H5 US + Exam vocabulary

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4,5

United States

Today's progamme

1st hour

• Test your knowledge of the US

2nd hour

• Vocabulary practise

Geography

What is the capital of the USA?

1. Washington D.C.
2. Washington
3. New York
4. Los Angeles

How many stars does the American flag have?

1. 52
2. 50
3. 55
4. 32

United States is about ___ times bigger than Netherlands.

1. 40
2. 183
3. 237
4. 354

Which state has the most inhabitants?

1. Montana
2. New Jersey
3. California
4. Georgia

Politics

Congress comes together in the

1. Oval Office
2. Pentagon
3. Capitol
4. White House

Congress

Supreme court

POTUS

uitvoerende macht

rechterlijkemacht

wetgevende macht

What was the American Civil War largely about?

1. tax increases
2. poor living circumstances
3. lack of law and order
4. abolition of slavery

Which US presidents were carved into Mount Rushmore?

1. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln
2. Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhouwer, Ronald Reagan, George Bush
3. George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
4. Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, John Kennedy

Education

I The year before elementary school is kindergarten.
II All American teenagers do national exams for Maths, Reading, Writing.

1. I is true, II is false
2. I is false, II is false
3. Neither I nor II is true.
4. Both I and II are correct.

The test that American high school students have to do to enter university is called ____ .

1. AUT (Admission to University Test)
2. A-Levels (Advanded Level)
3. GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education)
4. SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test)

Cultural aspects

What is the name of this song?

Geluid

1. America the Great
2. Star Spangled Banner
3. God Bless the USA
4. Take me home, country roads

What do Americans celebrate on the 4th of July?

1. Thanksgiving Day
2. The Revolution
3. The Discovery of America
4. Independence Day

1929

1930s

1933-39

1941

1950s-1970s

2008

Wall Street Crash, de financiële beurs stort ineen.

 Great Depression, economische crisis die het gevolg was van een bankencrisis en internationale schuldencrisis.

New Deal, een groot economisch programma dat hervormingen doorvoert en werklozen en boeren ondersteunt.

Japanse aanval op Pearl Harbor.

Containment policy, de VS raakt betrokken bij oorlogen in Vietnam en Korea om verdere verspreiding van het communisme een halt toe te roepen.

Credit crunch, wereldwijde crisis op de financiële markten die in Amerika begon.

Name three things that you've learned about the US.

Most used sources on the 2018, 2019 & 2021 exams

- The Economist   
- The Guardian
- The New Yorker
- The Washington Post
- The Daily Telegraph
- Part of a book

Exam vocabulary

Linking words

www.gimkit.com

Trump is the ____ president of the United States.

1. former
2. indignant
3. junk
4. extent

We do not believe that the incidents are ____ .

1. concerned
2. associated
3. published
4. familiar

They might ask for help or, more ____ , just give up.

1. particularly
2. likely
3. especially
4. necessary

He was very ____ about the breakdown of his marriage.

1. scientific
2. apparent
3. published
4. matter-of-fact

Asbestos was formerly used in a ____ of products.

1. common
2. vast
3. variety
4. several

The children's _____ (= in a large store) sells a wide range of good quality clothes.

All members of the Cabinet are collectively _____ for decisions taken.

‘That will be useful,’ she snapped in a ____ manner (= she really thought it would not be useful at all).

A number of people in Britain and the US are _____ (= have nowhere to live). Many are forced to sleep on the streets (BrE also sleep rough or be a rough sleeper) because they have nowhere else to go.

Write a sentence with 8 extra words.
pessimistic - decade

Write a sentence with 8 extra words.
to prove - scene

Write a sentence with 8 extra words.
to demand - inquiry