美国概况考试复习资料 问题及简答.docVIP

1. How many states in the US? 50states 2. Which is the largest state in the main land? Texas 3. Which is the largest state in the whole country? Alaska 4. The youngest state of the US Hawaii 5. How many colonies? The name of three parts. 13 New England Middle Atlantic States South Atlantic States 6. Try to describe the location of America. Northern Hemisphere North pacific Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean Mexico Canada 7. Three division geographically. Highlands Plain Mountains 8. The backbone of the America. - The highest peak. Rocky Mount Mitchell 9. The father of the water. Mississippi River 10. The great lakes Superior River Michigan River Huron River Erie River Ontario River 11. Crater Lake – The Deepest 12. The highest peak outside Alaska Mount Whitney 13. The capital city of America the famous river in Washington D.C Washington D.C the Potomac River 14. The largest city in the US the famous river in New York New York the Hudson River 15. The Melting Pot It is metaphorically used to refer to the United States because it is a country of many ethnic groups from different parts of the world, who came to the New World to seek for freedom in politics or religion. They have been dissipating their different ethic cultures toward some “standard” by living and working together in the “melting pot” of the United States and gradually forming a new nation. 16. The first colony White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs) 17. The first west people Anglo Saxon 18. The largest ethnic-racial minority group African-American 19. The freedom of black people Lincoln Emancipation of Declaration in 1863 20. Hispanics refer to Spanish 21. The Constitution Was framed in Philadelphia in 1787 and ratified in 1789. This is the first constitution in the world. 22. Check and balance The Constitution follows two principles: the federal system the “separation of powers.” Two principles: federal;