DBH 2, All about the USA

A Number the sentences in chronological order.

      ...... a. The American Civil War began.

      ...... b. The first flight took place at Kitty Hawk.

      ...... c. The Mayflower arrived in America.

      ...... d.        The colonies declared independence from Great Britain.

      ...... e. Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.

      ...... f. A man killed John F.Kennedy.

      ...... g. The US government moved to Washington, D.C.

 7 points (1 point each) 

B  Write the name of the correct person in each sentence.

Johnny Appleseed      Napoleon      Abraham Lincoln      Edward Teach      Martin Luther King
John F. Kennedy     Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi      George Washington

1. .......................................... sold land to the USA for $15 million.

2. .......................................... ended slavery.

3. .......................................... was the first president of the USA.

4. .......................................... designed the Statue of Liberty.

5. .......................................... was one of the youngest men to become a US president.

6. .......................................... gave a famous speech in Washington, D.C.

7. .......................................... planted apple trees in the USA.

8. .......................................... attacked ships on the east coast of America in the early
18th century.

 8 points (1 point each) 

C Match A and B to form sentences.

A       1. The Grand Canyon became       2. The Civil War divided       3. The Wright brothers flew       4. Philadelphia was       5. The US government forced       6. Harper Lee wrote       7. Carrie is       8. NASA sent       9. The Super Bowl is     10. Steve Jobs invented

B ...... a. Stephen King’s first novel. ...... b. iPhones, iPads and iPods. ...... c. a national park in 1919. ...... d. the Pathfinder to explore Mars. ...... e. the American people. ...... f. the Cherokee people to leave their homes. ...... g. the first plane. ...... h. the capital of the USA before 1800. ...... i.  a book about racism in the 1930s. ...... j.  an important sporting event.

 20 points (2 points each) 

D Answer the questions about the story.

1. What did the Native Americans teach the pilgrims?

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2. Why did the colonists fight the British?

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3. What does the Statue of Liberty symbolise?

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4. Why has the US flag got 50 stars and 13 stripes?

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5. How do people celebrate Thanksgiving in the USA?

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 15 points (3 points each)