Daily Life
In the US, you usually leave extra money in restaurants for the server (15–20%).
What is this called?
What is a tip / tipping?
This food is traditionally the main dish at Thanksgiving dinner.
What is turkey?
American students often go to school using this big yellow vehicle.
What is a school bus?
This bird is the symbol of the United States.
What is a bald eagle?
This is the largest U.S. state by area.
What is Alaska?
In the US, going to the doctor can cost a lot of money if you don’t have this.
What is health insurance?
This American dish is made of pasta with cheese. Many children love it.
What is mac and cheese?
This is the most important high school sport; there are usually hundreds of fans every game.
What is (American) football?
This sport is the most popular in the US and has a big final with crazy commercials. What is the name of this final game?
What is the Super Bowl?
In the 1800s, thousands of pioneers traveled this long route from Missouri to Oregon in search of land and new opportunities.
What is the Oregon Trail?
Americans often talk to strangers about simple things like the weather or their day.
What is this kind of conversation called?
What is small talk?
This yellow vegetable is very important in the Midwest.
What is corn?
This is a big party with music and dancing that happens in high school.
What is prom?
This long-running U.S. sitcom shows the daily life of six friends living in New York City. It is famous for its coffee shop, funny catchphrases, and the theme song "I'll Be There for You."
What is Friends?
This large mountain range, with more than 355 miles of hiking trails, is in the west of the United States and Canada.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
In the US, you can order food, coffee, or even go to the bank without leaving your car.
What is this system called?
What is a drive-thru?
Americans love to put this liquid topping on their pancakes.
What is maple syrup?
Put these in the correct order (from first to last year): Junior, senior, sophomore, freshman
What is: freshman → sophomore → junior → senior?
The Midwest of the United States has a region called Tornado Alley, famous for tornadoes.
About how many tornadoes happen in the U.S. each year?
A. 7,500
B. 575
C. 1,200
D. 2,400
About 1,200 tornadoes happen each year in the U.S.
This state was once owned by the French. Its capital city is Baton Rouge.
What is Louisiana?
In the US, restaurants often serve drinks with a lot of this automatically.
What is ice?
This sweet and salty sandwich is a very common school lunch in the U.S.
What is a peanut butter & jelly sandwich?
In U.S. schools, students get grades like A, B, C, or D. The average of these numbers is used to show how good a student is at school.
What is this grading system called?
What is a GPA (Grade Point Average)?
At baseball games, Americans often eat this sweet and salty snack. It is made of peanuts, popcorn, and caramel.
What are Cracker Jacks?
The US has five big lakes on the northern border with Canada. They hold about 21% of Earth's surface freshwater. These are called…
What are The Great Lakes?