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Lecture 8: The 1980s and 1990s, The End of the American Century<\/strong><\/p>\n

Correct multiple choice answers are underlined.<\/p>\n

1. The building of nuclear weapons was part of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the arms race\u00e2\u20ac\u009d between the US and the USSR.\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

2. Mikhail Gorbachev believed that the USSR had a strong economy and could win the arms race against the US.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8FALSE<\/p>\n

3. Year that Gorbachev met Reagan to sign a treaty limiting nuclear missiles:
\n(a)1980 (b) 1970 (c) 1987<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Actions taken by Gorbachev in 1988:
\n(a) destruction of the Berlin Wall
\n(b) withdrawal of soldiers from Afghanistan<\/span>
\n(c) retiring of about 2500 nuclear missiles<\/p>\n

5. With the end of the Cold War, many Americans celebrated the victory of capitalism and democracy.\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

6. The US economy was strong during the 1980s.\u00c2\u00a0 FALSE<\/p>\n

7. In the 1980s, Americans shopped and used credit cards; media celebrated the lives of the rich.\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

8. American families had higher rates of divorce; there were more single parent families in the 1980s.\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

9. Percentage of single parent families among African Americans in 1990:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (a) 50 % (b) 60 %<\/span> (c) 15 %<\/p>\n

10. Many Americans questioned the lifestyles developed among youth in the 1960s, including:
\n(a) the use of drugs<\/span> (b) traditional marriage (c) rock and roll music<\/p>\n

11. Women and minorities, including African Americans, made important social advances during the 1980s and 1990s.\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

12. Home entertainment expanded with cable television, new specialty channels and the video
\ncassette in the 1980s.\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

13. Year the personal computer was introduced by Apple:
\n(a) 1980 (b) 1977<\/span> (c) 1990<\/p>\n

14. Percentage of households with PCs by the end of the 1990s:
\n(a) 15 % (b) 41 % (c) over 50 %<\/span><\/p>\n

15. The Internet is a Cold War communication technology that was opened for commercial use in 1995.\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lecture 7: The 1960s and 1970s, Changing Times<\/strong>
\nCorrect multiple choice answers are underlined.<\/p>\n

1.The hydrogen bomb (H-Bomb) was many times more \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8powerful than the atomic bomb (A-Bomb) used against \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8Japan.TRUE<\/p>\n

2. The year the Soviet Union (USSR) developed its H-Bomb: (a) 1952 (b) 1957 (c) 1953<\/span><\/p>\n

3. After the launch of Sputnik, the US government worried\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 that the USSR could use space to launch missiles at the\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 US. TRUE<\/p>\n

4. By the late 1950s, the US and the USSR had enough \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8nuclear weapons to destroy Earth. FALSE (by the 1960s)<\/p>\n

5. Name of communist leader in Cuba:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 (a) Kennedy (b) Castro<\/span> (c) Kruschev<\/p>\n

6. In 1961, the US supported a successful invasion of Cuba\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 by Cuban expatriates.\u00c2\u00a0 FALSE (The invasion failed.)<\/p>\n

7. The year the US learned there were Soviet missiles in\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 Cuba:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0 (a) 1961 (b) 1962<\/span> (c) 1963<\/p>\n

8. The US declared that an attack from Cuba would be\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 considered an attack from the USSR and trigger a war.\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

9. Duration of the Cuban missile crisis: (a) 10 days<\/span> (b) 2 weeks (c) one month<\/p>\n

10. Which was NOT a main reason for the the US and\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 USSR pursuing the Space Race, according to the \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 lecture?
\n(a) national pride (b) technological progress<\/span> (c) \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8military advantage<\/p>\n

11. The year Apollo 11 landed on the moon: (a) 1967 (b) 1969<\/span> (c) 1961<\/p>\n

12. Number of people crossing from East to West \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8Berlin each week in 1961: (a) 100, 000 (b) 20, 000 (c) 10, 000<\/span><\/p>\n

13. American intervention in Vietnam was part of its \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8policy of containment against communism. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8TRUE<\/p>\n

