美国概况练习题

The United States

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. In area, the United States is the largest country in the world. a. 2nd b. 3rd c. 4th d. 5th

2. The Midwest in the US refers to the region . a. west of the Mississippi Valley

b. west of the Appalachian Mountains c. east of the Rocky Mountains

d. around the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi Valley.

3. The Backbone of North America refers to the . a. Appalachian Mountains b. Rocky Mountains c. the Rocky Mountains d. Sierra Nevada Mountains

4. Death Valley is on the western edge of . a. the Great Basin b. California

c. the Rocky Mountains

d. the Sierra Nevada Mountains

5. Which region might have a dust storm in summer? a. The Deep South. b. The Middle West. c. The Great Plains

d. The Central Valley of California.

6. Which area has the highest rainfall in the US? a. The region around the Great Lakes. b. The western part of Washington State. c. The Middle Atlantic states.

d. The Central Valley of California.

7. The US primary suppliers of foreign oil are the following countries except . a. Canada b. Japan c. Venezuela d. Saudi Arabia

8. The US largest open-pit copper-mining center is in . a. California b. Utah c. Montana d. South Dakota

9. The over 3 million of early Americans in 1790 were mostly of ancestry. a. Spanish b. French c. British d. Dutch

10. How many immigrants were legally received by the US each year during the 1980s? a. About 270,000. b. About 700,000. c. About 675,000. d. About 800,000

11. The official racial segregation continued to be the law of the US until . a. 1860 b. 1863 c. 1918 d. 1954

12. American Indians now mainly live in the . a. South b. West c. Midwest d. Northeast

13. The majority of American Hispanics are from the following countries except . a. Mexico b. Cuba c. Spain

d. Puerto Rico

14. According to the text, which region now leads in percentage increase in population? a. The Northeast. b. The Great Plains. c. The South. d. The West.

15. According to the 1994 US census, the second most populous state in the US is . a. California b. New York c. Texas

d. Washington

16. The trend in migration from cities to suburbs now prevailed in all region except . a. the Northeast b. the South c. the Midwest d. the West

17. According to the text, the ancestors of the present American Indians came from . a. Europe b. Africa c. Asia

d. Mongolia

18. Which is not correct to explain the reasons for the sudden daring exploration of the unknown in the mid-15th century?

a. The ambition for the cast lands. b. The strong desire for Eastern goods.

c. The improvements in navigation and naval architecture. d. The great spirit of adventure started by the Renaissance.

19. On his voyage of 1492, Columbus expected to reach . a. the New world b. the West Indies c. India d. America

20 Among the following navigators who discovered the route to India? a. Christopher Columbus. b. Vasco da Gama. c. Bartholoneu Diaz. d. Ferdinand Magellan.

21. Who was sent by the English King to explore the new way to the East? a. Jacques Cartier. b. John Cabot.

c. Bartholeneu Diaz. d. Ferdinand Magellan.

22. Which colony in the following was not founded first by the English? a. Virginia.

b. Massachusetts. c. New York d. Georgia.

23. The breadbasket colonies include the following ones except . a. New York b. Pennsylvania c. Maryland d. Virginia

24. The last one fo the 13 colonies was , which was established in 1733. a. North Carolina b. South Carolina c. Georgia d. Maryland

25. There was a great change in British policy towards the 13 colonies after . a. 1760 b. 1763 c. 1764 d. 1767

26. Which Act first set a large scale of opposition in the colonies? a. The Sugar Act of 1764.

b. The Stamp Act of 1765. c. The Quartering Act of 1765. d. The Tea Act

27. The Tea Act of 1773 was passed by the British Parliament in order to . a. get more money from the colonies

b. provide cheap tea for the American consumers c. help the British East India Company d. monopolize the American tea business

28. The First Continental Congress was attended by the representatives from all the colonies except . a. Delaware b. Pennsylvania c. Massachusetts d, Georgia

29. The first shot of the American War of Independence was fired in . a. Concord b. Lexington c. Philadelphia d. Boston

30. Thomas Paine?s Common Sense urged the American colonists to . a. abolish slavery in the colonies

b. continue a shipping trade with England c. win independence through peaceful means d. declare their independence

31. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence was . a. Benjamin Franklin b. Thomas Jefferson c. George Washington d. John Adams

32. Which victory was considered as the turning point of the War of Independence? a. The victory at Trenton. b. The victory at Boston. c. The victory at Saratoga. d. The victory at Yorktown.

33. The Confederation created in 1781 was a . a. very loose union of states

b. very powerful central government c. very firm league of states

d. weak government without the legislative power 34. Who was called the Father of the US Constitution? a. George Washington. b. Benjamin Franklin. c. Alexander Hamilton. d. James Madison.

35. According to the text, the Constitution was framed on the following ideas except that . a. there should be three branches of government: one to make laws, another to execute them, and a third to settle questions of law

b. the three branches should be able to check and balance the other

c. the national government is a government of the people, and not of states alone d. the new government should impose its authority on the people through states

36. Those who supported the Constitution and preferred a strong national government were called . a. Democrats b. Republicans c. Federalists d. Antifederalists

37. How many states were needed to ratify the Constitution? a. Eight b. Nine c. Eleven d. Thirteen

38. Which is incorrect to comment on the Federalist Papers? a. They support the ratification of the Constitution b. The defend the principles of the Constitution c. They help dispel the fears of a national authority d. They spell out the people?s right

39. The amendment of the Constitution requires the approval of at least of the states. a. one-third b. two-thirds c. three-fourths d. three-fifths

40. When the Second War of Independence broke out in 1812, the US president was . a. Thomas Jefferson b. James Madison c. John Adams d. James Monroe

41. The Monroe Doctrine had the following features or ideas except . a. non-colonization

b. America for Americans c. non-intervention

d. Latin America for Europeans

42. The US continental expansion was almost complete by . a. 1840 b. 1845 c. 1846 d. 1848

43. Cotton became the most profitable crop in the South mainly because of the .

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