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01 George Washington MP3
1. When did the American War
of Independence start?
2. Who led the American
Army?
3. Which army was better
trained, the American army
or the British one?
4. When did Washington and
his army attack their enemy
in the city of Trenton?
5. Who won the final battle
in 1781?
6. Why was George Washington
a great leader?
7. Which story about George
Washington is the most
famous?
8. According to the story,
what did George Washington
confess to his father?
9. Who was chosen to be the
first president of the
United States?
10. Why is George Washington
called the “Father of our
Country”?
02 Amelia Earhart MP3
1. When was Amelia Earhart
famous?
2. What was her passion?
3. Who was the first woman
pilot to fly across the
United States?
4. Where did she start and
end her flight across the
United States?
5. How was Amelia Earhart as
a child?
6. How many jobs did Amelia
Earhart have during her
lifetime?
7. What was Amelia Earhart’s
dream?
8. Who gave Amelia Earhart
her new plane?
9. How log was the
around-the-world route?
10. What did happed to
Amelia Earhart, Fred Noonan,
and the Electra?
03 Jesse Owens MP3
1. Who was Jesse Owens?
2. Where was Jesse Owens
born?
3. Did Jesse Owens come from
a wealthy family?
4. What ability did Jesse
Owens have as a boy?
5. Who was the leader of
Germany in 1934?
6. Where did the 1936 Summer
Olympic take place?
7. According to the text:
which team trained really
hard?
8. Which sports did Jesse
Owens do?
9. What does the term
“athlete” mean?
10. How many gold medals did
Jesse Owens won?
2.04 Alexander Graham Bell
MP3
1. Where is Scotland?
2. Who was an expert in
phonetics?
3. What is phonetics?
4. When did the Bells
emigrate to America?
5. Where did Alexander
Graham Bell teach?
6. Who was Bell’s assistant?
7. Where did they live?
8. What did they use to send
a human voice?
9. What is another name for
“100th birthday”?
10. In your opinion, what is
the best cell phone in the
world?
2.05 Thanksgiving
MP3
1. What holiday do Americans
celebrate in November?
2. What do American families
do on that day?
3. What do Americans eat on
Thanksgiving?
4. Where did the Pilgrims
come from?
5. Why did the Pilgrims
leave their country?
6. What happened to the
Pilgrims during the first
year in America?
7. Who was Sarah Hale?
8. Who declared Thanksgiving
to be a holiday?
9. Who thinks that the
Pilgrims ate deer, not
turkey?
10. Do Poles celebrate
Thanksgiving? Where?
2.06 Body Language
MP3
1. What are gestures?
2. Why is it important to
know the body language of
every country?
3. How do people in the
United States greet each
other?
4. What does a weak
handshake mean?
5. Who greets a friend with
a hug?
6. According to the text:
what is important to
Americans?
7. What will Americans do if
you stand too close?
8. Is it OK to stare at
someone? Why?
9. What should you do to
call a waiter?
10. If a child behaves badly
what will an American do?
2.07 Blue Jeans
MP3
1. Who was Levi Strauss?
2. Why did many men come to
California?
3. What did Strauss come to
California for?
4. Who complained about
having not enough strong
clothes?
5. What did Strauss use to
make pants?
6. What is Nimes?
7. Why did not the pants
look very interesting?
8. What color did Strauss
dye the denim?
9. Where are the jeans
factories today?
10. How often do you wear
jeans?
2.08 The American Cowboy
MP3
1. According to the text,
what was the symbol of
courage and adventure?
2. Who were cowboys?
3. Who wanted beef from the
cattle?
4. What was used to
transport the cattle east?
5. How much time did the
cattle drives take?
6. How many times did a
cowboy change his horse?
7. What did cowboys do
before starting on a drive?
8. Who were rustlers?
9. Why was cowboys’ job
dangerous?
10. Would you like to become
a cowboy one day? Why?
2.09 The Statue of Liberty
MP3
1. Where does the Statue of
Liberty stand on?
2. How many people can get
into the torch?
3. How tall is the statue?
4. When was the stature put
up?
5. What did the people of
France give to the United
States?
6. What did France do in
1776?
7. Who was Laboulaye?
8. Who was Bartholdi?
9. Who raised money for the
pedestal?
10. Do you like the Statue
of Liberty? Why?
2.10 Las Vegas
MP3
1. What is the most famous
city for gambling in the
United States?
2. Why do people call Las
Vegas “The City of Lights”?
3. How do the hotels in Las
Vegas look like?
4. How do the hotels make
their money form?
5. How did Las Vegas look
like in 1905?
6. Who was the first
casino’s owner in Las Vegas?
7. When was Bugsy Siegel
murdered?
