A Checking your understanding
Pages 1 - 5 Write answers to these questions.
1 When did Europeans start to come to America?
2 Who arrived in Massachusetts in 1620?
3 Why were the American people angry with the British government?
4 Who was the first president of the USA?
Pages 6-11 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1 The northern states kept slaves.
2 Abraham Lincoln was president during the Civil War.
3 Buffalo were very important to the Native Americans.
4 The immigrants who arrived in the nineteenth century were usually rich.
Pages 12-18 How much can you remember? Check your answers.
1 How many black people are there in the USA today?
2 Who used the famous words, 'I have a dream . . .'?
3 What are the names of the two big political parties in the USA?
4 What are Americans' four favourite sports?
Pages 19-23 How much can you remember? Where . . .
1 . . . is the oldest university in the USA?
2 . . . were the first skyscrapers built?
3 . . . are Niagara Falls?
4 . . . is the Grand Canyon?
Pages 24-27 Find answers to these questions.
1 Which city was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1906?
2 Where were the Olympic Games held in 1996?
3 Which state did the Americans buy from Russia in 1867?
4 Which was the fiftieth state to join the USA?