国家概况名词解释与问答题汇总--美国

英语国家概况名词解释与问答题汇总

Unit One Geography

Terms:

1. The Star-spangled Banner (the flag)

2. The Yellowstone National Park

3. Mount Rushmore National Memorial

4. The Great Lakes

5. The Grand Canyon 删除

6. Mississippi River删除

Questions:

1. Please list five famous buildings or things in New York City.

Unit Two History

Terms:

1. The Declaration of Independence

2. The Bill of Rights

3. The Boston Tea Party

4. Thomas Jefferson

5. Monroe Doctrine

6. Gold Rush

7. Uncle Tom’s Cabin删除

8. The American Civil War

9. Abraham Lincoln

10. Westward Movement

11. Progressive Movement

12. The lost generation

13. The Monkey Trial 删除

14. The Great Depression

15. Franklin Roosevelt

16. Lend-lease Bill删除

17. The Beat Generation删除

18. The Civil Rights Movement

19. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Questions:

1. What were the reasons for people to found colonies in North America?

2. What do you know about the War of Independence (reasons, process, and significance)?

3. How was American Constitution established and what do you know about it?

4. What do you know about Monroe Doctrine?

5. What do you know about the U.S.-Mexican War and its result?

6. What do you know about the Civil War (reasons, process, and significance)?

7. What do you know about the Progressive Movement?

8. What kind of changes did modern America experienced at the beginning of the 20th century?

9. What do you know about World War One and America’s policy during the war?

10. The target of the Progressive Movement was trust and monopoly. What were the negative effects brought by monopoly?

11. What were the nature and effects of WW I?

12. What do you know about Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal?

13. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government….”

Who is the writer and what is the name of the document?

What is the historical background of the document and how did it come into being?

Unit Three American Identity

Terms:

1. Hispanics (Latinos)

2. Model minority

3. Melting pot

Questions:

1. Why America is called “a nation of immigrants”?

2. What contributions did immigrants make to America?

(Please list at least three points of views)

Unit Four Political Institution

Terms:

1. The checks and balances

2. Congress

Questions:

1. What are the US government principles?

2. What do you know about the Presidential election in America?

Unit 5 Economy

Questions:

1. What is the most striking characteristic of the American economy in terms of its diversity?

2. When did service industries in the U.S. experience rapid growth? How significant is the service industry in the American economy?

Unit 8 Education

Terms:

1. Harvard College

2. Ivy League

Questions

1. How have the goals and purposes of education in the U.S. evolved over time? Trance them briefly.

Unit 9 Religion

Questions:

1. In your opinion, why do so many Americans want to keep “In God We Trust” on their currency?

2. How did American religion become pluralistic and diversified?