American Cultural Studies American People

1. The United States has the _________ largest population in the world. 2. In 2010, population in the US was ___________. 3. Who were the first people on the American continent? 4. Where and when did they come from? 5. How many Native Americans are there in the US? 6. Where do Native Americans live? 7. What are the major problems of Native Americans? 8. When did the British start settling? 9. Whose culture was the foundation on which America was built? 10. In which period was immigration from Africa the largest? 11. What is the peculiarity of African immigration? 12. How many slaves were brought from Africa from 1620 to 1820? 13. What are the major problems of African Americans? 14. When did immigration from northern and western Europe begin? 15. What were the main reasons of immigration from northern and western Europe? 16. From which northwestern European countries did most immigrants come from? 17. Where did they settle? 18. in the years 1870-1930, what part of the world did many immigrants come from? 19. From which southeastern European countries did most immigrants come from? 20. How many Serbs are there in the US? 21. Which city is the Serbian stronghold in America? 22. What two parts of the world are most immigrants from today? 23. What are the three main groups of Hispanic Americans? 24. When did Asians start immigrating to the US? 25. What is the melting pot? 26. What is mosaic? 27. What is the name of the political system in the US? 28. What written document set up the basic government of the US? 29. When was it written? 30. Why does the US Constitution work as well today as when it was written? 31. What is federalism? Explain. 32. Which are the three branches of the US government? 33. Explain the legislative branch. 34. Explain the executive branch. 35. Explain the judicial branch. 36. What is the system of checks and balances? 37. How is state government organized? 38. What are the two major political parties in the US? 39. Who is the president, vice president and secretary of state of the USA? 40. What is the free enterprise system? 41. A basic American principle is the separation of ________ and _________. 42. What is the official religion in the US?

43. Most Americans belong to __________ religion. 44. Among Christians, there are more _________ then _________. 45. What is a dual earning family? 46. What is a single-parent family? 47. What is a reconstituted family? 48. What is the generation gap? 49. Describe the educational system in America. 50. New Years Day. 51. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 52. Presidents Day. 53. Memorial Day. 54. Independence Day. 55. Labor Day. 56. Columbus Day. 57. Halloween. 58. Thanksgiving Day. 59. Christmas.