Keys to the tests
American Survey Test
Part I
I.
BAAAC
ACAAB
BDAAB
CCABA
CCACC
CBABB
BAACC
ABC
II.
1. central, north
2. Canada, Mexico
3. Pacific
4. Atlantic
5. Columbia
6. eastern
7. Yellowstone
8. Great Plains
9. Great, Mexico
10. Death Valley
11. Colorado Valley
12. Great Salt
13. 50, federal
14. 1776
15. Mississippi
16. Canada
17. 50 centimetre Rainfall Line
18. Sunny South
19. Alaska
20. Southwest
21. Wall Street
22. Broadway
23. Iron, Steel
24. Chicago
25. Alaska, Hawaii
26. European
27. 17th
28. 85
29. 240/256
30. New York
31. Pearl Harbour
32. Rhode Island
33. 8
34. Space City
35. Hawaii
36. Mississippi River
37. Washington
38. northeastern
39. California
40. Industrial
Part II
I.
BDBBA
ABCBA
AABBC
CABAB
AABAA
BABBC
AABAC
ABABC
CBCAA
BCABA
CBABC
CABAC
ABACA
AABBA
CCA
II.
1. Columbus
2. Amerigo
3. Magellan
4. red
5. Independence
6. 1914
7. Mayflower
8. Independence
9. Virginia
10. prelude
11. France
12. Spanish
13. 1933
14. Cold War
15. 11
16. Homestead Bill, Emancipation Proclamation
17. 19th
18. Russia
19. 13, 1787
20. Articles
21. 1787
22. anti-federalist
23. Federalists
24. Secretary, State
25. War, Independence
26. second
27. Holy
28. veto
29. Westward
30. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
31. John Brown
32. 1607
33. Presidental
34. Congress
35. Ku Klux Klan
36. Paris Peace
37. Washington
38. sixth
39. deputy Dong Biwu
40. Cairo
41. Midway Island
42. Second
43. Apollo
44. Communist Party
45. Germany
46. Pearl Harbour
47. Poland
48. Japan
49. Korean
50. Nixon
51. 1941
52. 1979
53. Martin Luther King
54. John Brown
55. Patrick Henry
Part III
I.
BCBAB
ABBCB
AABAA
BAABA
AABAA
BAABC
ADCCB
AB
II.
1. 6
2. bachelor
3. Harvard
4. 60
5. sophomore
6. 1/4
7. instructors
8. private
9. Congress
10. Hyde
11. Master’s
12. Washington
13. Early Bird
14. Associated
15. Readers’ Digest
16. 41
17. Football
18. spectator
19. bowling
20. 1958
21. Nobel
22. New York
23. artist
24. Hollywood
25. romantic
26. Nation
27. Negroes
28. 18
29. master
30. California
31. undergraduate
32. 85
33. Junior, Community
34. liberal arts, arts, science
35. points
36. 16
37. church
38. Negroes
39. Washington Irving
40. Scarlet Letter
41. Mark Twain
42. Leaves, Grass
43. Mark Twain
44. lost
45. The American Tragedy
46. Jack London
47. Jack London
48. Main Street, Babbit
49. The Old Man and the Sea
Part IV
I.
ABBBD
BCCDD
CDCAC
BABBD
DDACA
ACCCD
B
II.
1. baby sitter
2. first
3. nucleus
4. senior
5. 40
6. hamburger
7. cheese
8. black
9. nigger
10. loneliness
11. new morality
12. coffee
13. Thanksgiving Day
14. self-made
15. divorce
16. steak
17. do-it-yourself
18. New York
Part V
I.
ABABB
BBBBA
BACBB
ACCA
II.
1. Supreme Court
2. 435
3. 2
4. 9
5. Bill of Rights
6. 7, 26
7. Checks, Balance
8. Constitution
9. White House
10. Impeachment
11. Nixon
12. primary election
13. 4
14. Abraham Lincoln
15. Senate
16. Congress
17. Anti-Federalism
18. 12
19. 100
20. Speaker
21. Constitution
22. Republican
British Survey Test
Part I
I.
DCBAA
CAAAB
ABBBB
ABABD
ACACB
CBBCD
BADAA
CBABA
CBD
II.
