USA
What is the name of the fictional Character, who guides us through the American history.
Forrest Gump
This day The Irish celebrate every year on the 17´th of march, and they drink beer and wear green colours.
Saint Patricks Day.
Explain the difference between: "Emigration and Immigration"
Emigration is when you LEAVE a country, Immigration is when you ENTER a country.
Who are "The Amish"?
A group of Christians, who live very traditional in USA, mainly in Pennsylvania.
To be in present tense.
I am, you are, he/she/it is ..etc.
Who are the Ku Klux Klan
A white racist group, fighting for white supremacy.
Name at least two words in Irish (English) that originally came from old Viking words.
f.e. Window, Husband, knife..
What is Ellis Island.
An Island outside the harbour of New York, where immigrants used to go before being allowed in to the United States.
Who are "The Botswana Bushmen"?
A tribe that lives in Botswana, but are driven away from the natural areas of living to make room for diamond mining etc.
Which type of words are; on, in, at, by..
Prepositions
What is the Kennedy murder all about?
The murder of the president of USA in 1963.
Name at least one famous Irish sport.
E.G. Handball, Hurling, Gaelic football
Who was Charlie Chaplin?
An English actor, who himself, immigratet to the United States in the beginning af the 19´th century.
Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
An Austrian Bodybuilder and actor, that made his career in the US.
Make a sentence where you use: Do, Does or Did
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Who were the Black Panthers?
A violent Civil rights group, fighting for "Black Power"
What is "The Troubles"?
A period with intense fighting between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland/Northern Ireland.
What was "The potato famine"
The potato crops failed, and a hunger broke out in Ireland in the late 18´th century, causing mas-emigration.
What is Halloween, and what does the word mean?
A festival in October, celebrating the dead..meaning All Hallows Day-alle helgenes dag.
What is the 3 form of Good?
Best.
Who was John Lennon, and how did he die?
One of the lead singers in The Beatles, he was assassinated in 1980.
Who were "The Guilford Four" ?
4 Irish people, wrongly convicted of bombing a Pub in Guilford.
Who was "Jacob Riis"?
A Danish photographer, who documented the immigrants stories in the late 18´th century and the early 19´th century.
Where does the title: "East is East" origin from?
A line in a poem of Rudyard Kipling (author of "The Jungle Book")
Translate the sentence with the Danish Idiom: Han var "hønefuld"
He was drunk as a Lord.