EXPLORING THE USA
1. Color of the USA flag: Red, white and Blue
2. 50 white stars on the flag.
3. The star on the flag means: one of each state in the Union
4. There are 13 red and white stripes (vạch) on the flag.
5. 13 stripes represent the 13 origional states 6. Independence day: 4/7
7. US independent from: England 8. 1st president: G.Washington
9. Electoral college elects the president
10. The term of a president: 4 years.
11. What is the Constitution ? Supreme law the land
12. A change to the Constitution: Amendment
13. 27 changes in the Constitution,
14. There are 3 branches of US government:
+ Executive (Hành pháp), (President and about 5,000,000 workers) includes: Vice-
President, President, Cabinet (nội các), department under Cabinet members.
+ Legislative (Lập pháp) (Congress (quốc hội): Senate and House of Representatives)
+Judicial (Tư pháp) (Supreme Court and lower Courts), includes: the Supreme court -> defend interpret laws.
15. The Congress makes the federal laws (luật liên bang) in the US 16. People elect the congress.
17. 100 senators( thượng nghị sĩ) in the Congress.
18. The term (nhiệm kỳ) of a Congress: 2-year-term. 19. members in the 435
House of representatives Thượng Nghị (hạ nghị viện), Viện: 100, total: 535
20. Head of state: Governor (thống đốc)
21. Những người có thể làm tổng thống lần lượt: President – Vice President – speaker of House of Represetative.
22. 13 original states of the US: Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey,
Masachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, South and North California, Georgia, Rhode Island and Maryland
24. Who is Martin Luther King: Actively right leader.
25. President nominates Judges of the Supreme court.
26. Thanksgiving(lễ tạ ơn) was celebrated for the first time by American colonise,
27. The Declaration of independence adopted on 9th July, 1776.
28. A. Lincoln was president during the Civil war
29. Geogre Washington was call ‘ Father of the country”
30. the 50th state of US: Hawaii
31. Special group advise the president: the Cabinet.
32. The Congress has power to declare war.
33. The Congress meet in the capital in Washington DC.
34. 2 major parties : Republican( cộng hòa) and Democratic (dân chủ).
35. Constitution was signed in 1787
36. US has no official religion.
37. Catholic: the largest religious group in th US.
38. Re-constructed family: in which children from previous marriage as well as from the present marriage.
39. Gender gap: a situation in which the older and the younger people do not understand
each other because of their differences in habbits, opinions, experiences..
40. 3 basic levels in US educational system: Elementary(5-12 years, 1-6 grade),
Middle(7-8 grade, 13-14 age), High school(9-12 grade, 14,15-18age).
42. Jack-o- lantern: in Halloween
43. The Federal government provides money through the Department of Education(bộ giáo dục)(thu tax)
44. State and local government runs the education,
45. Children age from 5 to 18: Free of charge
46. F: Education is a federal responsibility
47. F: the state pays for a K-12 education.
48. F: the Board of Education decide standards of certification and teacher’s qualification.
49. Highest mountain in the US: Mount McKinley in Alaska (6194m)
50. Longest river: Mississippi
51. Largest city: New York city.
52. New England: collective name of 6 Northeasterm states: Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermond, Massachusets, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
53. Main function of the Congress: Making law
54. 14 departments in the US – Head: the President’s cabinet.
55. America broke away from Britain in 1775.
56. Constitution of the US (written down clearly in numbered) different from G.Britain
and N.Ireland (always has unwritten constitution)
57. When constitution of the US change: 2/3 majority Congress agree.
58. 90% children attend to public school
59. Havard University was established in 1636
60. Public school in Britain : means Private school and student have to pay
Public school in US: student do not have to pay
61. Dual-earning family: A family of two wage-earners (both the husband and the wife)
62. The rate of divorce in US: One in every 2 marriages ends in divorce
63. Main religions in the US: Catholicism and Protestantism
64. Boston tea led to the war of independence in the US. (4th July, 1776)
65. Why dose the US government have a system of checks and balance: Prevent any
branch from having to much power.
66. Luther King’s birthday: 3rd Monday in January
67. Mother’s day: 2nd Sunday in May
Father’s day: 3rd Sunday in June
Memorial day: Last Monday in May
68. Principal: Head master of the school
69. Further education: Post secondary education
70. Christoper Columbus: wanted to sail to China but discovered North America
71. The Indians: were native Americans
72. European explorers: crossed the Atlantic to learn about the New world.
73. the Spanish: explored South America to find adventure and gold
74. Priests: came to teach the Indians
75. The British and the French: explored North America.
76. F: The British (the Spanish) established the first permanent settlement in North
America at St. Augustine, Florida
77. F the first Spanish( British) settlement was Jamestown, Virginia, 1607 78. Red state: Cộng hòa 79. Blue state: dân chủ
80. Tổng thống duy nhất theo Đạo: Kenedi
81. Board of Education: Decides the curriculum