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It is traditional to complain about the government. T

Only East Coast Americans celebrate name days. F

Jackalope is a kind of ethnic food. F

More shootings in America are accidental or suicides than deliberate. T

There are about 215 forint to a dollar. T

Maternity leave is for one year. F

Students begin high school at about age 18. F

American State Exam (allamvizsga) have written and oral parts. FBill Gates can symbolize several different parts of `the American personality` T

About 25% of Americans have high shool diplomas. F

California has a large population and Wyoming has a small population. T

10% of Americans are Jewish. F

Supreme Court justices can serve as long as they can do their jobs. T

Accused people must prove their innocence to the jury. F

The US is about 100 times the size of Hungary T

Americans give each other Easter eggs on Easter Monday instead of Sunday. F

Americans don`t like having lots of written rules and laws. F

President cannot be fired (sacked). F

The official religion in the US is Protestantism. FThe most common crimes nowadays are murderer and carjacking. F

The President must be a man who was born in the US. F

There is a list of acceptable names which parents give a baby. F

American artists and authors copied European forms or styles until the 17 th century. T

American culture became popular worldwide after World War II. T

The largest national group immigrating into the US now are the Mexicans. T

Some differences between British and American vocabulary are:

The underlined is true

gas/patrol elevator/stair torch/lightbulb flat/apartment biscuit/cakes

Some famous American authors are:

Twain Whitman Keats Hemingway Copland Poe Hawthorne

Some American holidays are:

ML King`s Birthday Boxing Day Easter Monday Thanksgiving Independence Day Halloween May Day

Kwanzaa

What are the five main ethnic/racial groups in order from largest to smallest

70% white, 35-40 mill. Hispanic, 30 mill. black people, 10 mill. Asian, 2 mill. Indians

What are the three branches of government with an example of each?

Executive: President, Vice President, 14 Executive Departments

Legislative: Congress = 100 Senators, House of Representatives, 538 representatives

Judicial: Supreme Court, 9 judges – life long, 6 must be present

Write this in American spelling:

There is a rumour that the culture and civilisation programme will be the centre of our studies.

There is a rumor that the cultur and civilization programm will be the center of our studies

The President is Mr. G.W. Bush of the Republican Party. The other candidate was

John Kerry of the Democratic Party.

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