14. Number of soldiers in Vietnam by 1968: (a) 100, 000 (b) 500, 000<\/span> (c) 1, 000, 000<\/p>\n

15. Television news showed the cruelty of the war and\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 as a result many Americans became opposed to the war in Vietnam. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8TRUE<\/p>\n

16. Total number of protesters killed or wounded at Kent State in 1970.
\n(a) 10 (b) 4 (c) 14 (4 killed, 10 wounded)<\/span><\/p>\n

Lecture 6: Hot and Cold Wars<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Second World War, which began in 1939, (1) ended<\/span> the Great Depression in the United States. The U.S. did not enter the war immediately but supplied (2) weapons<\/span> to England and its allies until 1941 after Japan’s (3) attack<\/span> on Pearl Harbor.
\nTrue or False: The U.S.economy was weak after World War II. FALSE
\nThe Cold War: The United States’ policy of (1) containment<\/span> in Cold War was an attempt to stop the spread of (2) communism<\/span> by the USSR. At home, in the U.S., Senator Joseph A. McCarthy began a campaign against (3) suspected communists<\/span> .
\nPost-War Affluence: The post-war era was a time of (4) prosperity<\/span> for white Americans. Children born after the war were members of the (5) ‘baby-boom<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 generation. Television was an important influence on families and their values, while rock and roll was an important part of the new (6) youth culture<\/span> .
\nThe Civil Rights Movement: During the 1950s, 13<\/span> million African Americans in the U.S faced discrimination in jobs, housing and education. In 1954<\/span>,\u00c2\u00a0 the Supreme Court of the US ruled that the segregation of black and white children in schools was illegal.<\/p>\n

In December of 1955<\/span> a woman named Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest led to a bus boycott organized by Martin Luther King Jr.\u00c2\u00a0 In 1956<\/span>, the boycott ended and segregation on buses was made illegal.<\/p>\n

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Lecture 5: Boom and Bust<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The decade of the 1920s is sometimes called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the roaring twenties\u00e2\u20ac\u009d because it was a time of prosperity, a time of\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8great change and energy in the United States. \u00c2\u00a0 TRUE
\n2. Why was America prosperous in the 1920s? Check the reasons that you hear:<\/p>\n

……….. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0American farmers were poor
\n.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8… X … \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 American factories supplied weapons to European countries during the First World War
\n.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8… X … \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The American economy was well organized for production after the war
\n.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8………. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The US owed a lot deal of money to European nations
\n.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8… X … \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The US was rich in natural resources, and its industrial economy had been growing since the\u00e2\u20ac\u00a819th century.<\/p>\n

3. What is a consumer society?<\/p>\n

Consumer society is a society in which people buy most everything they need.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Why were times tough for immigrants and farmers in the US? Choose two.<\/p>\n

………. Industrial production was high, and farmers did not have clocks or electric power
\n.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8… X … Immigrants working in factories did not make a lot of money
\n.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8… X … Some farmers did not own their own land; the European market for goods after the
\nwar was weak
\n.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8………. Immigrants had to pay extra taxes, and farmers worked long hours for very little
\npay.<\/p>\n

5. Social reformers pressured the government to make drinking and selling alcohol illegal, but Prohibition helped create\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8organized crime in the US. TRUE
\n6. What is a speakeasy? Write your answer below.<\/p>\n

A speakeasy was a kind of bar, usually secret, where people could go to drink alcohol (illegally).<\/span><\/p>\n

Short Reading on “The Movies”<\/p>\n

I. Fill in the missing words in the reading.<\/p>\n

In the 1920s American movies filled the cinema screens of the world. Most were made in Hollywood, a suburb of the city of Los Angeles in California. Hollywood’s big attraction<\/span><\/strong> for film- makers was its clean air and plentiful sunshine. The movies made there were bright and clear. By the 1920s it had become the film-making capital of the world.<\/p>\n

