For my American Culture class at INTO Mason. The topics are from "All About the USA 4": Death Valley, Maple and Pecan trees, Roanoke Colony.

1. Preparing for Quiz Two
American Culture
Nathan D. Horowitz

2. Three topics on the quiz
•Death Valley
•Maple trees and pecan trees
•Roanoake

3. Death ValleyDeath Valley

4. History, geography, vocabulary

6. People in Death Valley
9000 years ago: Lake Mohave people
5000-2000 years ago: Mesquite Flat people
Saratoga people
Shoshone people (I won’t test you on these names,
I just want you to have an idea of the history)
160 years ago: pioneers (European settlers)
Now: tourists

7. Vocabulary from the book:
Pioneers, searing heat, salt flats, this harsh region,
shrubs and shrub-like trees, seeds lodged in the soil,
devoid of wildlife. Mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians.
During the day, many seek shelter in burrows. Gold and
silver are precious metals.

8. Questions from the book:
What animal is an amphibian? Other than a desert,
what place looks devoid of life? What were some
difficulties the pioneers faced? What makes salt flats?
What are two precious gems? Other than Death Valley,
what place has searing heat? What are two animals that
live in burrows? What is a place that has harsh winters?

9. PioneersPioneers

10. Sugar maples

11. Sugar maple leaves

14. Vocabulary: The sugar maple is abundant in New England and
southeastern Canada. The tree stores starch (‫,نشاء‬澱粉) in its
roots and trunk.

15. Other vocabulary: wood chip, maple grove,
wooden spout, tedious work, the aroma of
sweet maple syrup.

16. A cultivated pecan tree

18. The meat of the pecan nut is rich and nourishing.

19. What fruit or flower grows in clusters? What are some
popular cultivated trees? What is a nourishing food
that you like to eat? What plant’s aroma do you like?
What kinds of work are tedious? What food crops are
abundant in the USA? What is an object that has a
spout?

20. The Mystery of Roanoke Island

23. 1584: Queen Elisabeth I lets Sir Walter Raleigh look
for gold in the New World.
1585: Raleigh sends 108 men to settle on Roanoke
Island in a colony.
1586: Starving, the men go back to England.
1587: Raleigh sends 150 men, women, and children.
Virginia Dare is born. John White goes to England to
bring back more supplies, but can’t.
1590: John White returns and can’t find the colonists.

25. Vocabulary: Some ships anchored near the island.
The people repaired the old fort. They needed more
provisions. They should carve on a tree the name of
the place they were going. The colony was stranded.
The ruins were deserted. The place had been
abandoned. Ironically (讽刺地, ‫)بسخرية‬ the fate of
Governor White also became a mystery.
Crops brought by Raleigh to Europe: corn, potatoes,
tobacco. If you like those things, thank Raleigh!