1. How has Protestantism shaped basic American values? 自我提升、努力自律、志愿者精神 What is the essence of the Protestant heritage? Religions Freedom to have diversity so denominations can “live and let live” to shape their values and beliefs. 2. What is the protestant heritage? 3. What are the three branches of the federal government and their responsibilities? ○ 1Congress---The two houses creates laws for the governments representing each state equality. ○ 2President---Heads on carrying out the law of the country. ○ 3Supreme Court---Settles disputes about exact meaning of the law in court. What is the Electoral College? How does it work? The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. 4. Why are Americans suspicious of a strong government? 5. Why did the American Constitution adopt the policy of “separation of church and state”? B政教合一、宗教迫害、想自由 6. What are the two major political parties in the United States? What is the main difference in their beliefs? Republican Party believed in free enterprise system which favored little or no government regulation, but Democratic Party believed in government regulated businesses to help protect consumers and workers. 7. What are interest groups? What do interest groups do? 8. What are the three values that are traditionally associated with the frontier heritage? 9. Individualism, self-reliance, and equality of opportunity have perhaps been the values most closely associated with the frontier heritage of America. 10. How do you understand the saying “What’s above the ground is more important than what is beneath the ground?” Living dead It is about equality of opportunity. No matter your wealth, in the frontier individual freedom, self-reliance, and opportunities for success was available for all. 11. What are the two types of “rugged individualists” in the frontier days? 12. What personal characteristics did the frontier settlers share? 13. What are the characteristics of the dominant American culture? E prot wh mid It was English-speaking, western European, Protestant, and middle class in character 14. Why do some people describe American culture as a “salad bowl”? The U.S. is considered to be a mix of many culturesof immigrants that have mixed into American society by still retaining their own characteristics of their own origin. 15. What are the differences between the terms “Melting Pot,” “Salad Bowl” and “Mosaic”? M 1：tiny part 16. Can you explain the difference between a “melting pot” and a “salad bowl”? 17. “Salad bowl” which means it is possible to be a part of America while at the same time retaining the values, customs, languages, and cultures of the immigrants’ origin. Suppose that in a bowl of freshly tossed salad, all the ingredients are mixed together. 18. In comparison with the “salad bowl” theory, there is the “melting pot” theory. Its basic idea presents the whole nation as one large pot. Anyone who enters the United States is automatically thrown into the “pot” where, for the following years, a process of assimilation into the American belief systems is taken place. 19. What are the major reasons for the early settlers to move to the North America? 20. They came to America to avoid the religious persecution in England and to find a colony based on their religious ideals. 21. Why have entrepreneurs become business heroes to American people? 22. （1） They succeed in building something great out of nothing. 23. （2） They were perfect examples of the American idea of equality of opportunity in action. 24. Why have entrepreneurs become business heroes admired by American people? How does business competition reinforce other basic American values? business competition 25. Why are business institutions at the heart of American way of life? 基础、竞争观念、American dream 26. What are the differences between public and private schools? Public schools are Government Provided schools that are free for all American students and Private schools are tuition-based schools forstudents offering them a better education to attend better universities. Prestige source famous 27. What could be the qualities of a “well-rounded” student under American education system? 成绩、Sat、课外活动 28. What qualities do American universities look for when they decide who will be admitted? 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/cf8148d1ba1aa8114531d937.html