A. inflation

B. the rise of prices

C. the decrease of population

D. the decrease of the purchasing capacity

44. In April 1945 a conference was held at _____ to organize the United Nations.

A. San Francisco

B. New York

C. Philadelphia

45. _____ countries attended the conference of the foundling of the UN.

A. 48

B. 47

C. 45

46. At the _____ Conference, the heads of the Soviet Union, the U.S. and Britain discussed the problem of opening the second battlefield in Europe.

A. Yalta

B. Teheran

C. Casablanca

47. In July 1945, Britain, the U.S. and the Soviet Union met at Potsdam to formulate an occupation policy and set up a program for the future of Germany. The meeting was the famous _____ Conference.

A. Cairo

B. Teheran

C. Potsdam

D. Quebec

48. The two fighting sides in WWII were _____.

A. the Allies and the Axis (powers)

B. the Axis and Holy Alliance

C. the Central Powers and the Allies

49. The _____ was the treaty signed at Versailles, near Paris in France in 1919.

A. Paris Treaty

B. Versaills Treaty

C. Teheran Treaty

50. The meeting was held at Yalta in the Crimea of the Soviet Union in Feb, 1945. At the meeting many matters were discussed, including the final defeat of Germany, the demilitarization of Germany, the founding of the U.N. etc., this was the famous _____ Conference.

A. Yalta

B. Teheran

C. Potsdam

51. The Communist Party of the US was founded in _____.

A. 1920

B. 1918

C. 1919

52. The U.S. Communist Party was re-established in 1945 with _____ as its general secretary.

A. Levestone

B. William Foster

C. Earl Browder

53. The Great Depression of _____ to shook the US and the whole capitalist world to its foundations.

A. 1929, 1933

B. 1933, 1937

C. 1924, 1929

54. The programme of 1947 that America would offer its money supplies and machinery to any European nation that wished to participate in was called _____.

A. Eisenhower Doctrine

B. Marshall Plan

C. Truman Doctrine

55. The _____ broke out in June 1950 and ended in the summer of 1953.

A. Vietnam War

B. Cold War

C. Korean War

56. In April 1949 twelve nations established the NATO to coordinate the military actions of member nations against the _____.

A. Germany

B. Japan

C. Soviet Union

57. The Second World War broke out in September, _____ and ended in August _____.

A. 1939, 1945

B. 1937, 1943

C. 1938, 1945

58. After WWII there emerged a new balance of power between _____ and _____.

A. the Allies, the Axis Powers

B. the USSR, the USA

C. the old capitalist countries, the new ones

59. There occurred _____ economic crises from the end of WWII to the middle of the 1970’s.

A. six

B. five

C. seven

60. The President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a policy called _____ to save the economic situation.

A. Good Neighbour

B. the Open Door Policy

C. the New Deal

61. The Battle of _____ took place in 1942 and it was the turning point of the Pacific area.

A. Midway Island

B. Britain

C. Normandy

62. In Feb. _____ came President Nixon’s historic visit to China.

A. 1979

B. 1972

C. 1973

63. In 1953, _____ ended in the failure of the U.S.

A. the Korean War

B. the Vietnam War

C. the US-Spanish War

64. On December 7th, 1941, the base of the American Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbour, was suddenly attacked by the _____ air force and navy.

A. Spanish

B. French

C. Japanese

65. The original Union consists of _____ at the time of its independence.

A. 13

B. 50

C. 48

66. The first thirteen states of the US mainly located _____ seaboard.

A. the eastern

B. the western

C. the northern

67. _____ appointed many of the colonial governors.

A. The English King

B. the local government

C. the local people

68. The Declaration of Independence was drafted by a committee including _____ as head.

A. George Washington

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. both A and B

69. _____ was the British king when colonial Americans declared their independence.

A. King George I

B. King George III

C. King George II

70. In 1945 a conference was held in _____ to found the United Nations.

A. San Francisco

B. Chicago

C. New York

71. President Nixon visited China in _____.

A. 1973

B. 1974

C. 1972

72. _____ was the only American president who was re-elected three times in succession.

A. Theodore Roosevelt

B. George Washington

C. Franklin D. Roosevelt

D. Thomas Jefferson

73. The city’s name “Philadelphia” means _____.

A. brotherly love

B. fishing pit

C. philosophy

II. Fill in the Blanks

1. It was _____ who first discovered the America in 1492.

2. The New World was named after _____ Vespucci.

3. _____ was the first man who sailed around the earth.

4. The Indians living in America are all _____ skinned and dark-haired.

5. The War of _____ broke out in 1775 and ended in 1783.

6. The First World War broke out on July 28th in _____.

7. In 1620 some English Puritans sailed to Plymouth on a ship called _____.

8. On July 4th, 1776, the document called the Declaration of _____ was accepted by the American Congress.

9. The first English colony was _____.

10. Lexington Fire was the _____ of the War of Independence.

11. In 1803 the United States purchased Louisiana from _____.

12. The U.S.- _____ War broke out in 1898.

13. The Great Depression of 1929 - _____ shook the United States and the whole capitalist world to its foundation.

14. The _____ _____ policy went into effect by the spring of 1947 when Truman Doctrine came forth.

15. The Confederate Union of America consisted of _____ southern states.

16. During the Civil War Lincoln took two important measures, one was the _____ _____, the other was the _____ _____.

17. By the end of _____ century, the U.S. had become the most powerful country in the world.

18. The U.S. bought the area of Alaska from _____ in 1867.

19. The Constitution Convention lasted _____ weeks from May to September, _____.

20. The Constitution drawn up at the end of Independence War is called the _____ of the Confederation.

21. The Constitution of _____ established the dictatorship of the America bourgeoisie big capitalists and big slave owners.

22. The bourgeois democratic personages headed by Thomas Jefferson, were opposed to the Constitution. They were called _____.

23. The people, headed by John Hamilton, who supported the Constitution of 1787, were called _____.

24. During Washington’s administration Thomas Jefferson was appointed _____ of _____.

25. The war with England between 1812-1814 was called the Second _____ of _____.

26. President John Q. Adams was the son of the _____ president, John Adams.

27. The forming of the _____ Alliance was to suppress the South American revolution.

28. Andrew Jackson was the first president who developed the power of _____ into one of the means of making laws.

29. The first great tide from 1840 to 1860 in America was the _____ movement.

30. The famous novel “_____ _____ _____” by Mrs Stowe aroused a great and universal hatred for slavery.