第一章 A General Introduction to the United States: the Land and the People 美国简介：土地与人民：This chapter gives a general introduction to the land and people in the United States. The diversity of physical features, the most pronounced feature of the land in the U.S., and its closely-related cultural features in different regions, are illustrated through a closer look at the four definable topographic regions in the United States and the cultural heritages in the regions of Northeast, South, Midwest, and West, which are covered in the two sub-sections of General Geographic Characteristics and Cultural Geography about the land in the U.S. About people in the United States, Population Composition, Immigrants and Ethnic Distribution are the three sections that sketch a picture of the many races and ethnic groups that make the U.S. known as a “salad bowl” or a “melting pot”.1.1The land:This section is also about the land of the United States, but it focuses on the cultural features in different regions; Northeast, South, Midwest, and West are generally introduced as cultural geography in the United States. Early histories and geographical topography influence the core values, the social structure, the economic development and the political agendas of each region.and This section is also about the land of the United States, but it focuses on the cultural features in different regions; Northeast, South, Midwest, and West are generally introduced as cultural geography in the United States. Early histories and geographical topography influence the core values, the social structure, the economic development and the political agendas of each region.[单选题]Which two states in America share no boundaries with the rest of the country?
1.2The people:This section is about the people of the United States, which composes two parts, the population composition and the immigrants. Population Composition gives a picture of the many racial and ethnic groups that constitute the US. After covering the forces that push and pull immigrants to explore in a new land, the part of Immigrants in this section mainly introduces the very early immigrants to the US.
1.1The land:This section is also about the land of the United States, but it focuses on the cultural features in different regions; Northeast, South, Midwest, and West are generally introduced as cultural geography in the United States. Early histories and geographical topography influence the core values, the social structure, the economic development and the political agendas of each region.and This section is also about the land of the United States, but it focuses on the cultural features in different regions; Northeast, South, Midwest, and West are generally introduced as cultural geography in the United States. Early histories and geographical topography influence the core values, the social structure, the economic development and the political agendas of each region.
1.2The people:This section is about the people of the United States, which composes two parts, the population composition and the immigrants. Population Composition gives a picture of the many racial and ethnic groups that constitute the US. After covering the forces that push and pull immigrants to explore in a new land, the part of Immigrants in this section mainly introduces the very early immigrants to the US.
选项:[Vermont and Rhode island, Hawaii and Tennessee, Alaska and Hawaii, Utah and Alaska]
[单选题]Which of the following is NOT true of the Rocky Mountains?
选项:[irregular, rough, new, old ]
[单选题]Which of the following statement is true about the Northeast region in the United States?
选项:[This region is a leader in innovative business methods, publishing, and the design and production of high-tech weaponry, aircraft, engines, tools and computers. , All of the above statements.
, Americans tend to trace many of the nation’s core values to this region., This region has a long tradition of supporting education.]
[单选题]Which of the following is NOT a core value that is said to have derived from the early settlers of New England in the region of Northeast in the United States?
选项:[The American belief in progress and their optimistic attitude toward life. , The American commitment to homogeneous community life.
, The American emphases on individualism, thrifty lifestyles, and hard work. , The American philosophy of pragmatism.]
[单选题]______ is not a state in the South of the United States.
选项:[Florida , South Carolina , California, Louisiana ]
[单选题]Of all the major cities in the Midwest, ______ remains the region’s premier city, for it is both the national hub of the commodities market and the regional hub of air transportation and the home of widely diversified industries and cultural institutions.
选项:[Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis , Kansas City]
[单选题]The forces that drove the early immigrants from Europe to the New World don’t include_______.
选项:[the decline of trade and the growth of feudalism in Europe, the 15th century Renaissance, the Crusades , the sense of other worlds to conquer]
[单选题]Culturally, the West has a place in American minds as a myth as well as a set of values. It represents all the following except______ .
选项:[self-reliance and the future.
, individualism, freedom , possibility]
[单选题]In order to curb the massive flow of immigrants, the United States enacted ______ to limit immigration.
选项:[the liberalization of immigration law in 1965, the liberalization of immigration law in 1924, the Immigration Act of 1921, the Immigration Act of 1924]
[单选题]Which of the following statements about Hispanics (or: Latinos) is NOT true?
选项:[Puerto Ricans and the Cubans have similar American experience with Mexican Americans., They constitute the largest ethnic minority in the United States., The majority of them are of Mexican origin., They generally share Spanish as a second language, and sometimes the first language.]
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