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1、期末复习题目汇总（答案不提供） I.Fillintheblanks.(History)1.MostpeoplewhocametotheBritishcoloniesinthe1600swere____English_________.OtherscamefromTheNetherlands,Sweden,Germany,France,Scotland,andNorthernIreland.By1690,250,000peoplelivedinthe______NewWorld________.By1790,therewere2.5mil
2、lionpeople.2.ThefirstsettlementswerealongtheAtlanticcoastandonriversthatflowedintotheocean.IntheNortheast,treescoveredthehillsandstonesfilledthesoil,butwaterpowerwasavailable.TheNortheastwascalledNewEngland,anditincludedMassachusetts,________Connecticut_______,and_______
3、RhodeIsland______________.Theeconomywasbasedontimber,fishing,shipbuilding,andtrade.3.Theideasof__liberalism____________and________democracy_____arethebasisoftheU.S.politicalsystem.Asthecolonistsbuilttheirnewsociety,theybelievedmorestronglyintheseideas.Britain’s13colonies
4、grewinpopulationandeconomicstrengthduringthe1700s.Althoughruledbyadistantgovernment,thecolonistsgovernedmanylocalaffairs.4.TheAmericanRevolutionandthewarforindependencefromBritainbeganwithasmallfightbetweenBritishtroopsandcolonistsonApril19,_1775______.TheBritishtroopsle
5、ft__Boston________,Massachusetts,planningtotakeweaponsandammunitionfromrevolutionarycolonists.At______Lexington_______,theymetarmedcolonistswhowerecalled______Minutemen_________becausetheycouldbereadytofightinaminute.(holiday)5.Valentine’sDayoriginatedinthe____Roman_____
6、Era.6.Dr.MartinLutherKingJr.madethefamous___Ihaveadream,theNobelPeacePrize_______speechin1963.7.Easterisanimportant___religiousandsocial_________festivalinChristiancountries.8.PresidentWoodrowWilson,in1914,madetheofficialannouncementproclaiming____Mother’sDay____asanatio
7、nalholidaythatwastobeheldeachyearonthe2ndSundayofMay.9.__IndependenceDay________istheNationalDayofUSwhichisobservedonJuly4.10.ColumbusDaycelebrates___thediscoveryinAmerica_______byChristopherColumbusonOctober12,1492.11.On__Halloween__,Americanchildrendressupinfunnyorscar
8、ycostumesandgotrickortreatingbyknockingondoorsintheirneighborhood.12.ThanksgivingDayisafederalholidayce
