THE LAND nad PEOPLE

GEOGRAPHY

Test your knowledge (p. 11)

1. What is the area of the United States?

2. What is the population of United States?

3. How many states make up the United States of America?

4. What are the principal geographical regions of the United States?

5. What is the highest mountain in the U.S.A.?

6. What is the longest river in the U.S.A.?

7. How many standard time zones are there in the U.S.?

8. What are the U.S. outlying areas?

POPULATION

Test your knowledge (p. 16)

1. Why is the United States called “a nation of immigrants”?

2. When did the majority of immigrants arrive in the US?

3. What does the term “melting pot” refer to?

4. What does the “Sun Belt” mean?

5. What does the “Sun Belt” mean?

6. What is the percentage of African-Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in the US?

7. What demographic changes are expected to begin in the future?

8. Where do the Hispanic communities concentrate in the U.S.?

9. What are the best known Indian tribes living in the American West?

10. What is the economic and social situation of American Indians?

11. What were the three waves of Polish immigration to the U.S.?

LANGUAGE

Test your knowledge (p. 42)

1. What are the noticeable differences between American and British English in pronunciation?

2. What obvious differences occur in stress?

3. What are the most characteristic differences in the use of prepositions?

4. What are the most important differences in spelling?

5. List some characteristic borrowings from other languages including American Indian languages.

MORE TESTS AND TASKS

TRUE OR FALSE

Carefully read each statement. If the statement is true according to information in the book, write T after it, if it is false, write F.

Try to give reasons why a statement is false.

1. The capital city of the U.S.A. is New York.

2. The USA borders Mexico on the south.

3. The Mississippi is longer than the Missouri.

4. The Rocky Mountains are in the East.

5. Death Valley is in California.

6. New England is in the Northeast region.

7. Before 1836 Texas was a French colony.

8. The Grand Canyon is in Montana.

9. The highest peak in the U.S.A., Mt. McKinley, is in California.

10. The ancestors of the American Indians came from Africa.

MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

Circle the letter a), b) or c) with the correct answer.

1. The USA is a federal union of _____ independent states.

1. forty b) fifty c) fifty-two

2. The United States of America is ________.

1. bigger than Canada b) bigger than Russia c) bigger than Australia.

3. The population of the U.S.A. is over _________.

1. 300 million b) 350 million c) 150 million

4. The longest river in the U.S.A. is the ___________.

1. Missouri b) Mississippi c) Rio Grande

5. How many colonies had been formed on the eastern seaboard in the middle of the 18^th century?

1. 10 b) 12 c) 13

6. General Tadeusz Kościuszko contributed to the victory of the American army at the battle of _____ .

1. Ticonderoga b) Saratoga c) Yorktown

7. Which day is the national day of the United States of America?

1. the 4th of July b) the 14th of July c) the 1st of April

8. Which sailor and chronicler gave America its name?

1. Amerigo Vespucci b) Christopher Columbus c) Ferdinand Magellan

9. The USA bought Alaska from ...

1. England b) Canada c) Russia

10. How many time zones are in the USA?

1. Two b) Five c) Four

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