8. What are the evidences of
atomic bombs existence?
9. What do you have to do to
get married in Las Vegas?
10. Do you gamble? Why?
2.11 The White House
MP3
1. What is the address of
the White House?
2. Who lives in the White
House?
3. When was the Presidential
Palace built?
4. Who planned the city of
Washington D.C.?
5. Who is a mason?
6. Who was Abigail Adams?
7. What happened in 1812?
8. Who burned the
Presidential Palace?
9. How many rooms of the
White House can a person
visit?
10. Do you think the White
House is beautiful?
2.12 Hollywood
MP3
1. Where is Hollywood
located?
2. How is the American movie
industry called?
3. What is farmland?
4. Name some cities of South
California.
5. What does an expression
“before long” mean?
6. How many movies were made
in Hollywood?
7. Who worked for studios in
Hollywood?
8. Name some Hollywood
movies which are considered
great art.
9. Do you know any famous
Hollywood stars? Name some.
10. Which city of Poland is
famous for making movies?
2.13 Malls
MP3
1. Where do Americans
usually go shopping?
2. Who is a mall rat?
3. Why do people like malls?
4. Where is the Mall of
America?
5. How many parking spaces
are there in the Mall of
America?
6. What can you do at malls?
7. What is “mall walking”?
8. Name some famous malls in
Poland.
9. What are condo-malls?
10. Do you shop in malls?
What do you buy there?
2.14 Harriet Beecher Stowe
MP3
1. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s
Cabin?
2. What is this book about?
3. How many slaves were
there in the United States
at the time of Harriet
Beecher Stowe?
4. Which part of the United
States did slaves live in?
5. How many children did
Harriet Beecher Stowe have?
6. Who was Tom from the
novel?
7. How many copies of the
book were sold in one year?
8. What countries fought in
the Civil War?
9. Who was president of the
United States in 1864?
10. Would you like to have a
slave? Why?
2.15 John F. Kennedy
MP3
1. When did J.F. Kennedy
become president?
2. Why did people like J.F.
Kennedy?
3. When was J.F. Kennedy
born?
4. What was J.F. Kennedy’s
father name?
5. How old was J.F.
Kennedy’s mother when she
died?
6. Whom did J.F. Kennedy
admire?
7. What did J.F. Kennedy get
his medal for?
8. How many children did the
Kennedys have?
9. What program did J.F.
Kennedy start?
10. Who killed J.F. Kennedy?
2.16 Bill Gates
MP3
1. When was Bill Gates born?
2. Where did he grow up?
3. Was he rich?
4. What school did he attend
to?
5. What was his business
partner name?
6. What did Bill Gates do?
7. What happened to Paul
Allen?
8. What is Microsoft?
9. How did Bill Gates
achieve his success?
10. Who
was the richest man in the
United States in 1997?
2.17 Noah Webster
MP3
1. Who was Noah Webster as a
young adult?
2. What books did American
children use?
3. What were the books
about?
4. What books did Webster
write?
5. What was Webster
interested in?
6. What did people think
about Webster’s ideas?
7. What did Webster do with
the money he earned selling
his books?
8. What was Webster’s great
work?
9. How many words did the
first American English
dictionary contain?
10. What dictionary do you
use learning English?
2.18 Henry Ford
MP3
1. Where was Henry Ford
born?
2. Did Henry Ford grow up in
a big city?
3. When did Henry Ford stop
his education?
4. What did Henry Ford do?
5. What was special in Henry
Ford’s first car?
6. Why most people could not
afford Ford’s cars?
7. How much did the Model T
cost in 1908?
8. What factory did Ford
visited one day?
9. What did Ford use to
produce his cars faster?
10. What car do you drive?
2.19 The Hot Dog
MP3
1. What is the hot dog’s
home country?
2. What is Frankfurt?
3. When could you buy
frankfurters in the United
States?
4. Why did people call
frankfurters “dachshund
sausages”?
5. Where did dachshund
sausages become popular in
the United States?
6. Who sold dachshund
sausages?
7. What was used to keep the
sausages warm?
8. How were dachshund
sausages served?
9. What was Tad Dorgan’s
occupation?
10. How often do you eat hot
dogs?
2.20 The Cranberry
MP3
1. What country can you find
the cranberry in?
2. How does a cranberry
fruit look like?
3. How does a cranberry
fruit taste?
4. What was a cranberry
fruit use for?
5. Who named the fruit
“cranberry”?
6. What birds ate the fruit?
7. Where
does the cranberry bush
grow?
8. When do cranberries
ripen?
9. What method did John Webb
develop?
10. Have you ever eaten
cranberries?
