Английский язык. Методические указания. Иванова С.Г. - 12 стр.

     12. How long did this war last?
     13. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
     14. What did this declaration proclaim?
     15. When did the Treaty of Paris recognize the independence of the USA?
     16. When was the Constitution of the USA writ ten?
     17. Who was the first President of the USA? When was he elected? How many
terms did he serve?
     18. When and why did the Civil War begin?
     19. How long did it last?
     20. How did the US change in the period between 1800 and 1900?
     21. When did the US go throught the period of economic growth?
     22. When did the American spaceship land on the Moon?
     23. What is the American Dream?

      2.2.3 Choose the right version.

     1. The Civil War began in ...
     1733, 1783, 1865
     2. The Constitution of the USA was written in ...
     1787, 1778, 1900
     3. Christopher Columbus discovered America to the whole world in ...
     1492, 1942, 1495
     4. The War of Independence began in ...
     1069, 1620, 1783
     5. By 1733 European settlers occupied ... colonies along the Atlantic coast.
     13, 23, 7
     6. The first English colony Jamestown appeared in ... in Virginia.
     1867, 1607, 1706
     7. In ... on the 20th of July the American space ship landed on the Moon.
     1969, 1989, 1961

      2.2.4 Read the beginning of the sentence and find its end in the text.

     1. In the period between 1800 and 1900 the US changed from ...
     2. In 1789 on the 6th of April Americans elected ...
     3. The Declaration of Independence proclaimed ...
     4. They sailed from the English city of ...
     5. The colonists in America didn't want to depend on ...
     6. Icelandic Viking Leif Ericson ...
     7. Between 1900 and 1945 the US went through
     8. It shows the hardships and victories of the American people ...
     9. The history of the USA began ...




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