Civilisation of the USA

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Questions:

1) How many states does the USA consist of ? __________________

[ ]13
[ ]51
[ ]50

2) The flag of the United States is called : __________________

[ ]The starry flag
[ ]The Stars and Stripes
[ ]The Union Jack

3) Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November) commemorates : __________________

[ ]The safe crossing of the Mayflower
[ ]The safe arrival of the Pilgrims in Plymouth
[ ]The first crops the Pilgrims harvested with the Indians'help

4) The Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor : __________________

[ ]Is as high as the Empire State Building
[ ]Was given to the American people by France in 1884
[ ]Is opening her arms to welcome poor immigrants

5) Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is famous for the sculptures of the Heads of 4 former
American Presidents : __________________
[ ]Washington – Jefferson – Madison – F. D Roosevelt
[ ]Lincoln – Hoover – F.D. Roosevelt – A. Johnson
[ ]Washington – Jefferson – T. Roosevelt – Lincoln

6) In 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed : __________________

[ ]The Constitution of the United States
[ ]The Declaration of Independence
[ ]The Emancipation Proclamation

7) During the conquest of the West, the Frontier : __________________

[ ]was the border between the different States
[ ]was the name of an Indian Reservation
[ ]was a moving line separating “civilized” and “wild” country
8) In 1963, he delivered the Speech : I have a Dream … __________________
[ ]Martin Luther King Junior
[ ]Malcolm X
[ ]James Baldwin

9) In the US, a wave of anti-Japanese sentiment swept across America :

__________________
[ ]after 'Hiroshima'
[ ]after 'Pearl Harbor'
[ ]after 'Nagasaki'

10) To prevent illegal immigration from Mexico, a concrete and steel fence (The Secure
Border Fence) was built in 2008, as a border between the 2 countries. To enter the US, the
best solution was then: __________________
[ ]to go “underground”
[ ]to burn holes through the fence
[ ]to dig under the fence

ANSWERS:

1) 50
2) The Stars and Stripes
3) The first crops the Pilgrims harvested with the Indians'help
4) Was given to the American people by France in 1884
5) Washington – Jefferson – T. Roosevelt – Lincoln
6) The Emancipation Proclamation
7) was a moving line separating “civilized” and “wild” country
8) Martin Luther King Junior
9) after 'Pearl Harbor'
10) to go “underground”