Questions for the final examination (25 items)
American Beginnings
1.What were the new and powerful social forces which led to the awakening of
Europe and the discovery of America?’
2.What was the unique American phenomenon? How did it come into being? Do
you think it still exists in today’s American society?
3.In what way did Puritanism influence American culture?
4.In what way did the pattern of founding of Maryland influence American culture? The Political System
1.What is a federal system?
2.How did the delegates from the early British colonies design the constitution?
3.What were the two main fears shared by Americans while writing the constitution
and how did they deal with them?
4.What is the Executive Branch?
5.What is the Bill of Rights? Why is it necessary to write the Bill of Rights
explicitly into the US Constitution?
Economy
1.What is the current economic position of America in the world?
2.What are the five stages of industrial development?
3.What are the roots of affluence in America?
4.What are the main sectors of industry in America? Name some of the important
cities representing each sector.
Education
1.How did America change the way of education to teach the children to be world
citizens?
2.How do Americans apply for a university?
3.What are the categories of higher institutions in America?
4.What factors that determine the best prestige of a university?
5.How to select a college or a university? Name all the members of the Ivy League.
6.Explain why Americans respect education.
7.What degrees do undergraduate colleges and graduate schools offer?
American Way of Life
1.What are the stereotypes about the USA?
2.What are the metaphors that have been used as the national self-images and why
did they lose their credibility?
3.Why is the Internet an up-to-date metaphor used to encapsulate the USA?
4.Why is America said to be a society of violence? What is the NRA?
5.What are the reasons for the changing marriage pattern in the USA? What is its
effect on USA way of life?
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