Hollywood movies were made by large companies called studios. The men who ran these studios were businessmen and their main aim was to make as much money as possible. They soon found that one way to do this was to standardize<\/strong><\/span>\u00c2\u00a0 their films. When audiences had shown that they liked a certain kind of film, the studios made many more of exactly the same kind.
\nAnother<\/strong><\/span> sure way for a studio to make money was to turn its actors into “stars.” Stars were actors who were so popular that people went in crowds to see any film they appeared in, no matter<\/strong><\/span> how good or bad it was. A famous star could make any movie a certain success. So the studios went to great lengths to make their actors into stars. They encouraged fan magazines. They set up special publicity departments to get stories about their actors into the newspapers.
\nThe movies of the 1920s were silent. They spoke in pictures, not words, and so their language was international. All over<\/span><\/strong> the world, from Berlin to Tokyo, from London to Buenos Aires, tens of millions of people lined up every night of the week to see their favorite Hollywood stars–and, without realizing it, to be Americanized.<\/p>\n

Hollywood movies showed people a world that was more exciting, more free, more equal, than their own. To most people this world of the movies remained a dream world<\/span><\/strong>, separate from real life. But to some it became more. It made them realize, however dimly, that perhaps their own conditions of life could be improved.<\/p>\n

II. How did Hollywood movie studios increase the popularity of their films?Explain two methods.<\/p>\n

(a) Movie companies standardized the production of films. In other words, they would copy or repeat successful stories or plots.<\/p>\n

(b) Studios also created “stars” — famous actors — by distributing publicity about them through magazines and newspapers. The lives of the stars attracted audiences to the movies.<\/p>\n

Lecture 4: Assimilation and Immigration\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8<\/strong>
\nCorrect multiple choice answers are underlined.<\/p>\n

1. America has accepted more immigrants than any other country in the world.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

2. Reason why people left Ireland in the 1840s:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0 (a) famine<\/span> (b) war (c) religious persecution<\/p>\n

3. Number of Irish who arrived in the US in 1847:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0 (a) about 740, 000 (b) about 13 million \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8(c) about 118, 000<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Number of Americans with German ancestors:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0 (a) one in three<\/span> (b) one in four (c) one in ten<\/p>\n

5. Before 1880 most immigrants came from countries in northern Europe\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

6. Between 1880 and 1925 about 5.7 million Jewish people left Europe because of religious persecution.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 FALSE (about 2 million)<\/p>\n

7. Information about Ellis Island that is NOT true:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8(a) about 2000 people arrived each day\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 (b) closed in 1954 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8(c) over 200 million people entered by Ellis Island (20 million)\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Americans welcomed immigrants from Asia and praised their willingness to work for low wages. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 FALSE<\/p>\n

9. Reason why Chinese people came to the US: \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0 (a) famine (b) work<\/span> (c) religious persecution<\/p>\n

10. Maximum annual number of immigrants allowed under the Reed-Johnson Act (1924):\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8(a) 87% (b) 150, 000<\/span> (c) 20 million<\/p>\n

11. America’s share of global industrial production in 1913:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0 (a) one third<\/span> (b) one quarter (c) one half<\/p>\n

12. Immigration benefitted industrial growth and profits in the US. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

13. NOT part of Henry Ford’s production system:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0 (a) standardization (b) assembly line\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 (c) 12 hours to \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8complete one car<\/span><\/p>\n

14. NOT a living or working condition of immigrants in cities:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0 (a) long work hours\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 (b) high wages<\/span> (c) dirty, overcrowded \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8neighborhoods<\/p>\n

15. Groups trying to improve living and working conditions in the US:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0 (a) the square deal\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8(b) capitalism (c) the Progressive movement<\/span><\/p>\n

Lecture 3: The Civil War and Reconstruction<\/strong>
\nCorrect multiple choice answers are underlined.<\/p>\n

1.There were over 1, 000, 000 African-American slaves in\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 the US in 1810.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

2. Major crop grown in the South:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 (a) cotton<\/span> (b) wheat (c) potatoes<\/p>\n

