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theeasternhighlandsformedbytheAppalachiansholdonethirdofthecountry’scontinentalterritory.(F)

theclimateintheunitedstatescanbeclassifiedastemperate,withsomemildsubtropicalandtropicalzones.(T)

almostthroughthemiddleoftheunitedstate,northtosouth,runsawell-known50-centimeterrainfallline.(T)

newyorkisthecommercialandfinancialcenteroftheunitedstates,anditiscomposedoffiveboroughsincludingmanhattan,Brooklyn,theBronx,statenisland,andqueens.(T)

sanFranciscoisthesecondlargestcityafternewyorkandtheworldfamousHollywoodandDisneylandandlocatedhere.

halfoftheu.s.populationlivesinthewesternmetropolitancenters.(F)

theblacksbroughtfromAfricantoAmericanusuallyworkedonplantationsorfarmsinthenorth.(F)

duringthe1830sand1840s,manynorthernEuropeansandirishimmigrantscametoAmerican.(T)

almosthalfoftheimmigrantcomingtotheunitedstateinthe1980swereAsians.(T)

basicAmericanculturalvaluesarefreedom,equalityanddesiretoworkhardforahigherstandardofliving.(T)

Americanwasnamedafteramerigovespucci,whoarrivedonthenewcontinentafterColumbus(T).

thesecondcontinentalcongresswasheldinPhiladelphia,andthecontinentalarmyandnavywerefoundedunderthecommandofThomasJefferson.(F)

thecivilwarnotonlyputanendtoslavery.butalsodecidedthatAmericawasasingle,indivisiblenation.

manyAmericanpeopleapprovedoftheVietnamwar.(F)

duringClinton’sterm,theeconomydevelopedsteadily,resultinginalowerrateofunemployment.(T)

in1990,AmericantroopsandthetroopsfromalliednationslaunchedoperationdesertstorminordertodriveIraqitroopsoutofKuwait.(T)

accordingtotheAmericanadministration,saddamHusseinandOsamabinladenwereresponsiblefortheterroristeventonSeptember11,2001.(F)

theAmericangovernmentregardedIraqanationamongthe“axisofevil”.(T)

onmarch19,2003,Americanan