This term refers to a set of customs, traditions, and behaviors common to a particular society.
What is 'Culture'?
100
The expression "two countries divided by a common language" refers to these two countries.
What are the United States and England?
100
Between 1840-1850, over three million immigrants came to the United States from these two countries.
What are Germany and Ireland?
100
Route 66 has these two cities as its terminal points.
What are Chicago and Los Angeles?
100
Rock-and-Roll emerged as a distinct form of music in this decade.
What is the 1950s?
200
According to this scholar, most Americans value having personal control over their environment.
Who is Robert Kohl?
200
"You bet" and "call someone's bluff" are idioms taken from this popular American game.
What is poker?
200
Immigrants from this country became powerful political players in Boston, New York, and Chicago.
What is Ireland?
200
This region of the US is often seen as being fast-paced.
What is the Northeast?
200
The origin of Jazz is most closely associated with this city.
What is New Orleans?
300
Those people who do not conform to mainstream culture are said to form this.
What is a subculture?
300
AAVE is an abbreviation for this common American dialect.
What is African American Vernacular English?
300
People who were began their education in another country and immigrated to the United States while still school age are said to belong to this generation.
What is generation 1.5?
300
This region of the US is often seen as being "laid back."
What is the West Coast?
300
This music genre can trace its roots to the South Bronx in the 1970s.
What is hip-hop/rap?
400
This actor became famous by playing rugged cowboys who exemplified the American ideal of individualism.
Who is John Wayne?
400
"Leaves of Grass" was the most popular work by this American poet.
Who is Walt Whitman?
400
Leonid Yelin coached volleyball in this country in 1978.
What is Uzbekistan?
400
William F. Cody, the founder of a famous Wild West show in the late 19th century, is better known by this name.
What is Buffalo Bill?
400
Merengue is an example of traditional music from this country.
What is Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic?
500
This inventor and naturalist became famous writing essays on the Sierra Nevada wilderness.
Who is John Muir?
500
The American English word "tycoon" actually has its origin in this language.
What is Japanese?
500
In 1882, the US Congress passes a law excluding people from this country from entering the United States.
What is China?
500
During the 19th century this animal, essential to the survival of the indigenous tribes of the Great Plains, was hunted by American pioneers nearly to extinction.
What is the buffalo/bison?
500
"White Christmas" is one of the most famous songs written by this Russian-born, Tin Pan Alley composer.