Dingo

grace59 - 9-13-2010 at 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by Howard
What does 'DK" stand for?

I was told the rules for 65+ years old are different than if you are under 65 years old. Does anyone know about this? I was told that you only have an FM@ for 2 years if you are over 65.

See you next month,

Howard and Gringo the Dingo

My husband is 63 and the person who helps us with our immigration told us that he can have his FM2 for 2 years and then apply for citizenship WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE THE TEST!!! Since I am younger than him I will have to take the test or wait for a long time to be a citizen.

shari - 9-13-2010 at 06:49 PM

that is DF which means Distrito Federal which means Mexico City.

I heard another rumour from some retirees who wanted to get citizenship and they didnt have to write the test...but had to take it orally!!!!
just what I was told by them....
ask Gilberto, he'll know

BajaBlanca - 9-13-2010 at 06:52 PM

DK ???? DF maybe ???? which means the capital or Distrito Federal

If you are 60 or older, you do not have to take the test. My husband will NOT have to take the test BUT you do have to go to an interview and be fluent in Spanish ... so I was told ... maybe someone else can comment on this ?

chippy - 9-14-2010 at 07:52 AM

I would hope that anyone wanting to become a Mexican citizen would be able to read,write and speak Spanish.

DENNIS - 9-14-2010 at 08:02 AM

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Originally posted by chippy
I would hope that anyone wanting to become a Mexican citizen would be able to read,write and speak Spanish.



Yes...of course. I would hope that of people who want to become US citizens as well.

chippy - 9-14-2010 at 08:17 AM

Dennis I agree with you 100%.

dtbushpilot - 9-14-2010 at 08:24 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote:
Originally posted by chippy
I would hope that anyone wanting to become a Mexican citizen would be able to read,write and speak Spanish.



Yes...of course. I would hope that of people who want to become US citizens as well.


Now days it seems that most of them do:lol::lol::lol::lol

DENNIS - 9-14-2010 at 08:35 AM

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Originally posted by dtbushpilot

Yes...of course. I would hope that of people who want to become US citizens as well.


Now days it seems that most of them do:lol::lol::lol::lol


Yeah....I could have been a bit more clear on that one. :lol:

BajaBlanca - 9-14-2010 at 10:57 AM

I used to teach citizenship classes to immigrants who wanted to become citizens and I can guarantee that a great many American folks would never have passed the citizenship test .... it was quite comprehensive , I am not sure it is still the same exam now. Some examples were: how many representatives are there ? what do the colors of the flag stand for ? what is the law of the land ? how long is a senators term for ? what do we call the first 10 amendments to the constitution and how many amendments are there ?

DENNIS - 9-14-2010 at 12:09 PM

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca
what is the law of the land ?



What kind of question is that? I wouldn't be able to begin answering it.