United States Quizzes Online & Trivia

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French people commemorating the alliance of France and theUnited States during the American Revolution. Yet, it represented much more to those individuals who proposed the gift. 

There is no doubt that currently there is no superpower in the world other than the United States and in fact, no country even comes close to the US in projecting its global influence. One of the leading factors behind the enormous power of US is its military which outcasts any other military force in the world. The defense budget of US is more than the next ten combined which itself signifies the state of defense machine the US possesses. The current global order which has the US on top was established at the end of World War II, in which allies were the victors and the US benefitted the most among the allies and that resulted in setting up of current global order. US rise as the sole superpower in 1990's with the disintegration of Soviet Union, which was US sole competitor. So yes it would be factually correct to state that the US is the most powerful country in the world in every aspect.

But cuisine in other countries is just as fatty, or worse such as in the UK, but they have less of an obesity problem. The difference I think has more to do with walking habits. In America, people seem to avoid walking as much as possible. They will drive over to the next parking lot if it saves them a minute of walking. There is significant infrastructure devoted to avoiding walking, like the placement of parking lots and availability of scooters. This does not seem to be the case in other countries, at least not to the same degree. Combine better activity habits with a better diet, and you get results like you see in Japan or Sweden.

Pizza is a food that many people like. The standard pizza is made by rolling out a dough in a circular shape. Then spreading red pizza sauce is smeared over the dough. Then shredded cheese is added over that. Toppings are added including pepperoni, sausage, and mushrooms. There are many different types of toppings. Americans eat a lot of pizza. First, it is easy to make and it doesn’t take a lot of ingredients. It is also easy to purchase. There are so many pizza shops in America that there is practically one on every corner of every street. The pizza is relatively cheap to make and cheap to purchase. Also, many pizza shops deliver pizza to the person’s home. This makes it very convenient.

The Missouri River is the longest river in North America. Rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for 2,341 miles (3,767 km) before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri. For over 12,000 years, people have depended on the Missouri River and its tributaries as a source of sustenance and transportation. The river takes drainage from a sparsely populated, semi-arid watershed of more than half a million square miles (1,300,000 km2), which includes parts of ten U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. When combined with the lower Mississippi River, it forms the world's fourth longest river system.

This answer should be New York, I disagree with John's statement

There are Americans who are racist and there are some who are not. It is not correct to say that Americans as a whole are racists because some of them are not. The racism may have occurred because of their history. A lot of light-skinned Americans think that they are better than those who are dark-skinned. It is a good thing that there are those who managed to rise up from all of the oppression that they have received. Black Americans started to prove that they can be popular too. They have proved that they can be good at what they do. White Americans now treat some Black Americans as demi-gods. There are just some Americans who assume that they are better just because of how they look.

I do not believe that all white people detest blacks, but when a white person is a racist, it is usually because of the attitude of white supremacy, which is the notion that white people are above blacks. There is a seed that was planted long ago by our forefathers that blacks should serve white people. Generally, it is the structural organization of black lives, the material conditions that are considered to be exclusive to the race. Poverty and under-education are correlated with the black culture. White supremacy is founded on the black condition, which maintains and reproduces it. There are often many assumptions made about those who are different.

There are a lot of people who feel that Americans hate Pakistanis but this is not always true. Some Americans do not even know where Pakistan is located. They usually assume that it is part of the Middle East when in fact, it is located near India. There are more Indians who hate Pakistanis because of their history. There are actually no valid reasons why Americans should hate Pakistanis unless they have experienced something bad in the past. It is possible that they have a strong dislike for Pakistanis simply because they do not understand the culture of the country. People have the tendency to dislike something that they do not know much about.

The US is a representative democracy. The views of the people are taken into account by means of their votes for a particular party when there are elections, but the government makes the decisions. Switzerland is a country that does have direct democracy, its people holding more power than is possible in other countries. Direct democracy is also called pure democracy where there is direct participation of citizens in democratic decision making. Indirect or representative democracy is based on the sovereignty of the people. In the US the higher house, the Senate, is composed of individuals recommended by the current President and the existing senators in the house vote him or her in or out. Normally senators would go along with the President's wishes. It is the Senate that makes the law in the US.

Many citizens are happy with their country's politics, in fact. They take the improvement in the US economy as their guide. They see president Trump as presenting a strong face to the world and downing opposition to 'weak' attitudes to immigration and climate change. The more educated individuals find recent attempts to withdraw from world-wide responsibility for these matters quite repellant, as they do regarding the apparent support for those who treat women with disregard or worse. Further, the attack on Obamacare has caused anxiety about those with preconditions and the possibility that some will not be able to get insurance. This causes great insecurity.

Just because one person has come to power calling himself a Republican, relying on the baser aspects of his followers' personalities, it does not mean that Republicanism itself should be disbanded. What is most dangerous is a one-party state. If you have a democracy there must be two or more parties, and the discussion/debate between their ideas and ruling intentions should inform those with a vote about the viability of otherwise of that party's political plans. It is worth looking at what is good in Republican thinking and considering the contribution of Republicans who have served their country well. This is as valuable as looking at what is abhorrent and needs to end. Is it Republicanism or one aspect of it, or one person highlighting the less ethical and humane aspects of Republican policies?