The United States of America. (2nd level)

1. Where is the highest peak in the USA?

a) in the Appalachian Mountains c) in the Highland regions

b) in the Cordillera d) in Sierra Nevada

2. What is the main river which flows into the Gulf of Mexico?

a) The Colorado c) The Mississippi

b) The Columbia d) The Saint Lawrence River

3. Which Lake doesn’t belong to the five Great Lakes?

a) Lake Superior c) The Great Salt Lake

b) Lake Huron d) Lake Ontario

4. What river connects the Five Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean?

а) The Hudson River c) the Colorado

b) The Saint Lawrence River d) the Ohio

5. How are the central lowlands called?

a) The Mississippi valley c) the eastern lowlands

b) the prairie d) The Missouri valley

6. Where is Hollywood, the center of the US film business?

Not far from:

a) New York c) San Francisco

b) Detroit d) Los Angelis

7. One of the first towns which was built on the Atlantic coast of America

a) Boston c) Chicago

b) Washington d) New York

8. It is a big port and a shipbuilding centre:

a) Detroit c) Philadelphia

b) San Francisco d) New York

9. Fresh fruit and vegetables come all the year round from the southern regions of

a) Alabama c) Arizona

b) Florida d) Virginia

10. The present constitution was proclaimed in 1787 in

a) Washington c) Philadelphia

b) New York d) San Francisco

11. The oldest political party is

a) The Republican Party c) The Communist Party

b) The Democratic Party d) The Conservative Party

12. The senators are elected to serve for a period of

a) 6 c) 4

b) 2 d) 3

13. How many senators are there in Congress?

a) 50 c) 435

b) 100 d) 200

14. Who was the leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP)?

a) John Brown c) Paul Robeson

b) Martin Luther King d) Abraham Lincoln

15. What is the largest state in the USA compared to all other states?

a) California c) Texas

b) Alaska d) Nevada

16. The First State to ratify the Constitution of the US was

a) Delaware с) Nebraska

b) Illinois d) Washington

17. The Land of Lincoln is

a) Washington c) Kansas

b) Illinois d) New York

18. The Bread and Butter State and The Wheat State is

a) Minnesota c) Kansas

b) New Jersey d) Alabama

19. The poorest district of New York, where more than one million Negroes lives is

a) Manhattan c) Harlem

b) Broadway d) Brooklyn

20. When Maxim Gorky visited the city of gold in 1906 he called it “The City of Yellow Devil”. What city is it?

a) San Francisco c) Chicago

b) Washington d) New York

21 What holiday do the Americans celebrate on the 4^th of July?

a) Thanksgiving Day c) Independence Day

b) Memorial Day d) Decoration Day

22 Who is the inventor of the electric lamps and the gramophone?

a) Alva Edison c) Henry Ford

b) Michael Faraday d) Alexander Graham Bell

23 In what game do the teams wear special clothing and helmets?

a) football b) baseball c) Soccer d) softball

24 Who is the game of golf played by?

a) men b) women c) children d) both men and women

25 The water of the Niagara River is falling from a hill… metres high

a) 25 b) 57 c) 50 d) 72