美国历史与文化 名词解释和问答题 复习材料.docVIP

美国历史与文化 名词解释和问答题 复习材料: 14章 名词解释 1 . (本题10分)名词解释：“powwow” In the United States, Indians are taken legal steps to recover land and resources that were illegally taken away from them in the past. They are also making great efforts to keep and develop their cultures. One example is the reappearance of the ‘powwow’, a community celebration including crafts, food, dance, song and the playing of drums. 2 . (本题10分)名词解释：baby boom It refers to a social phenomenon in the USA. occurred between 1946 and 1966. Nearly 80 million Americans were born in this period. The group born in the earlier period of “baby boom” came to college age in the 1960s, so there was swell of college students. They later became the major force of the students’ movement in the 1960s 回答问题 8 . (本题15分)What was the fate of the Indians in the course of the development of the USA? What are the American Indians doing the protest their culture? No reliable figures exist on the size of the American Indian population in 1492. But the number were greatly reduced by diseases, warfare, and famine following the westward movement of early colonists and pioneers. The white people took away the land from the Indians and almost wiped out the buffalo on which many Indian tribes depended for their existence. After the civil war, government reservations, land especially set aside for the Indians, were set up. The social and economic conditions of the Indians are often poor. Indians are making great efforts to keep and develop their cultures. One example is the reappearance of the “powpow”, a community celebration including crafts, food, dance, song and the playing of drums. 15章名词解释 1 . (本题10分)名词解释：The Bill of Rights In the process of ratification of the Constitution, some states had ratified it with the understanding that a Bill of Rights should soon be added into the Constitution. So when the first Congress convened, James Madison introduced a series of amendments including many of the suggestions of the states. Ten of the