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Chapter 1 Geographical Features and Natural Resources

1.Choose the correct answer

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2.fill in the blanks

1.Canada\Mexico\the Cuff of Mexico\Atlantic Ocean\the Pacific Ocean

2.The Atlantic seacoast west to the Appalachains\The Mississippi River Basin\The Rockies west to the Pacific

3.most densely\flat\fertile

4.productive\fruits\vegetables

5.Louisiana\Texas\Texas\Oklahoma\California\insufficient\40%

6.little\fresh\12%\richest\productive

Chapter 2 American Population

1.Choose the correct answer

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2.fill in the blanks

1.third\250

2.1875\permanent residence\morality\race\national

origin\national

origin\skilled\relatives\270,000\700,000\675,000

3.indentured servants\slaves\1863

4.South\poverty line

5.industrious\intelligent\modle minority\twice

3.Question for discussion

1.Why is the US known as a "melting pot"?

Answer:The United States is known as a "melting pot",meaning that it is composed of immigrants from different nations all over the world.

3.Why do many Americans now migrate from cities to suburbs?

Answer:The widespread use of automobiles and the construction of express highways made it possible for people to live farther away from their jobs.The telephone reduces the need for them to work or live in close proximity to one another.Besides these economic and techonological changes, important social factors were involved.Subruban areas offered more living space than cities,lower crime rates,less pollution,and superior schools.It is generally believed that they are a better place for rising children.

Indian Reservation

Answer:Ever since the discocery of the New World in 1492, the Indians have been cruelly treated. They were driven to barren desert regions, the so-called "Indian Reservations".

The reservations usually lack adequate health care facilities, educational opportunities,decent housing,and jobs.

Hispanics

Answer:They are the Spanish-speaking immigrants from Latin American countries. The majority traces their roots to Mexico, Pueto Rico,or Cuba.

Chapter3 Discovery and Colonization of the New World

1.Choose the correct answer

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2.fill in the blanks

1.Portuguese\the Cape of Good Hope\Spain\Atlantic\the Cartbbean\West Indians

2.Amerigo Vespueci\America

3.the Virginia Coast\pilgrims\Mayflower Compact

4.appoined by the English King\under proprietors who themselves chose the governors\select governors under self-governing charters

5.fishing\shipbuilding\breadbasket\wheat\potatoes\plantation\ tobacco\cotton

3.Question for discussion

4.What was the social structure of the 13 colonies?

Answer:Society in the 13 colonies was like a pytamid.The top was made up of merchants and landlords.The base was made up of refugees from Europe, black slaves from Africa,

and native Indians.

5.Why did not the American Indians become slaves during the

colonies days?

Answer:They could not put up with slaves. If an Indian was enslaved, his fellow tribe menbers would fight to free him.So the colonialists soon gave up the attempt to use them

as slave labor.Instead they seized the land of the Indians

and drove them away or killed them.

Mayflower Compact

Answer:It is signed by the pilgrims, establishing a form of

local government in which the colonists agree to stick together,to abide by majority rule,to have the right to choose their leader and cooperate for the general good for the colony. The Compact sets the precedent for other colonies as they set up governments.This was the beginning

of the US democracy.

Thanks-giving day

Answer:In 1620,the puritans in the Mayflower came the Rocky coast of what is now Massachusetts.They suffered the first cold ter with the help and advice of the native Indians,the Pilgrim Fathers planted corn and other crops.They reaped a good harvest the following year, and in October,1621,to celebrate this good harvest, the Pilgrims held a feast which featured wild turkey.They called this their Thanks-giving Day.It falls on the 4th Thursday of November.