Understanding the United States Chapter 1 A General Survey of USA
I. Gap-filling
1. The United States covers the central part of _______.
2. _______ is the capital and economic center of the United States.
3. The lowest point of the US is _______.
4. _______ is the national flower of the US.
5. _______ is the least populous state of the US.
6. The United States is a _______ consisting of _______states.
7. In _______, the United States declared its independence from _______.
8. The official language of the US is _______, and the second most spoken language is _______. _______ is an official language in the state of Hawaii.
9. Religiously, most Americans are _______; among them 52% are ______ and 24% ______.
10. _______ is the residence of the President of
Chapter 2 Geography & History
A．Geography
I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write “T” for true and “F” for false in the space provided.
___1. The United States is the world’s second most populous country.
___2. Hawaii is an island state of the United States.
Ⅱ. Multiple Choices
3. Which is the tallest mountain in the United States?
A. Mount Whitney.
B. Mount McKinley.
C. Rocky Mountains.
D. The Sawatch Mountains.
4. Which city is the most populous city in the
United States?
A. W ashington D.C.
B. Los Angeles.
D. Philadelphia.
B．History
Section 1 The First Inhabitant
(No exercise)
Section 2 Colonial Period
Ⅱ. Multiple Choices
4. Quebec, the first French settlement in the New World was set up along the banks of the ____.
A. Hudson River
B. Mississippi River
C. St. Lawrence River
D. Delaware River
5. This first Virginian colony_______ was established in 1607.
A. Richmond
B. Jamestown
C. Williamsburg
D. Lexington
6. New York used to be known as _____?
A. New Hampshire
B. New Jersey
C. New Netherlands
D. New England
7. Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania and what religious group did he belong to?
A. Charles Penn, Quaker
B. William Penn, Puritan
C. William Penn, Quaker
D. Charles Penn, Puritan
8. Georgia, America's thirteenth colony, was founded for a certain group of people. Who were these people?
A. Puritans
B. Quakers
C. Pilgrims
D. Debtors
9. What was the name of the boundary that separated the Middle Colonies from the Southern Colonies?
A. Middle-Southern Line
B. Mason-Dixon Line
C. The Boundary
D. Charles-Mason Line
ⅢMatch each of the founders in the left column with his colony in the right column.
10.
1)Thomas Hooker a) New Jersey
2) Roger Williams b) Rhode Island
3) James Edward Oglethorpe c) Georgia
4) Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret d) Connecticut
Section 3
Struggle for Independence
I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write “T” for true and “F” for false in the space provided.
___ 1. The war (1756-1763) between England and France was known in Europe as the French and Indian War.
___ 2. The “Boston Tea Party” on the night of December 16, 1773 made the British government pass a series of acts known as the "Coercive Acts"; or the "Intolerable Acts".
___ 3. It was in the Second Continental Congress that George Washington was appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army.
___ 4. In March 1766 Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, but on the same day the Quartering Act was passed.
Ⅱ. Multiple Choices
5. In the summer of 1765, the Sons of Liberty
were formed to oppose to _____.
A. the Declaratory Act
B. the Stamp Act
C. the Quartering Act
6. The incident known as the Boston Massacre happened _____.
A. before the American Independence War
B. during the American Independence War
C. after the American Independence War
7. The First Continental Congress was held in _____ in September, 1774.
A. Philadelphia
B. Boston
C. New York
8. ____ finished most of the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
A. Benjamin Franklin
B. John Adams
C. Thomas Jefferson
9. American victory at ____ was a turning point of American Independent War because it brought France into the war on the American side.
A. Concord
B. Yorktown
C. Saratoga
Ⅲ. Match each of the events in the left column with the time in the right column.
10.
1) The fighting at Lexington
a) On October 17, 1777 and Concord
2) The battle of Saratoga b) In April 1775
3) The British surrendered to
c) On October 19, 1781 General Cornwallis
d) In August, 1780
Section 4 The Westward Movement
I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write “T” for true and “F” for false in the space provided
__1. In 1804, United States president Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark to explore the American West. The Expedition reached the Pacific Ocean and paved the way for the settlement of the West.
__2. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States and opened the door for America’s westward expansion.
__3. During 1838-39, the Cherokees were forced to move to the Indian Territory that is today known Louisiana. Many died during this forced migration.
__4.The fortune seekers who rushed to California to look for gold in 1849 were known as Forty-Niners.
II. Multiple Choices
5. The Oregon Trail went westward from Independence, Missouri to________.
A. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
B. Oregon City, Oregon.
C. Sacramento, California
D. Promontory, Utah
6. Who was the leader of France during the
Louisiana Purchase?
