- •What are three main documents of American democracy?
- •In what epoch of American political life did the “system of spoils” flourish?
- •What are the three branches of power in the usa?
- •How many were the states, which founded the usa? Can you name some of them?
- •How many are there states in the usa?
- •Was Benjamin Franklin the president of the usa?
- •7. What is the number of Ministries (Departments) of the administration of the us president?
- •15 Departments:
- •8. What is the term of office of an American Senator? a congressman?
- •9. When was the first University founded in America?
- •10. What is “the Yvy League”?
- •11. What is the main national holiday in the usa?
- •12. When was the War for Independence fought?
- •1775-1783 Revolutionary War.
- •12. When was the War for Independence fought?
- •How many are the amendments to the us Constitution?
- •When was the last amendment to the us Constitution adopted?
- •27 Amendments to the us Constitution:
- •Which of the two houses of the Congress has the right to impose new taxes?
- •What was the legitimate justification of serving ties with Great Britain?
- •What Russian Enlightener admired the Constitution of Pennsylvania?
- •What are the symbols of the Democratic and the Republican parties?
- •19. What great American said: “The best government is that which governs least”?
- •20. Do Americans have direct elections of the President?
- •21. What is an electoral college? What is the number of electors in the state of Rhode Island?
- •22. What elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November? And the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December every leap year?
- •23. When is the Inauguration ceremony held?
- •24. Who was the first President of the us?
- •25. Where are nominees for the president selected?
- •26. When was the Democratic Party founded? Who was the first President elected from the Democratic Party?
- •27. When did Abraham Lincoln become President? What event is connected with his name?
- •28. Who chairs the Senate?
- •29. What is the State Department? Who is the State Secretary now?
- •30. What is the capital of the state of New York?
- •31. On what river is New York situated? Washington?
- •32. What was the first name of New York?
- •33. In what city is Berkeley University situated? Is it a public or private university?
- •34. In what city is Columbia University situated?
- •35. In what part of the country are the Appalachian Mountains situated? The Rocky Mountains?
- •36. What are the six states of New England? (V., r.I., m., n.H., m., c.).
- •37. Could you name some Indian tribes?
- •38. In what state is Washington situated?
- •39. How many are the stripes on the American flag?
- •52. When are Democratic and Republican Conventions usually held?
- •53. Who chairs the House of Representatives?
- •54. What is the most northern of the Great Lakes?
- •55. What is “Relocation”?
- •56. When were «The New Deal » programs carried out? What is the wpa?
33. In what city is Berkeley University situated? Is it a public or private university?
The University of California is a system of public universities in California, U.S., with campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz.
The university traces its origins to the private College of California, founded in 1855 in Oakland. In 1868 the college merged with the Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College (which had been established as a land-grant school in 1866) to form the University of California; in 1873 the university moved to Berkeley. Over time, other schools became part of the system. A 26-member board of regents governs the system, which has a total enrollment of approximately 200,000.
Berkeley, the main campus of the system, has about 33,000 students. Its 14 schools and colleges include those for optometry, public health, social welfare, public policy, natural resources, journalism, and environmental design and offer some 300 degree programs. A major research institution, it operates the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, the Energy Institute, the International Computer Science Institute, and the Space Sciences Laboratory; the system also operates (under federal contract) the nearby Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The campus has museums of art, entomology, zoology, anthropology, and paleontology. Its faculty has included many distinguished scientists, such as Nobel laureates Luis W. Alvarez (physics) and Glenn T. Seaborg (chemistry). (Britannica)
34. In what city is Columbia University situated?
Columbia University is the major private institution of higher education in New York, New York, U.S. It is one of the Ivy League schools. Founded in 1754 as King's College, it was renamed Columbia College when it reopened in 1784 after the American Revolution. It became Columbia University in 1912. (Britannica)
35. In what part of the country are the Appalachian Mountains situated? The Rocky Mountains?
The Appalachian Mountain is a great highland system of North America, the eastern counterpart of the Rocky Mountains. Extending for almost 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometres) from the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador to central Alabama in the United States, they form a natural barrier between the eastern Coastal Plain and the vast Interior Lowlands of North America.
Rocky Mountains is a mountain range forming the cordilleran backbone of the great upland system that dominates the western North American continent. Generally, the ranges included in the Rockies stretch from northern Alberta and British Columbia southward to New Mexico, a distance of some 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometres). In places the system is 300 or more miles wide. Limits are mostly arbitrary, especially in the far northwest, where mountain systems such as the Brooks Range of Alaska are sometimes included. The Rockies are bordered on the east by the Great Plains and on the west by the Interior Plateau and Coast Mountains of Canada and the Columbia Plateau and Basin and Range Province of the United States.