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America in the World
How much do you know about America? For each of these twenty statements, say if you think it is true or false.

1. Overall, you are more likely to be murdered in the U.S. than in the U.K.
True False

2. Overall, you are more likely to be victim of a personal assault in the U.S. than in the U.K.
True False

3. Americans who have not paid their hospitals fees or insurance premiums are not entitled to emergency medical care
True False

4. Overall, Americans are more likely than people in Europe to say they have little in common with people of other races and ethnicity
True False

5. Most European countries have been far more successful than the United States at reducing carbon emissions in recent years
True False

6. Since the Second World War, America more often sided with non-Muslims when they came into conflict with Muslims, and with non-Arabs when they came into conflict with Arabs
True False

7. The legal age when one can purchase or publicly possess alcoholic drinks is 21 in America
True False

8. The US has three or four times as many weekly churchgoers as the UK
True False

9. From 1973 to 1990, the United States sold Saddam Hussein more than a quarter of his weapons
True False

10. Fewer than one in five Americans over 18 own a passport
True False

11. In America, it is more likely for a white student to be accepted to university than for a black student with the same academic qualifications
True False

12. Over a quarter of Americans are obese
True False

13. Overall, taxes are lower in the US than the UK
True False

14. The average American couple has more children than the average British couple
True False

15. The US spends more on defence than the next fifteen-highest spending countries combined
True False

16. The election of the President of the United States takes place once every five years
True False

17. Polygamy – being married to more than one man or woman at the same time - is legal in some parts of the US
True False

18. The US executes more people than China
True False

19. The United States is the world’s largest economy
True False

20. The US banned slavery earlier than the UK
True False