美国文化概况 练习题及答案。
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I. Choose the answer that best suits the question.
1. In the late 15th century, Christopher Columbus，a(n)___________navigator, led his men to sail across the vast ocean and reached some small islands in the now West Indies.
A. French
B. Spanish
C. Italian
D. English
2. In 1787，delegates from the states held a meeting in Philadelphia to make the Articles of Confederation adequate. The meeting came to be called the ____.
A. First Continental Congress
B. Second Continental Congress
C. Constitutional Convention
D. Independent Convention
3. In American history，the Pilgrim Fathers refer to those who came to Plymouth on board of ____.
A. a French ship
B. a British ship
C. Mayflower
D. an Italian ship
4. ____ was not the main Reformation leaders.
A.Martin Luther
B. Martin Luther King
C. John Calvin
D. The English King Henry VIII
5. ____ was among the Founding Fathers of the American Republic.
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Franklin Roosevelt
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. John Adams
6. The following were some of the characteristics of Protestantism except ____
A. challenging the authority of the Pope.
B. salvation through faith.
C. salvation through the church.
D. establishing a direct contact with God.
7. The main mountain range in the west of US stretching from the Canadian border to New Mexico is ________.
A. the Appalachian Mountains
B. the Rocky Mountains
C. the Green Mountains
D. the Blue Ridge Mountains
8. Which of the following statements was correct around the time of the American Revolution?
A. The American had the mixed blood of European or their descendants.
B. The American had the mixed blood of Europeans with American Indians.
C. The American has the mixed blood of Europeans with blacks.
D. The American had the blood of the English and their descendants.
9. Which of the following American values did NOT come from Puritanism?
A. separation of state and church.
B. respect of education.
C. intolerant moralism
D. a sense of mission.
10. Lord Baltimore's feudal plan failed because __________
A. there were more Protestant than Catholics in Maryland.
B. the wilderness of the continent made the plan impossible.
C. there was plenty of land while labor was scarce.
D. the English king did not like the plan.
11. One of the oldest towns (landed in 1513) in the US is ___________.
A. New York
B. Boston
C. Philadelphia
D. St. Augustine
12. “No taxation without representation” was the rallying cry of ____.
A. the settlers of Virginia
B. the people of Pennsylvania
C. the colonists in New England
D. the people of the 13 colonies on the eve of the American Revolution
13. The theory of American politics and the American Revolution originated mainly from ___
A. George Washington.
B. Thomas Jefferson.
C. John Adams.
D. John Locke.
14. Which of the following was NOT a denomination of Protestantism?
A. Catholics.
B. Puritans.
C. Quakers.
D. Church of England.
15. The birthplace of the country is in ____.
A. New York City
B. Philadelphia
C. Washington
D. C. D. Lexington
16. The clash at Concord and Lexington marked ____.
A. the beginning of the War of Independence
B. the beginning of the second Continental Congress