Quiz About United States Flashcards
(40 cards)
What is the capital of the United States?
The capital of the United States is Washington, D.C.
What is the longest river in the USA?
The longest river is the Missouri River.
What countries border the USA?
Mexico and Canada border the United States.
Name three big cities.
New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, Las Vegas, Miami, San Francisco…
What is the official residence and workplace of the President?
The official residence of the President is the White House.
Describe the American flag (name(s), stars, stripes, nickname…)
The Stars and Stripes is composed of 13 stripes and 50 stars. The flag is widely seen in the US government offices and schools have flags flying from flagpoles, and many people have flags outside their houses, especially on Independence Day.
What do the 50 stars, and the 13 stripes stand for?
The 13 stripes (seven red and 6 white) represent the 13 first colonies and the 50 stars stand for
the 50 states.
Name 3 American symbols.
The Statue of Liberty, the American eagle/the Bald Eagle, Lincoln Memorial.
What is the national anthem?
The national anthem is the Star-Spangled Banner. It was written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, an
American lawyer, as he watched British ships trying without success to capture Fort McHenry in
Maryland during the War of 1812. He wrote the words and added the music of an old British
song. The US Congress oficially made it the country’s national anthem in 1931
Who was the first US President?
The first President was George WASHINGTON (1732-99). He was the President from 1789 to
1797. He is called ‘the Father of His Country’. His image appears on the dollar note and the 25-
cent coin.
Who was the first African American President?
Barack OBAMA was the first African American President (2008-2016). He belongs to the Democratic Party.
What is Independence Day and when is it celebrated?
Independence Day is celebrated on July 4th. On that day in 1776, the Continental Congress gave its approval to the Declaration of Independence. The day is celebrated with fireworks, outdoor meals, processions, flags and speeches.
When did the Civil War break out? What happened?
The Civil War broke out in 1861, and it ended in 1865. It was a war between the northern and the southern states of America. The northern states were called the abolitionists because they wanted to make slavery illegal, but the southern states refused. They wanted to have more power than the federal government, so they became secessionists. In 1860, Abraham LINCOLN became President, and the North won the war in 1865. General Robert E.LEE surrendered to General Ulysses S. GRANT.
Which president freed the slaves?
Abraham LINCOLN abolished slavery in the United States in 1865 with the 13th Amendment.
Who is the President of the United States?
Joe BIDEN is the President. He is a Democrat.
What are the two major political parties?
The Democratic Party (left-wing) and the Republican Party (right-wing). The symbol of the Democratic Party is a donkey. The symbol of the Republican Party is an elephant.
What does Washington, D.C mean?
It means ‘District of Columbia’.
Who were the first inhabitants?
The first inhabitants were the Native Americans.
What is the Mayflower?
The Mayflower was the ship in which about 150 pilgrims sailed from Plymouth in England to what is now the United States, in 1620. Today they are called the Pilgrim Fathers’.
What is Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It celebrated the first meal between the first settlers and the Indians in 1621. Indeed, when they arrived from England on the Mayflower in 1620, the first pilgrims could not find enough to eat and many of them died. But in the following summer Native Americans showed them what food was safe to eat, so that they could save food for the next winter. They held a big celebration to thank God and the Amerindians for the fact that they survived. It is traditional to have a large family meal with turkey, cranberry jelly, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pies.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The name was given to the long journey from Georgia to Oklahoma made in 1838 by the Cherokee and other Native American tribes. They were being forced by the US government to move to the Indian Territory (a land west of the Mississippi River where they were forced to go) and thousands died on the way.
What is Mount Rushmore?
Mount Rushmore is high rock cliff in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is famous for the very large heads of four US presidents in the rock: George WASHINGTON, Thomas JEFFERSON, Abraham LINCOLN, and Theodore ROOSEVELT. The heads are each about 60 feet (=18 meters) high and were designed by Gutzon BORGLUM and carved between 1927 and 1941.
What city is commonly nicknamed Big Apple’
New York is commonly nicknamed Big Apple
Who gave the Statue of Liberty to the USA?
It was designed by Frédéric Auguste BARTHOLDI and given to the US people by France in 1884. Its official name is ‘The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World’.
