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A) Juan Ponce de León, who arrived in Florida in 1513, is credited as be the first European to reach modern-day U.S. territory, although some evidence suggests that John Cabot might have reached what is presently New England in 1498.
B) In its beginnings, the United States consisted only of the Thirteen Colonies, which consisted of states occupying the same lands as when they were British colonies.
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A) Other prominent symbols include the beaver, Canada Goose, Common Loon, the Crown, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
B) Canada's official national sports has hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the summer.
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A) The people living there have been called Indians since then, though they have nothing in common with the real Indians - inhabitants of India.
B) Not until later was it understand that Columbus had discovered a new part of the world.
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A) The Spanish conquerors robbed and killed the natives without mercy.
B) They were enslaved, their states destroyed, their towns ruined.
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A) What did Alexis de Tocqueville note in his famous Democracy in America?
B) What question has been discussed for over a century?
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A) Who was surprised to hear the accusations of cultural ‘imperialism’ and ‘nationalism’?
B) What can American cultural history divided into?
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A) Canada's National symbols are influenced by natural, historical, and First Nations sources.
B) The use of the maple leaf as a Canadian symbol dates to the early 18th century.
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A) Many Broadway shows are perfect for family audiences; others require parental discretion.
B) Keep in mind that children under four years old are generally not admitting into Broadway theatres.
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А) A small ship "The Mayflower" left England.
В) After seven long weeks the people on "The Mayflower" saw land at last.
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А) Although many people died, the Pilgrims settlement survived the winter because of help from Indians who lived nearby.
В) The Indians taught the Pilgrims about corn and showed them where to fish.
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А) American colonists fought off their British colonists in the American Revolutionary War of the 1770s and issued a Declaration of Independence in 1776.
В) By 1912, with the admission of Arizona to the Union, the U.S. reached that goal.
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А) American media and entertainment is popular, if not dominant, in English Canada.
В) Many cultural products are marketed toward a unified "North American" or global market.
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А) Canada has a parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions.
В) Parliament is composed of The Crown, an elected House of Commons, and an appointed Senate.
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А) Canada is a constitutional monarchy, with The Crown acting as a symbolic or ceremonial executive.
В) The Crown consists of Queen Elizabeth II (legal head of state) and her appointed viceroys, the governor general (acting head of state), and provincial lieutenant-governors, who perform most of the monarch's ceremonial roles.
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А) Canada is a geographically vast and ethnically diverse country.
В) Canadian culture has also been greatly influenced by immigration from all over the world.
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А) Canada's six largest metropolitan areas—Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, and Edmonton—have franchises in the National Hockey League, and there are more Canadian players in the NHL than from all other countries combined.
В) Other popular spectator sports include curling and football; the latter is played professionally in the Canadian Football League.
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А) Each of the 59 American states established its own holidays.
В) The federal government, through the President and Congress, can legally set holidays only for federal employees and for the District of Columbia.
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А) Hockey is a national pastime and most popular spectator sport in the country.
В) Hockey is also the sport the most played by Canadians, with 1.65 million participants in 2004.
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А) In Halloween children dress in costumes as witches, TV characters and even computers and cereal boxes.
В) The windows of many houses have Halloween decorations and jack-o’-lanterns. (Jack-o’-lanterns are pumpkins that been carved with strange faces and have a candle inside.)
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А) In January 1621, there were already two streets in this first English settlement in the USA and they called the place New Plymouth.
В) When winter comes the life in New Plymouth became very hard and many of the settlers died.
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А) In New York, show tickets generally range from $10 to $100.
В) Touring Broadway show tickets usually run slightly less.
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А) It was called America after Amerigo Vespucci, a traveller who left a description of some places he seen there.
В) Some of the Indian peoples had a highly developing culture before the arrival of the Europeans.
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А) Many families puts up a Christmas tree and bake lots of special Christmas cookies.
В) Small children believes that their gifts come from Santa Claus.
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А) Members of the Senate, who seats apportioned on a regional basis, are chosen by the prime minister and formally appointed by the Governor General and serve until age 75.
В) Four parties had representatives elects to the federal parliament in the 2008 elections.
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А) Ratify in 1788, the Constitution serves as the supreme American law in organizing the government.
В) the Supreme Court is responsible for upholding Constitutional law.
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А) Relatively little is known of these early settlers compared to the Europeans who colonized the area after the first voyage of navigator Christopher Columbus in 1492 for Spain.
В) Columbus' men were also the first documented Old Worlders to land in the territory of the United States when they had arrived in Puerto Rico during their second voyage in 1493.
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А) Since World War II, as more women assumed jobs outside the home, eating out become a part of the American family's life-style.
В) With one hour as the average time allowed for lunch, if a worker does not bring food from home (commonly called a "brown bag lunch") a fast-food restaurant become the worker's choice.
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А) Thanksgiving is a day for families to come together.
В) Traditional foods are prepared for the feast - turkey or ham, corn dishes, breads and rolls, and a pumpkin pie.
