Font size
WorksheetsPSI #6 Vacances Toussaint
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Find a synonym for "widespread":
famous
expensive
large
common
What is the English for "l'Antiquité"?
(a)
"comprehensive" means...
exhaustive
understanding
widespread
incomplete
Find the odd one out.
to decline
to wane
to fade
to wave
"to alienate" means...
devenir extra-terrestre
déplaire à
isoler, éloigner
faire monter la colère
Pick the best translation for "une question complexe":
a complex question
a difficult subject
a thorny issue
a hard problem
In the US, the Electoral College is...
An instance that determines the result of an election in case of a tied result
A group of university representatives
The newly elected Congress
A group that only votes for the president and vice-president
The Electoral College system was designed to prevent inequalities between states
TRUE
FALSE
All electors are representatives of a state.
TRUE
FALSE
A State's number of electors depends on its size.
TRUE
FALSE
A State's number of electors may vary every 5 years.
TRUE
FALSE
How many electors must a candidate get in order to become president?
538
270
271
10 in each state
What is the US census?
a yearly counting of the country's population
a registration of voters in each state every 10 years
the total number of people in a state
a population count used as a basis for the presidential election
Which state has the highest number of electors?
Texas
California
Pennsylvania
Florida
A "winner-takes-all" system means...
The candidate who gets a majority of votes in a state gets all of that state's electors
The candidates who wins the most states wins the election
The candidate who wins a number of key states wins the election
Electors can only vote for the winning candidate
Which of these states were traditionally seen as Democrat "safe states"?
Michigan
Ohio
Massachusetts
Oregon
Which of these states were traditionally seen as Republican "safe states"?
Idaho
Michigan
Mississipi
Ohio
Which of these states are generally seen as "swing states"?
Utah
Connecticut
Ohio
Florida
In the past 20 years, how many times has a US president been elected without getting a majority of the popular vote?
1
2
3
4
What happens if the election result is "too close to call" in a state?
Votes have to be recounted for this state
The election must be recalled
This state is taken out of the national count
The Supreme Court declares a winner
