How the Nation Was Formed. America.

How the Nation Was Formed. America.

1. As to its population the USA is the __ largest country in the world.
a. 1st;
b. 5th;
c. 3rd;
d. 7th.

2. According to the statistics in 2006 the population was __  million.
a. 100;
b. 250;
c. 500;
d. 290.

3. The USA is often called the Nation of _____.
a. Emigrants;
b. Immgrants;
c. Americans;
d. Freedom.

4. The first people appeared in the New World, according to different sources, from __  to __ years ago.
a. 25; 40,000;
b. 40; 50,000;
c. 50; 60,000;
d. 10; 30,000.

5. By the time of the European discovery of North America there had been about __  Indian tribes.
a. 100;
b. 300;
c. 276;
d. 198.

6. Columbus discovered America in ____.
a. 1500;
b.1476;
c. 1639;
d. 1492;

7. In 1500 the Indian population of N. America was __ million.
a. 100;
b. 4;
c. 7;
d. 20.

8. Indians were called "Indians" because Ch. Columbus was sure he had discovered _____.
a. America;
b. India;
c. Indonesia;
d. a new country.

9. Early Native Americans were _____ & fishermen.
a. farmers;
b. hunters;
c. spammers;
d. swimmers.

10. They also grew beans, tomatoes, potatoes & _____.
a. crops;
b. apples;
c. cucumbers;
d. tobacco.

11. The right spelling of the name of an Indian tribe is:
a. Siou;
b. Siox;
c. Sioux;
d. Soux.

12. Every tribe had its own ______ language with its own grammar and vocabulary.
a. native;
b. indigenous
c. colloquial;
d. written.

12. The 1st Europeans to come to North America 500 years before Columbus were _____:
a. the Vikings;
b. the German tribes;
c. the Indians;
d. the whites.

13. The Viking who is considered to be the 1st discoverer of the New World is _____:
a. Columbus;
b. Leif Ericsson;
c. John Washington;
d. Amerigo Vespucci.

14. Three major nations involved in the colonization of America are:
a. England, Amercia, France;
b. France, England, Spain;
c. Germany, England, France;
d. England, France, Italy.

15. The Spanish settled in:
a. Georgia;
b. Canada;
c. Florida;
d. Los Angelos.

16. The French colonized the … .

a. Mississippi Basin;

b. Missouri Basin;

c. Colorado Basin;

d. Rockies.

17. The British began to settle in the northeastern parts of the USA in the … .

a. late 17th century;

b. early 18th century;

c. early 17th century;

d. late 18th century.

18. The 1st permanent American colony was … in Virginia.

a. Stoneville;

b. Jamestown;

c. Millville;

d. Johnstown.

19. The 1st settlers who were puritans by religion and were persecuted in England were … .

a. Mayflower Americans;

b. Ku Klux Clan;

c. British priests;

d. The Pilgrim Fathers.

20. The Pilgrim Fathers sailed to North America on board the ship …

a. Aprilflower;

b. Mayflower;

c. Mississippi;

d. Rosemary.

21. By the 1730s there were … British colonies along the Eastern coast of North America. The last colony to be established was Georgia.

a. 11;

b. 12;

c. 13;

d. 14.

22. WASP in connection with the US nation forming is an abbreviated form for:

a. War Air Service Program;

b. White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; 

c. West Antarctic Streamline Project;

d. Westinghouse Advanced Systems Planning.

23. The … Amendment to the US constitution abolished slavery in the USA.

a. 13th;

b. 11th;

c. 10th;

d. 14.

24. The Fifteenth Amendment gave the blacks the right … .

a. to go to school;

b. to have their own farms;

c. to vote;

d. to become a president.

25. Jim Crow laws are the laws that:

a. discriminate against blacks;

b. abolish slavery;

c. give the blacks different rights;

d. abolish discrimination of the blacks.

26. A secret organization that was formed to fight against equal treatment for Blacks, to intimidate them and prevent them from exercising their rights is called:

a. Jim Crow movement;

b. WASP;

c. Civil Rights movement;

d. Ku Klux Klan.

27. The process of reducing segregation in the US society is called:

a. emancipation;

b. antidiscrimination;

c. integration;

d. assegregation.

28. The main reasons for immigration to the USA were:

a. discrimination and segregation at home;

b. the lack of land for farming and bad weather conditions at home;

c. poor economic and political conditions at home;

d. wars at home.

29. The two most famous immigrations in the USA were called:

a. “The Ancient Immigration” and “The New Immigration”;

b. “The Old Immigration” and “The Modern Immigration”;

c. “The Pre-war Immigration” and “The Post-war Immigration”;

d. “The Old Immigration” and “The New Immigration”.

30. Those who resisted assimilation during immigration waves were:

a. Hispanic immigrants;

b. New immigrants;

c. Old immigrants;

d. Exclusions.