Quiz: do you know everything about American history ? part I 1. “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.” Who said that ? ◯ John F. Kennedy ◯ Ronald Reagan ◯ George W. Bush ◯ F. D. Roosevelt 2.The United States is made up of ◯ 30 states ◯ 60 states ◯ 50 states 3. The American flag is called ◯ The Scar and Ripe ◯ The Stars and Stripes ◯ The Fare s And Gripes ◯ Old Glory ◯ The Star Spangled Banner 4. The American Flag has ◯ 13 stripes and 50 stars ◯ 50 stripes and 13 stars 5. The national Emblem of US is the ◯ Bear ◯ Horse ◯ Buffalo ◯ Eagle 6. The population of the United States is approximately ◯ 318 million ◯ 218 million ◯ 418 million 7. Rank these towns in decreasing order (given their population) ◯ Los Angeles ◯ Chicago ◯ Ny ◯ Houston ◯ Paris ◯ London ◯ Philadelphia 8. The US unemployment rate is around ◯ 15% ◯ 10% ◯ 5% 9. New York is also called ◯ The City ◯ The Big Apple ◯ The Big Cheese ◯ The Big Brownie 10. What is the best known borough of NY ? ◯ Queens ◯ The Bronx ◯ Manhattan ◯ Staten Island ◯ Brooklyn 11. The Spanish, French and Dutch begin exploring the coast of North America in the ◯ 15th century ◯ 16th century ◯ 18th century 12. Persecuted in Europe because of their religion, the Pilgrim Fathers (English Puritans who refused to convert to Anglicanism) reach America ◯ In 1420 ◯ In 1520 ◯ In 1620 ◯ In 1820 13. Their ship was called ◯ The Juneleaf ◯ The Aprilbud ◯ The Mayflower 14. Salem witchcraft trials took place in ◯ Massachusetts ◯ California ◯ Colorado 15. In 1773 the colonists are angered as having to pay taxes to Britain since they are not politically represented : " no taxation without representation!" was their slogan. When the British government try to impose a tax on tea, the colonists boarded the ships in Boston and threw the tea they carried into the sea. That's why these colonists are called ◯ The Boston Teatime ◯ The Boston Tea Party ◯ The Boston British Supporters 1
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