英美社会与文化复习题
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美国文化博览选修课复习题
I. Explain the following in English .
1.New Englang
2.New York City
3.The Declaration of Independence
4. The Bill Rights
5.ｉｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｉｏｎａｌｉｚｅｄｄｉｓｃｒｉｍｉｎａｔｉｏｎ
6.the American Dream
7.the pioneering spirit
8.ｔｈｅｏｒｉｇｉｎｏｆＴｈａｎｋｓｇｉｖｉｎｇＤａｙ
9. ｔｈｅｍｅｌｔｉｎｇｐｏｔ
10.westword movement
II.Answer question
1.What is the diversity of the physical conditions and the people in the United States .
2. Why did many Europeans want to leave home and go to settle down in the New World after Columbus discovered America ?
3. What was the root cause of the Civil War ?
4. What was the New Deal program ? Why it was regarded as the most profound revolution in the history of American ecomomic policy ?
5.ＷｈａｔｍａｄｅｔｈｅＵｎｉｔｅｄＳｔａｔｅｓａｐｏｗｅｒｆｕｌｃｏｕｎｔｒｙｂｙｔｈｅｅｎｄｏｆｔｈｅＷｏｒｌｄＷａｒＩＩ?
6. Are Ａｍｅｒｉｃａｎｓｍａｔｅｒｉａｌｉｓｔｉｃｏｒｉｄｅａｌｉｓｔｉｃ？Why ?
７．ＨｏｗｄｏＡｍｅｒｉｃａｎｓｃｅｌｅｂｒａｔｅＣｈｒｉｓｔｍａｓ？ＷｈａｔａｒｅｓｏｍｅｏｆｔｈｅｃｕｓｔｏｍｓａｓｓｏｃｉａｔｅｄｗｉｔｈＣｈｒｉｓｔｍａｓ？
８．ＨｏｗｗｅｒｅｔｈｅＩｎｄｉａｎｓｔｒｅａｔｅｄｉｎＡｍｅｒｉｃａｎｈｉｓｔｏｒｙａｎｄｗｈａｔｉｓｔｈｅｓｉｔｕａｔｉｏｎｎｏｗ？
９．ＷｈａｔｉｓｔｈｅｃｏｍｍｏｎｐｒｅｄｉｃａｍｅｎｔｓｈａｒｅｄｂｙａｌｌｔｈｅＨｉｓｐａｎｉｃｐｏｐｕｌａｔｉｏｎ？
１０．Ｗｈａｔｉｓｔｈｅｒｅｌａｔｉｏｎｂｅｔｗｅｅｎｃｕｌｔｕｒｅａｎｄｌａｎｇｕａｇｅ by listing examples to illustrate ？
１１．ＨｏｗｄｏｅｓａｎＡｍｅｒｉｃａｎｕｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙｃｈｏｏｓｅｉｔｓａｐｐｌｉｃａｎｔｓ？
１２.ＷｈａｔａｒｅｔｈｅｉｄｅａｌｓｔｈａｔｇｕｉｄｅＡｍｅｒｉｃａｎｅｄｕｃａｔｉｏｎａｌｓｙｓｔｅｍ？
III . Ｌｉｓｔｔｈｅｂｏｏｋｓyou have read concerning with the subject .
ＬｉｓｔｔｈｅｂｏｏｋｓｃｏｎｃｅｒｎｉｎｇｗｉｔｈＡｍｅｒｉｃａｎｃｕｌｔｕｒｅ you have read (List the main idea in your own words and the influence on your English learning ).