Expanding my knowledge on the US

Responding to the US quiz I took.

Here are the questions that were given to me:

Please answer questions based on what is true as of 2009.

1. The U.S. has several territories including all of the following except:

• Guam

• Puerto Rico

• Cuba

• Northern Mariana Islands

2. What is the area of the U.S.?

• 17 million sq km (similar in size to Russia)

• 9.6 million sq km (similar in size to China)

• 2.5 million sq km (like Sudan, the largest country in Africa)

• 6 hundred thousand sq km (like the Ukraine, the largest all-European country)

3. The U.S. signed NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) with:

• the U.K. and France

• the U.K. and Canada

• Mexico and Canada

• Mexico and Nicaragua

4. What is the population of the United States?

• 1,320 million like China (20% of the world's population)

• 1,170 million like India (18% of the world's population)

• 307 million (5% of the world's population)

• 70 million like France and Iran (1% of the world's population)

5. What is the life expectancy of the average American?

• 77.4

• 78.1

• 85.4

• 89.4

6. What are the predominant languages spoken in the U.S.?

• English and French

• English and Tagalog

• English and Hawaiian

• English and Spanish

7. What is the literacy rate of people over the age of fifteen?

• 50%

• 75%

• 86%

• 99%

8. When was the American Revolution?

• 1492

• 1776

• 1812

• 1960

9. What are the two main political parties in the U.S.?

• Democratic Party

• Toga Party

• Whig Party

• Republican Party

• Green Party

10. What is the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per year in the U.S.?

• $800 billion like Mexico

• $2 trillion like the U.K, France, and Italy

• $4 trillion like Japan

• $14 trillion (2nd after the EU)

11. What is the U.S. unemployment rate as of December 2008?

• 2% (like Cuba, Norway, and Kuwait)

• 5% (like Nigeria, Czech Republic, and Costa Rica)

• 7% (like Belgium, Armenia, Philippines)

• 30% (the world's average)

12. What percentage of the U.S. population lives below the poverty line?

• 13% (like Thailand and Bulgaria)

• 20% (like Spain, Israel, Costa Rica, and Iran)

• 35% (like Mexico, Nigeria, and Pakistan)

• 50% (like Afghanistan, Peru, Kenya, and the West Bank)

13. In the Gulf War, the U.S. fought against Iraq in defense of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

• True

• False

14. A leader of the civil rights movement of the 1950''s and 60''s was:

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Abraham Lincoln

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Michael Jackson

15. The largest ethnic minority group in the U.S. are:

• Black/African-Americans

• Latino/Hispanic-Americans

• Asian/Pacific Islander Americans

• Native Americans

16. The official language of the U.S. is:

• English

• Spanish

• Pig Latin

• We don't have one.

17. The majority of Americans are:

• Catholic

• Protestant

• Mormon

• Jewish

• Muslim

• Atheist

18. Slavery legally ended in the United States in:

• 1776

• 1856

• 1865

• 1956

19. How many internet users are there in the U.S.?

• 102 million (33% of the population)

• 159 million (53% of the population)

• 223 million (70% of the population)

• 295 million (97% of the population)

20. Each U.S. state elects 2:

• Federal Senators

• Representatives

• Governors

• Parliamentarians

I was surprised to find out that we in fact do not have an official language.