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 the United States, and the Capitol Hill is home to _______. 

 

II. Terms Explanation

11. Uncle Sam

12. Stars and Stripes

13. Independence Day

14. National Bird of the US

15. The Seal of the United States

III. Answer the Following Questions

16. How did the United States of America get her name in 1776?

17. How did the United States dollar come into being?

18. What is the name of the national anthem of the United States? How was it adopted?

19. Why was Rose taken as the national flower of the US?

20. Why did Americans choose bald eagle as their national bird?

                         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. Washington D.C.        B. Los Angeles.

        C. New York City.          D. Philadelphia.

III. Gap-filling

5. ______ is known as the Father of Waters in the U.S

6. _____ got its nickname “Hog Butcher to the World” for its once prosperous slaughterhouses.

IV. Short Answer Questions

7. In which northern state does the Mississippi River start?

8. Into which large body of water does the Mississippi River flow?

9. In which state does the Mississippi River end?

10. Does   the   Mississippi   River   flow:   north   to south, south to north, east to west, or west to east?

11. Which river forms a long border between the United States and Mexico?

12. Which  river  forms   part of  the boundary between Canada and the United States?

13. What are the names of the five Great Lakes?

14. Which one of the five lakes is entirely in the United States?

15. What is the maximum depth of the Great Salt Lake?

                           B．History

                  Section 1   The First Inhabitant

                            (No exercise)

                  Section 2 Colonial Period

I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write “T” for true and “F” for false in the space provided.

1. San Francisco and Los Angeles were once the Spanish settlements.

2. The American first Thanksgiving Day was celebrated on the last Thursday in November of 1620.

3. Roger Smith set up the colony of Rhode Island.

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

Ⅲ  Match 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 and Concord           a) On October 17, 1777

2) The battle of Saratoga                         b) In April 1775

3) The British surrendered to General Cornwallis      c) On October 19, 1781

                                             d) In August, 1780