1. Northwestern
2. Great Britain, Northern Ireland
3. Scottish, Welsh
4. England
5. London
6. Northern Ireland
7. 1921
8. Ben Nevis
9. Pennines
10. North Sea
11. Thames
12. London
13. Northern Ireland
14. Atlantic Gulf Stream
15. 1750, 1850
16. 1694
17. 57
18. manufacture
19. Irish
20. Welsh
21. English
22. dark
23. Scots, Irish
24. Welsh
25. Inner, 20
26. Edinburgh
27. God Save the Queen
28. North
29. West
30. Clyde
31. England
32. Thames
33. Cardiff
34. coal
Part II
I.
BBBCA
ADBDA
BABBA
AACBA
AAACC
CBAAB
BACBA
ABBCB
AAABC
ABBBB
ABABA
CBABC
BAABB
CCAAC
ABBC
II.
1. Iberians
2. Romans
3. 43 A.D
4. John Milton
5. Anglo-Saxon
6. Alfred
7. William
8. Lackland
9. Magna Carta
10. Domesday
11. Bede
12. Hastings
13. feudalism
14. Conqueror
15. French
16. Great Council
17. Church
18. Glorious Revolution
19. 6
20. Nanjing
21. Russia
22. Watt Tyler’s
23. Lancasterians, Yorkists
24. 15th
25. Paris
26. 1840
27. Chartered
28. international, national
29. Bloody
30. rebirth
31. humanists
32. feudal civil
33. money
34. Invincible Armada
35. Thomas More, Utopia
36. 16th
37. Stuart
38. Roundheads, Cavaliers
39. Lord Protector
40. Paris
41. Tory, Whig
42. universal suffrage
43. Spinning Jenny
44. splendid isolation
45. Settlement
46. Commonwealth
47. Poland
48. 18th
49. James Watt
50. Spinning Mule
51. Power Loom
52. Industrial Revolution
53. Manchester
54. Act of Supremacy
55. Italy
56. world, 4
57. Paris Peace Conference
58. Locarno Treaty
59. Germany
60. Winston Churchill
61. cabinet
Part III
I.
ACBAA
BCDAA
CABCD
CBCCD
CAACA
ACBAB
ABACA
BABBA
CAACC
ABCBA
II.
1. State, Independent
2. public
3. grammar, technical
4. 11
5. selective, comprehensive
6. eleven plus
7. grammar
8. Comprehensive secondary
9. 15, 16
10. Advanced Level
11. Technical
12. public
13. character
14. Oxford, Cambridge
15. old, Scottish, independent
16. 12th, 28
17. 12000
18. middle-aged
19. Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctor’s
20. form
21. London
22. Fleet Street
23. British Broadcasting Corporation
24. Reuters
25. Cambridge
26. advertising
27. Radio Times
28. London
29. Cricket
30. soccer, cricket
31. rounders, hockey
32. basketball, baseball
33. Royal Society
34. 23
35. Issae Newton
36. Scottish
37. Edward Tanner
38. Davy
39. Origin of Species
40. art for art’s sake
41. Westminster Palace
42. Benjamin Hall
43. Westminster Abbey
44. Capital
45. Hyde
46. Tower, London
47. Whitehall
48. Madame Tussaud’s
Part IV
I.
ACCCA
BBDBD
CDADA
CAADA
CACCB
BBACB
BAAAB
BAC
II.
1. dialect
2. 16
3. mortgaging
4. wife
5. John Bull
6. ten
7. King James, Shakespeare, Industrial
8. ladies first
9. Whitehall
10. Commons
11. December 25th
12. Scotland
13. April 1st
14. Boxing Day
15. Santa Claus
16. Armistice Day
17. 35, 40
18. cash
19. cheques
20. Income Tax
21. Water Closet
22. sickness, retirement
23. 60
24. Buddhism
25. Islam
26. Holy Bible
27. 30
28. Catholic
Part V
I.
CABBB
CAABA
ABABA
BABCA
BBBAA
ABB
II.
1. Queen Elizabeth II
2. 1952
3. Prime Minister
4. Crown
5. Crown, Lords, Commons
6. Parliament
7. Queen
8. 13th
9. Commons
10. finance
11. Upper
12. Westminster Palace
13. 1911, 1949
14. constituencies
15. President of the Chamber
16. Government, Opposition
17. Privy Council
18. No. 10 Downing Street
19. executive, clerical
20. parishes
21. chairman
22. borough, city
23. Conservative, Liberal
24. loyalists, Parliament Men
25. Conservative, Whig
26. grants
27. 5
28. 18
29. Returning Officer
30. 651
31. Lords
32. Criminal
33. jury
34. 15, 12
35. Court, Bar
36. Home Secretary
37. Scotland Yard