A. James Monroe
B. Napoleon Bonaparte
C. William Clark
D. James Gadsden
7. The U.S. government took over Texas in 1845 through________.
A. invasion
B. negotiation
C. war
D. annexation
Ⅲ.Match the events with the time
8) the Louisiana purchase a) 1848
9) Indian Removal Act b) 1830
10)American-Mexican Treaty of
c) 1803
Guadalupe-Hidalgo
d) 1802
Section 5 American Civil War
I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write “T” for true and “F” for false. ___1. Attack on the Fort Sumter was the first major Land Battle of the American Civil War.
___2.Both the North and South needed a powerful central government before the Civil War.
___3.The chief and immediate cause of the war was slavery.
___4.Robert Anderson was the commander of the Sumter Union fort.
II. Multiple Choices
5. Who was the President of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America during the US Civil War?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Jefferson Davis
C. Brig. Gen. Beauregard
D. Robert
E. Lee
6. The Battle of _____ was the turning point of the American Civil War.
A. Bull Run
B. Gettysburg
C. Richmond
D. Appomattox
7. Which battle produced the most casualties in the Civil War?
A. The battle of Fort Sumter
B. The First Battle of Bull Run
C. The Antietam Battle
D. The Battle of Gettysburg
8. During the Civil War Lincoln issued the ____, which declared the abolition of slavery.
A. Homestead Bill
B. Emancipation Proclamation
C.Gettysburg Address
D. Both A and B
9. The first American President from the Republic Party is _____.
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Andrew Johnson
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. George Washington
III. Match the following items with names
10.
1) Gettysburg Address a) Ulysses S. Grant
2) Uncle Tom’s Cabin b) Robert E. Lee
3) Confederate general c) Abraham Lincoln
d) Harriet Beecher Stowe
e) Eli Whitney
Section 6 America in World War I
I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write “T” for true and “F” for false in the space provided
___1. The “Lost Generation” emerged after the WWI.
___2. In the World War I, major European powers were divided into two military groups: the Allied Powers and the Central Powers.
___3. At the beginning of the World War I, the US government took a neutral policy.
___4. The World War I ended on November 11, 1918.
Ⅱ. Multiple Choices
5. ____ seized territories in Africa and the Pacific as colonies, which worried other European nations.
A. Britain
B. Russia
C. Germany
6. The United States entered the World War I in____.
A. 1917
B. 1914
C. 1918
7. After the World War I, ____ became the power source of most of industries of the United States.
A. petroleum
B. electricity
C. coal
8. Which countries took over Germany’s colonies after the World War I?
A. Britain and America
B. France and Russia
C. Britain and France
9. Which of the following countries did not join the League Nations (1920-1946)?
A. America
B. Britain
C. Germany
Ⅲ. Match each of the events in the left column with its cause or effect in the right column
10.
1) America entered the World War I a) the business men feared they would suffer loss
2) After World War I, America experienced an industrial boom b)improvement of women’s status
3) Great Depression of the 1930’s c) development of science and technology
d) the New York stock exchange crashed in 1929
Section 7 Great Depression & New Deal
I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write “T” for true and “F” for false in the space provided.
___1. In 1933, at the worst point in the Depression, more than half of the American work forces were unemployed.
___2. The stock market crash in 1929 was the beginning of a long economic depression in the United States.
___3. October 29th of 1929 was called Black Thursday when the New York stock market collapsed.
___4. “Hoovervilles” refer to the shantytowns built by homeless people during the depression. It is named after President Hoover, who refused to provide government aid to the unemployed.
Ⅱ. Multiple Choices
5. How long did the Great Depression last in the United States?
A. Just a decade.
B. More than a decade.
C. Less than a decade.
A. the preservation of the nation’s natural
resources and its human resources.
B. the preservation of the nation’s financial
resources.
C. the preservation of the nation’s human
resources.
7. Franklin Roosevelt’s program for the
A. laissez faire
B. New Freedom
C. New Deal
8. The Civil Works Administration was
A. distributing $500 million through grants
to state and local agencies for relief.
B. develop a cooperative relationship
between government, business, and labor.
C. create public jobs to help the unemployed through the winter of 1933-34.
9. Which of the following acts has a profound effect on life of today’s Americans?
A. The Social Security Act
B. The Federal Emergency Relief Act
C. The Emergency Banking Relief Act
Ⅲ. Match each of the acts in the left column with its function in the right column
10. 1)The Emergency Banking Relief Act a) Regulating competition while guaranteeing minimum wages and maximum hours for
workers.
2)The Federal Emergency Relief Act b) Raising farm prices by paying farmers not to grow surplus crops.
3)The National Industrial Recovery Act c) Distributing $500 million
through grants to state and local agencies for relief.
d) Solving problem caused
by the shortage of currency.