【公开课】选修八Unit 1 Reading

A

Land

of

Diversity

HowmuchdoyouknowaboutAmerica?1.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.C

2.WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA?A.NewYorkB.WashingtonD.CC.LosAngelesB

A.B.C.D.

3.WhichstandsfortheUSA?

NationalEmblems

(国徽)C

4.HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?A.B.C.D.47484950D

5.WhicharenotAmericanbrands?ABCDGermanyBFGEFGGermanyFinland6.Whichisthe

largest

stateintheUSA?---Texas7.Whichcityisknownas“BigApple”?---New

YorkSanFranciscoLosAngelesHoustonBostonNewYorkWashington,D.CRockyMountainsMexicoChicagoCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippiSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntarioOceanontheeastcoast_________________Oceanonthewestcost__________________CountrytothenorthofUSA__________________CountrytothesouthofUSA________________California__________________AtlanticOceanPacific

OceanCanadaMexico

Southwestern

USAGreatLakes:LongestriverintheUSA:Someimportantcities:Superior,Michigan,Huron,ErieandOntarioMississippi

RiverNewYork,WashingtonDC,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleansRockyMountainsMountainsrangeinthewestA

Land

of

DiversityTrytospellthenamesoftheselandmarkWhiteHousetheStatueofLibertyTimesSquareHollywoodDisneylandParkGoldenGateBridge1.Californiaisthe_____largeststateintheUSA.A.thirdB.secondC.fourthD.fifth2.California,astateinthewesternUSA,borders_______.A.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOcean3._____isCalifornia’slargestandthenation’ssecondlargestcity.A.SacramentoB.LosAngelesC.SanDiegoD.SanFranciscoAAB4.California’sofficialnicknameisthe_______?A.SunflowerStateB.GoldenState

C.LandofopportunityD.EvergreenState5._____hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.

A.CaliforniaB.Alaska

C.WashingtonD.Texas6.CaliforniaenteredtheUniononSeptember9,1850,asthe______state.

A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighth

C.thirty-secondD.thirty-firstBADThemainideaofeachpart:

Part1Part2Part3TheintroductionofCaliforniaThehistoryofsettlementofCaliforniaThe

futureNative

AmericansThe

SpanishRussiansGold

minersLater

arrivalsMost

recent

arrivalsChoosethecorrectanswerafter

readingthetext.1.WhyistherestrongSpanishinfluenceinCalifornia?_______A.BecausethereweremanySpanishstayinginCalifornia.B.BecauseSpanishwasoneofthesettlerslivingthere.C.BecausethelocalpeoplelovedSpanishculture.D.BecauseCaliforniawasonceruledbySpan.D2.AfterthearrivaloftheEuropeansinthe16thcentury,_______.A.Nativepeoplewerekilledorforcedintoslavery.B.ManynativepeoplediedfromdiseasesbroughtbyEuropeans.C.Noneofthenativepeoplecouldsurvivetheterribletimes.D.BothAandB.D3.Whichofthefollowingisfalseaccordingtothetext?_____DuringtheGoldRushPeriodmanypeoplewenttoCaliforniainthehopeofbecomingrich.B.Actuallyeveryfewgoldminersbecamerich.C.DuringtheGoldRushPeriodmanyChineseimmigrantsarrivedinCaliforniaonlytofindgold.D.CaliforniabecameastateoftheUStwoyearsafterthegoldwasdiscoveredthere.CB4.Fromthepassagewecaninferthat_______A.betweenthelate19thcenturyandtheearly20thcenturyItalianandDanishimmigrantscametoCaliforniatomakewine.B.bythe1920smanyJewishpeoplecametoCaliforniabecausetheywereattractedbythefilmindustry.C.MexicanpeoplecametoCaliforniatoworkintheshipandaircraftindustries.D.therewillbemoreracialorculturalgroupsinCaliforniabecausemoreandmorepeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldarestillcomingtosettlethere.

CaliforniaisthelargeststateintheUSAandhasthelargestpopulation.2.ThenativeAmericansaretreatedwellafterthearrivalofEuropeans.3.OfthefirstSpanishtogotoCalifornia,themajoritywerereligiousmen.FFTTrueorFalse4.Intheearly1800s,RussiansbegansettinginCalifornia.5.DuringGoldRushPeriod,manyachievedtheirdreamofbeingrich.6.Inthelate19thcentury,ChineseimmigrantsarrivedinCalifornia.7.Itisbelievedthatbeforelongthemixofnationalitieswillbesogreatthattherewillbenomajorracialorculturegroups.

TFFF15,000yearsagoFirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitintheArctictoAmerica.ThesepeopleareknownasNativeAmericans.

SpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmerica.Comprehending16th

century

1BesideeachtimenotedownanimportanteventinCalifornianhistory.

1821CaliforniabecamepartofMexico.TheUnitedStatesdeclaredwaronMexico.GoldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.Californiabecamethe31ststateoftheUS.1846185018482BesideeachculturalgroupwritetheperiodinwhichtheyfirstcametoCaliforniainlargenumbers.

SpanishRussiansAfricans

Chinese

Italians

Danish

Intheearly16thcentury

early

1800s1800sLate1840s/early1850sInthelate19thcentury1911JewishJapanese

KoreansCambodians

Vietnamese

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