英语国家社会与文化答案2023秋

第八章测试

1.After the voyages of ( ), the English king claimed that the whole territory of North America belonged to England.
A:John Cabot B:Amerigo Vespucci C:the Vikings D:Christopher Columbus
答案:A
2.The New Englanders, despite their many differences, were ( ) in religion.
A:Puritans B:Orthodox Christians C:Catholics D:Quakers 3.The colony of Pennsylvania was founded by ( ).
A:the Puritans B:the Quakers C:the English defaulters D:the Catholics 4.The first declaration of human rights, as Marx put it, ( ) approached the problem of American independence from the angle of human rights.
A:Common Sense B:the American Constitution C:the Declaration of Independence D:the Bill of Rights 6.The continent of America was named after Amerigo Vespucci.
A:对 B:错 7.Columbus finally arrived at the East Indies after two months of sailing westward.
A:对 B:错 8.Before the American Revolution, there were altogether 13 English colonies in North America.
A:错 B:对 9.Britain won the final victory of the "French and Indian War".
A:对 B:错 10.After the “Boston Massacre”, the English government was forced to repeal the Stamp Act and all import duties were removed.
A:错 B:对 11.It is traditionally believed that the first Americans were descendants of the ( ).
A:Africans B:Britains C:Americans D:Asians 12.In 1588, under the rule of ( ), the English navy destroyed the Spanish Armada. Since then, the English navy controlled some of the sea routes to America.
A:Queen Elizabeth B:Queen Elizabeth II C:Queen Elizabeth IV D:Queen Elizabeth III 13.The original New England included ( ), ( ), ( ) and ( ).
A:Massachusetts B:New Hampshire C:Rhode Island D:Connecticut 14.In 1765, ( ) was passed to collect more taxes, and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London.
A:Bill of Rights B:the Stamp Act C:the Declaration of Independence 15.( ), assisted by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, drafted the Declaration of Independence.
A:Martin Louther B:Thomas Jefferson C:Roosevelt D:Gorge Washington