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А) The countries of America were European colonies for many years.
В) Russians were the first Europeans to settle in north-west America.
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А) The great majority of English-speaking immigrants to Canada between 1755 and 1815 were Americans from the Thirteen Colonies.
В) During and immediately after the War of Independence, 46,000 American Loyalists had come to Canada.
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А) The Indians were drove out of the rich woodlands to treeless country.
В) One can lives only by farming in these reservations, but many tribes had never done any farming before.
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А) The sailors began a mutiny, afraid that they would not be able to return home.
В) Columbus was certain that the lands he had discovered were part of India, and he called these islands the West Indies.
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А) There is still many Indians in different parts of the United States nowadays.
В) Their homes today are mostly on the land where the white men decided the Indians must live.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Although it is clearly a generalization, it is useful to divide American cultural history into three broad stages.
В) While no clear dividing line separates them, and while various influences affected different cultural areas in different ways, they do have some historical validity.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Russians were the first Europeans to settle in north-west America.
В) In the second half of the 19th century all the American possessions of Russia sold by the tsar to the United States.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Since 1788, the primary basis of Australian culture has been Anglo-Celtic Western culture.
В) Distinctive Australian cultural features have also arisen from the country's natural environment and Indigenous cultures.
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А) The first known inhabitants of modern-day United States territory believed to have arriving over a period of several thousand years beginning sometime prior to 15,000 years ago by crossing the Bering land bridge into Alaska.
В) Solid evidence of these cultures settling in would what become the US is dated to at least 14,000 years ago.
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А) Why did some Americans wanted a cultural break with Europe?
В) What was Benjamin Franklin’s view in this point?
Americans say about __________ that he was "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen".
As recently as 8,000 years ______ Great Britain was joined to the continent.
Beefeater or the Queen's Guard are considered _______ be symbolic of Englishness.
Christopher Columbus, an experienced sailor, asked the king of _______ to fit him out with a fleet of ships so that he could look for a new route to India.
From the time of the scientific revolution, England and Scotland, and thereafter the United Kingdom, have _______prominent in world scientific and technological development.
In one room there was a little wooden desk _______ Shakespeare sat in when he went to the grammar school in Stratford.
In the 11th century England was conquered by the Normans, who had come from the north of____________ .
Morris dancers or the costumes for the traditional English May dance are cited _______ some as examples of traditional English costume.
Oxford was first occupied in Saxon times, and was initially ________ as "Oxenaforda", meaning "Ford of the Ox".
Speaking about American Revolutionary War ________ Independence we must say a few words about the first American president George Washington.
The arts in Britain are flourishing, and ___________ a varied and lively picture.
The best-known buildings designed by Christopher Wren are
The first place we _______ to was Shakespeare's birthplace—a small house with small rooms in the centre of Stratford.
The Saxons’ leader Robin Hood protected _______ poor and they were certain that he would help them as much as he could.
The spread of musical interest in Britain owes _________ to the British Broadcasting Corporation.
The University of Oxford is first __________ in 12th century records.
The world's largest museum is
The ________ discovered North America in the 10th century of our era (A.D.).
The _________ of Independence was adopted by the Congress on July 4, 1776.
Then we went to the church where Shakespeare is_________ .
There are _______ 900 museums and art galleries in Britain.
These colleges were established ________ a time when Europeans were starting to translate the writings of Greek philosophers.
Throughout Britain there are festivals and centres of _________ activity.
When his country needed him, George Washington left his "Mount Vernon", the house which he loved so much, and served seven years without pay as Commander-in-Chief of the _______ army.
When the war was over, _________ issued a proclamation to say that slavery was abolished.
Why did ________ Saxons hate the conquerors?
Why were common people certain that Robin Hood __________ protect them?
You can see the works by Van Dyck, Rubens, El Greco, Goya, Gainsborough and Leonardo da Vinci in
_________ May 10, 1775, George Washington was elected by the Congress to command the American army against the British forces.
After a stormy voyage across _________ Atlantic, their small ship, the "Mayflower", reached the shores of the new land.
George Washington is now called "The __________ of the United States".
In 1620, a group of people left England ________ America.
In 1776 the thirteen young American colonies united and began a war against England for freedom and independence, which was called the__________ .
Ratified in 1788, the ________serves as the supreme American law in organizing the government.
The American colonies grew bigger and bigger, they prospered, but they were for a long time ruled by_________.
The economy recovered, so much that the U.S. became a world superpower by the dawn of the ______ War.
The outlying states of Alaska and Hawaii ______ both admitted in 1959.
The Supreme Court is responsible ______ upholding Constitutional law.
Those early settlers built their first colonies and began to explore the new country which they called New_________ .
Up until about 9,000 years ago, Great Britain ________ joined to Ireland.
_______the Ronald Reagan administration for much of the 1980s, the government practiced supply-side economics.
___________ 4, 1776, is still celebrated as "the birthday" of the American nation, and is called Independence Day.