2.21 Coca-Cola
MP3
1. Who was John Pemberton?
2. What were the ingredients
of the brown syrup?
3. Who bought the recipe
from Pemberton?
4. What is soda fountain?
5. Where could people buy
Coca-Cola in the beginning?
6. Who had an idea to
bottled Coca-Cola?
7. What is the recipe of
Coca-Cola drink?
8. Did American soldiers
have to pay for Coca-Cola
during World War I?
9. How many factories did
Coca-Cola Company open in
Europe during the war?
10. How
much Coca-Cola do you drink?
2.22 The Hamburger
MP3
1. What kind of meat is used
in the hamburger?
2. Where is Hamburg?
3. What was Hamburg famous
for?
4. Who introduced the
“hamburger steak”?
5. Where was the World’s
Fair in 1904?
6. How were hamburgers
served?
7. Do you know any fast-food
restaurants? Name some.
8. Where was the first
McDonald’s restaurant
located?
9. What is the main item on
the McDonald’s restaurant’s
menu?
10. Why should not you eat
food from McDonald’s
restaurant?
2.23 Jazz
MP3
1. Who invented jazz?
2. What is jazz?
3. What is a mixture?
4. When did jazz bands come
into being?
5. Where is New Orleans?
6. What is a seaport?
7. Where is jazz popular
today?
8. Where can you hear jazz
nowadays?
9. Do you listen to jazz?
What music do you listen to?
10. Who is your favorite
musician?
2.24 Baseball
MP3
1. What is the most popular
sport in America?
2. How many players play in
one game?
3. How many bases are there
in baseball?
4. Who invented baseball?
5. What did Alexander
Cartwright do in 1845?
6. When was the National
League created?
7. What was the first
professional team of
baseball?
8. What did businessmen
think about baseball?
9. When was the American
League formed?
10. What do you think about
baseball? Do you like it?
2.25 Uncle Sam
MP3
1. How does Uncle Sam look
like?
2. What does he have on his
head?
3. Who is Uncle Sam?
4. What is Uncle Sam’s wife?
5. Who was Samuel Wilson?
6. Who visited Wilson’s
company?
7. What did Wilson’s company
pack?
8. What was Samuel Wilson’s
nickname?
9. Whom did the U.S.
government send food to?
10. Do you think Uncle Sam
is a handsome man? Why?
2.26 The Gold Rush
MP3
1. What is a precious shiny
metal which was found by a
man in California in 1848?
2. When did the gold rush
start?
3. Who came to California to
dig gold?
4. Why the people who came
to California were called
“forty-niners”?
5. Where did they come from?
6. What could be found in
almost every town?
7. What did the people do in
these places?
8. How much did a loaf of
bread cost in New York in
those days?
9. How many people lived in
San Francisco in 1854?
10. Which states border with
California?
2.27 The Bald Eagle
MP3
1. What is the national
symbol of the United States?
2. When was the bald eagle
chosen to be a national
bird?
3. What is the bald eagle a
symbol of?
4. Where does the bald eagle
live?
5. How many bald eagles were
there in 1972 in the United
States?
6. What was the cause of the
bald eagle’s decreasing?
7. How many eggs does the
bald eagle lay a year?
8. What did the American
government do to increase
the number of the bird?
9. Name some other animals
that are associated with the
United States.
10. What animal would you
choose for yourself as your
symbol?
2.28 Tornadoes
MP3
1. What is the strongest
wind on earth?
2. How fast can be a
tornado?
3. What is a funnel?
4. Where can you find
tornadoes?
5. Which direction do
tornadoes move in?
6. How long a tornado can
be?
7. When was the worst
tornado in the United
States?
8. How many people were
killed at that time?
9. What do people use today
to predict a tornado?
10. What weather do you like
the most?
2.29 The Joshua Tree
MP3
1. Who are the Mormons?
2. What did the Mormons do
in 1840s?
3. Where did the Mormons
moved to?
4. Why did the Mormons have
to move?
5. Where did the Mormons
find the Joshua tree?
6. What parts of the tree
did the Native Americans
use?
7. What did they use to make
shoes and baskets?
8. How many Joshua tree were
there in 1900s?
9. Where was the Joshua Tree
National Monument set up?
10. Name some trees you can
find in Poland.
2.30 Skunks, Raccoons, and
Coyotes
MP3
1. What is the skunk known
for?
2. How does it look like?
3. What does a skunk do when
it is afraid?
4. What is the raccoon
famous for?
5. What do raccoons eat?
6. How are raccoons called?
7. What is coyotes’ cousin?
8. Who hates coyotes the
most?
9. Where can you find
coyotes nowadays?
10. Name some Polish animals
that live in similar
conditions.
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