3. Owner of slaves who was unhappy about the institution\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 of slavery:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8(a) Dred Scott (b) John Brown (c) Thomas Jefferson<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Name of state where slavery was illegal:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 (a) new state (b) the Confederacy (c) free state<\/span><\/p>\n

5. The Fugitive Slave Act (1850) gave slave owners the \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8right to recapture runaway slaves.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

6. Republican party candidate (later president) opposed to slavery:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 (a) John Brown (b) Abraham Lincoln<\/span> (c) Robert E. Lee<\/p>\n

7. Name of group of Southern states that declared independence in 1861:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 (a) the Confederacy (b) the Union (c) the Free States<\/p>\n

8. The Underground Railroad was a subway system \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8connecting the east and west coasts.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 FALSE<\/p>\n

9. Experienced Southern military leader:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 (a) Ulysses S. Grant (b) John Brown (c) Robert E. Lee<\/span><\/p>\n

10. The South had a larger, better equipped army than \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8the North.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 FALSE<\/p>\n

11. Southern capital city captured by the Union army in\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 1865:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 (a) Union (b) Richmond<\/span> (c) New Orleans<\/p>\n

12. Number of casualties in the Civil War:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 (a) about 600, 000<\/span> (b) about 1.2 million (c) about 21 million<\/p>\n

13. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution gave \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8African-Americans all rights of citizenship, including\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 the right to vote. However, most southern states \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8refused to accept the amendment.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

14. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at the theater on \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8April 14th, 1865.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 TRUE<\/p>\n

15. Name of Southern laws restricting African \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8Americans:\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 (a) Civil Rights (b) black codes<\/span> (c) 14th Amendment<\/p>\n

TOEFL-style Reading Questions:<\/p>\n

1. Choose the best title for this passage.
\n(a) The Great American Desert
\n(b) Zebulon Pike and the Great American Desert<\/span>
\n(c) Better Methods of Cultivation
\n(d) Zebulon Pike and the Spanish<\/p>\n

2. Which fact below is NOT true?
\n(a) Pike discovered a mountain which now bears his name.
\n(b) Pike thought the middle region of the US was unsuitable for growing food.
\n(c) Advances in farming methods made it possible to grow food in the area.
\n(d) The Spanish assisted Pike in his journey across their territory.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. The phrase \u00e2\u20ac\u0153little better than\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in line 12 is closest in meaning to
\n(a) less than
\n(b) smaller than
\n(c) not much more than<\/span>
\n(d) only if<\/p>\n

4. The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153richest\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in line 16 is closest in meaning to
\n(a) most wealthy
\n(b) most productive<\/span>
\n(c) most important
\n(d) most advanced<\/p>\n

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Lecture 2: Westward Expansion and Industrialization
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

II. Comprehension Questions: Listen to the lecture and answer the questions below.<\/strong>
\n1. FALSE<\/span> After independence, the central government of the U.S. was very weak.<\/p>\n

2. \u00c2\u00a0TRUE<\/span> The 55 leaders who met in 1787 to write the new constitution were rich men who owned land.<\/p>\n

3. Why did the US adopt a federal system with three branches of government?<\/p>\n

a. America was recognized as an independent country.<\/p>\n

b. Americans had no feeling of national identity.<\/p>\n

c. Americans believed a balance of power would prevent domination.<\/span><\/p>\n

d. The central government was weak.<\/p>\n

4. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in 1791<\/span>.<\/p>\n

5. TRUE As settlers moved west, there was much fighting with the Amerindians.<\/p>\n

6. FALSE The Indian Removal Act was a law that protected the land of the Cherokee people.<\/p>\n

7. Which territory was NOT acquired by America in the west between 1803 and 1848?<\/p>\n

a. California \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 b. Canada<\/span> \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 c. Louisiana\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 d. Oregon<\/p>\n

