United States 2
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American Art• Mary Cassatt• “Mother and Child”• Impressionism
American Art• Grant Wood• “American Gothic”• Regionalism
American Art• Andy Warhol• “Marilyn Monroe”• Pop Art
American Art• Andrew Wyeth• “Christina’s World”• Regionalism
American Art• Edward Hopper• “Night Hawks”• Realism
American Art• Georgia O’Keefe• “A Calla Lily Turned
Away”• Precisionism or Cubist
Realism
American Art• James McNeill Whistler• “Whistler’s Mother”• Realism
American Art• Winslow Homer• “Snap the Whip”• Impressionism
American Art• Alice Neel• “Two Girls Spanish
Harlem”• Modernism
American Art• John Singer Sargent• “Nonchaloir” (Repose)• Portraiture
Architects and Architecture
• Thom Mayne• Gordon Bunshaft• Philip Johnson• Frank Lloyd Wright• Louis Sullivan• Charles Bulfinch• Architecture
American Writers and their Works
• Ernest Hemingway- The Old Man and the Sea• William Faulkner- The Sound and the Fury• F. Scott Fitgerald- The Great Gatsby• Herman Melville: Moby Dick• John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath• Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn• Ray Bradbury: Farenheit 451
Famous Hollywood Directors
Steven Spielberg
Peter Jackson
Tim Burton
James Cameron
Christopher Nolan
Quentin Tarantino
Famous Actors
Highest Paid Actors (in millions)
• Tom Hanks ($35)• Will Smith ($36)• Adam Sandler ($40)• Johnny Depp ($50)• Leonardo DiCaprio ($77)
Famous Actresses
Highest Paid Actresses(in millions)
• Angelina Jolie ($30)• Sarah Jessica Parker ($30)• Jennifer Aniston ($28)• Reese Witherspoon ($28)• Julia Roberts ($20)
Highest Grossing Movies of 2011
Transformers 2 Kung Fu Panda 2 Twilight: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1
HP: Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Oscars 2011• Actor in a leading role
– Colin Firth “The King’s Speech”• Actor in a supporting role
– Christian Bale “The Fighter”• Actress in a leading role
– Natalie Portman “Black Swan”• Actress in a supporting role
– Melissa Leo “The Fighter”• Animated Feature Film
– “Toy Story 3”• Best Picture
– “The King’s Speech”
American Sports
• Baseball (MBA)• American Football (NFL)• Basketball (NBA)• Ice Hockey (NHL)• Outdoor sports (fishing, hunting)• Extreme sports (BMX, skateboarding)
Sports Events
Superbowl (football)
NBA finals (basketball)
The Masters (golf)
World Series (baseball)
U.S. Open (tennis)
Indianapolis 500 (car racing)
Kentucky Derby (horse racing)
X-games (extreme sports)
Classic American Athletes
• Basketball– Michael Jordan
• Baseball– Babe Ruth
• Boxing– Muhammad Ali
• Hockey– Wayne Gretzky
• Track/Field– Jesse Owens
Highest Paid Athletes
• Golf– Tiger Woods ($75 million)
• Basketball– Kobe Bryant ($53 million)
• Baseball– Alex Rodriguez ($35 million)
• Football– Tom Brady ($31 million)
American Cuisine
• New England clam chowder (Massachusetts)
• Pastrami (New York)
American Cuisine
• Shoofly pie (Pennsylvania)
• Smithfield ham (Virginia)
American Cuisine
• Po-boys (Louisiana)
• Fajitas (Texas)
American Cuisine
• Chicago hot dogs (Illinois)
• Chile verde (New Mexico)
American Cuisine
• San Francisco sourdough (California)
• Olympia oysters (Washington)
Top 10 Businesses in America• Gasoline
• Exxon Mobil• Chevron
• Computer• Apple• Microsoft• Google
• I.B.M.• G.E.• Wal-Mart Stores• Berkshire Hathaway• Johnson & Johnson
Popular Clothing Brands• Levi Strauss• Abercrombie & Fitch• DKNY• Wrangler or Lee• Nike• Vera Wang• Marc Jacobs• Calvin Klein• Ralph Lauren• Gap
American Trends