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TEST

1. How many states does the United States of America comprise of?

a) 50 b) 14 c) 49

2. Where is Washington, the federal capital, located?

a) in the State of Washington

b) in the District of Columbia

c) in the State of New York

3. What do American people call the national flag?

a) the Stars and Bars,

b) the Union Jack

c) the Stars and Stripes

4. How many stars and stripes does the American national flag have?

a) 50 stars and 13 stripes

b) 13 stars and 50 stripes

c) 20 stars and 15 stripes

5. What are the mottos of the USA?

a) God save our gracious Queen

b) “E plurubus unum”, “In God we trust”

c) “Liberty enlightening the World”

6. What are the two leading national parties in the USA?

a) the Republican Party and the Democratic Party

b) the Conservative Party and the Labour Party

c) the Green Party and the Prohibition Party

7. What chambers does Congress consist of?

a) the Supreme Court and the Federal Court

b) The House of Representatives and the Senate

c) The House of Commons and the House of Lords

8. What is the highest mountain in the USA?

a) Mount Vernon

b) Mount Whitney

c) Mount McKinley

9. What is the longest river in the USA?

a) the Tennessee

b) The Mississippi

c) The Colorado

10. When did Christopher Columbus discover America?

a) in 1000

b) in1492

c) in1607

11. When did the American people celebrate Thanksgiving Day?

a) in November

b) in July

c) in September

12. Who do Americans call the Pilgrim Fathers?

a) the Puritans who arrived in America aboard the ship Mayflower

b) people who make a journey to a holy place for a religious reason

c) the native Americans

13. Which of the American presidents are honored on Presidents Day?

a) George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

b) Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt

c) George Washington and Abraham Lincoln

14. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

a) on 4 July, 1776

b) on 12 October, 1492

c) on 30 April, 1789

15. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a) George Washington

b) Thomas Jefferson

c) Benjamin Franklin

16. When was the Constitution of the United States adopted?

a) in 1791

b) in 1787

c) in 1776

17. What tragic event made the USA declare war on Japan in 1941?

a) the German bombing raids on Great Britain

b) the Japanese invasion into Machuria

c) the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

18. What tragic event happened on September 11, 2001?

a) the Twin Towers in New York were destroyed by terrorists.

b) The America war in Afghanistan began.

c) The American war in Iraq started.

19. What is the oldest university in the USA?

a) the University of California

b) Harvard University

c) Princeton University

20. What products are made in Silicon Valley?

a) medical tools

b) computers

c) steel

21. What is the name of the building of the US department of Defense?

a) the Mission Control Centre

b) the Pentagon

c) the War Ministry

22. Where does the American President live and work?

a) in the City Hall

b) in the White House

c) in the Capitol

23. Where is the statue of Liberty located?

a) in New York Harbor

b) in Washington Mall

c) on Broadway in New York

24. Who created the Statue of Liberty?

a) Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

b) Frank Lloyd Wright

c) Pierre L’Enfant

25. Which of the famous American presidents are calved in Mount Rushmore in South Dacota?

a) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt

b) George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, Andrew Jackson

c) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt

26. Where are the United Nations Headquarters are situated?

a) in Washington

b) in New York

c) in Philadelphia

27. Where is Hollywood, the centre of the US film industry, located?

a) in Los Angeles, California

b) in Miami, Florida

c) in Boston, Massachusetts

28. What is the symbol of US financial power?

a) Times Square

b) Pennsylvania Avenue

c) Wall Street

29. Where is the Metropolitan Museum of Art located?

a) in Washington

b) in Atlanta

c) in New York

30. The Scotish man who lived most of his life in the USA, who invented the telephone

a) Benjamin Franklin

b) Christopher O’Donnel

c) Alexander Bell

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