The USA vs The UK Final test What

The USA vs The UK Final test

What is the capital of the UK? Birmingham Manchester London Edinburgh London

What countries make up the UK? 1) England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland 2) England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland 3) England, Wales, Scotland

Which country is famous for it's Lochs? 3) England 1) Northern Ireland 2) Wales 4) Scotland

The Hebrides are a large group of Islands off the coast of which country? Scotland Wales Northern Ireland England

What's the capital of the Republic of Ireland? Cardiff Dublin London Belfast

Where in Britain can you find Loch Ness? England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Scotland

What is the capital of Scotland? Glasgow Aberdeen Edinburgh Inverness Edinburgh

What is the highest mountain in Britain? Snowdon Ben Nevis Ben Macdhui Scafell Pike Ben Nevis

In which part of Britain can you find the Snowdonia National Park? Wales Scotland Northern Ireland England Wales

What is the flag of the UK called? Tricolore Union Jack Stars and Stripes United Kingdom Union Jack

What countries are presented on the flag? 1) England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland 2) England, Scotland, Ireland 3) England, Scotland, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland - St Patrick St Andrew - Scotland St George - England

In which part of the UK is the Lake District? England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland

1. London Bridge 2. Tower Bridge 3. Westminster Bridge 4. Waterloo Bridge What is it?

1. Tower of London 2. Westminster Abby 3. St. Paul’s Cathedral 4. Buckingham Palace

3. London eye 1. London circle 2. London wheel

4. Buckingham Palace 2. St. James's Palace 3. Kensington Palace 1. Palace of Westminster

3. Trafalgar Square 1. Soho Square 4. Piccadilly Circus 2. Parliament Square

1. Trafalgar Square 2. Piccadilly Circus 3. Covent Garden 4. Leicester Square

1. Queen Victoria 2. Queen Elizabeth II 3. Queen Elizabeth I 4. Queen Alexandra

1. Tony Blair 2. Gordon Brown 3. David Cameron What is he? Current Prime Minister was appointed on 11 May 2010

How many branches of power are existed? executive legislative judicial

What power does he represent? executive legislative judicial

1. The Palace of Westminster 2. The Houses of Parliament 3. Westminster Abby 4. St. Paul’s Cathedral

Legislative Executive Judicial What power does it represent?

Structure of Parliament The House of Lords The House of Commons

What’s the name of this flag? Flag of the United States Stars and Stripes Union Jack

How many stars are on the flag? What do they mean? The fifty stars represent the 50 states

How many stripes are on the flag? What do they mean? the 13 stripes represent the original thirteen colonies

What bird represents the USA? The Bald Eagle Andean Condor Flamingo

What is it? Where is it? What works there? The U.S. Capitol Congress in Washington, DC

What part does the Congress consist of? Senators and Representatives House of Commons and House of Lords State Duma and Federation Council Congress Senators Representatives from 50 states Create new laws

Main political parties? 1) Liberal party, Democratic, Republican 2) Democratic, Republican 3) Liberal party, Democratic

What symbol does Democrats have? elephant donkey

Who is the head of the state? president

What is the country's supreme legal document? Constitution Bill of Rights The Declaration of Independence

What president didn’t live here? George Washington

Mount Rushmore What is it? Crazy Horse Memorial

What controls schools? Government, local administration State Government, school boards Senate, Department of education

state governments School Boards control

What do school boards do? School Boards We are locally elected We are responsible for school curricula, funding, teaching, and other policies

What is Department of Education responsible for? 1)Educational standards 4) standardized testing 5) school curricula 2) funding 3) teaching

What countries does the USA border? 1)Russia, Canada, Mexico 2) Canada, Cuba, Mexico 3) Canada, Mexico

What waters is the USA washed by? Pacific ocean, Atlantic ocean, Arctic ocean Pacific ocean, Atlantic ocean Pacific ocean, Atlantic ocean, Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico Atlantic ocean Pacific ocean

What great rivers flow across the country? 1) Columbia R., Missouri R., Mississippi R., Colorado R., Hudson R., Potomac R., Ohio R., Arkansas R., Rio Grande R., Yukon R. St. Lawrence R. 2) Columbia R., Mississippi R., Colorado R. 3) Mississippi R., Colorado R., Hudson R., Potomac R.,

Rivers Hudson R. Potomac R. Mississippi R. Ohio R. Missouri R. Arkansas R. Colorado R. Columbia R. Yukon R. Rio Grande R. St. Lawrence R.

What was one of the first important documents in the history of democratic government in America? 1) the Mayflower Compact 2) the Stamp Act 3) the Declaration of Independence

What colony was the first to establish? 1) Virginia 2) Plymouth 3) Connecticut

The Colonial period ended with the start of … 1) the Revolutionary War 2) the Civil war 3) the War of 1812

The Civil War … 1) war between North and South 2) war for independence 3) war with Amerindians

The first President of the USA was 1) George Washington 2) Abraham Lincoln 3) Thomas Jefferson

He defeated John McCain and became the 44th President of the United States 1) George Walker Bush 2) Barack Obama 3) Bill Clinton