8. The Homestead Act offered settlers:<\/p>\n

a. gold<\/p>\n

b. train transportation from east to west<\/p>\n

c. 160 acres of free land<\/span><\/p>\n

d. cattle<\/p>\n

9. By 1890, the center of manufacturing in the US was in<\/p>\n

a. the south<\/p>\n

b. the northeastern states<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Georgia<\/p>\n

d. California<\/p>\n

Short Reading Practice<\/strong>
\nThis short reading is from your textbook, page 35. The questions that follow are in the style of the TEOFL ITP Test, Section 3, Reading Comprehension.<\/p>\n

The Constitution and the Bill of Rights illustrated two different sides of American political life. On the one hand people saw that the country needed a strong and efficient central authority. On the other hand they wanted to protect individual rights and freedoms. Differing ideas about the importance of these issues gave birth to the first political parties in the United States.<\/p>\n

The Federalist Party favored a strong President and federal government. For this reason it appealed to richer people, who believed that a strong central government would make their property safer. The Democratic Republican Party attracted the less wealthy. This was because it supported the rights of the individual states. To people such as small farmers and craftsmen this seemed likely to make it easier for people like themselves to control government actions.<\/p>\n

1. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?<\/p>\n

(A) The First Political Parties<\/span><\/p>\n

(B) The Bill of Rights<\/p>\n

(C) The Rich in Colonial America<\/p>\n

(D) A Short History of the Democratic Republican Party<\/p>\n

2. The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153illustrated\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in line 1 is closest in meaning to<\/p>\n

(A) drew\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8(B) showed<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8(C) copied\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (D) wrote about<\/p>\n

3. The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in line 6 refers to<\/p>\n

(A) the less wealthy<\/p>\n

(B) the Bill of Rights<\/p>\n

(C) the Democratic Republican Party<\/span><\/p>\n

(D) The whole idea in the previous sentence<\/p>\n

4. Which of the following groups would be more likely to support the Federalist Party?<\/p>\n

(A) the lower classes\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (B) wealthy businessmen\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8<\/span> \u00c2\u00a0 (C) small farmers\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8(D) craftsmen<\/p>\n

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Lecture 1: Colonial Life and American Independence<\/strong><\/p>\n

II. Comprehension Question<\/strong>s
\nRead the statements below and make sure you understand them. As you listen to the lecture, write T (True) or F (False) for each statement.<\/p>\n

TRUE<\/span> \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 There are many stories about travels to the New World, but only the arrival of the Vikings around 1000 AD has been verified by historians.
\nTRUE<\/span> \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Other European countries hoped to find gold in the New World, just as Spain had done.
\nFALSE<\/span> \u00c2\u00a0 England\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first successful colony was started by the Puritans at Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Jamestown, 1607]
\nFALSE<\/span> \u00c2\u00a0 The Puritans hoped to find gold and silver, and become rich. [They sought religious freedom]
\nTRUE<\/span> \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 American colonists became angry with England because of restrictions on settlement and high taxes.
\nTRUE<\/span> \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The Declaration of Independence was important because it stated that all men had a natural right to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dclife, liberty and the pursuit of happiness\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and that a good government listens to the people.<\/p>\n

III. SHORT READING (TOEFL Style Questions)
\n<\/strong>1. What is the main idea of this passage?\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 – D –
\nA. The potlatch was part of the culture of the Pacific coast tribes of North America.
\nB. Potlatch means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153gift giving.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nC. People of the Pacific coast tribes were very rich.
\nD. The original potlatch involved extensive gift giving in order to show wealth and maintain honor and power.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. The phrase \u00e2\u20ac\u0153went much further\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in line 3 is closest in meaning to\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 – C –
\nA. traveled a long distance
\nB. was very rich
\nC. was more complicated<\/span>
\nD. went to a party<\/p>\n

3. The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153entire\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in line 6 is closest in meaning to\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 – A –
\nA. whole<\/span>
\nB. complete
\nC. tired
\nD. part of<\/p>\n

4. According to the passage, in the original potlatch, many gifts were given by \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 – A –
\nA. the elder of a family<\/span>
\nB. the women of the family
\nC. all of the guests at the potlatch
\nD. the entire tribe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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