首页
登录
职称英语
What does New Amsterdam refer to? [br] [originaltext] For most of its life
What does New Amsterdam refer to? [br] [originaltext] For most of its life
游客
2024-10-14
30
管理
问题
What does New Amsterdam refer to? [br]
For most of its life, New Amsterdam had fewer than 1,000 residents, but its influence would far outstrip its size. This was the first and most important multicultural base in colonial America. While Boston and, later, Philadelphia, developed along distinctly English lines, New Amsterdam was pluralistic from the beginning. In 1643, when barely 500 people called it home, director Willem Kieft told a visiting Jesuit priest that 18 languages were spoken. In fact, according to some estimates this "Dutch" city was never more than 50 percent Dutch in its population. The other major groups included Germans, English, Africans, Scandinavians, French, and Jewish. From this tiny mix of peoples would come the structure of New York City. The so-called Castello Plan--a map drawn up in 1660--gives us an excellent picture of what New Amsterdam was like at its height, just four years before the English took over and renamed it New York. The truth, as exhibited in the museum of the city of New York, is that the Dutch happened to transport an entire civilization from one continent to another when they created New Amsterdam. And they also transported the two main features that created America: Plural- ism and the very free spirit. People outside this city sometimes say that America is not New York. They’re right. It’s New Amsterdam.
选项
A、Materialism and practicalism.
B、Individualism and heroism.
C、Collectivism and Buddhism.
D、Pluralism and the very free spirit.
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3800549.html
相关试题推荐
Accordingtothepassage,anidealmarriagelife______.[br][originaltext]
Accordingtothepassage,anidealmarriagelife______.[originaltext]Ago
Whatdothespeakersmainlydiscuss?[br][originaltext]M:Let’sgoswimmingov
Whatdothespeakersmainlydiscuss?[br][originaltext]M:Let’sgoswimmingov
Whatdothespeakersmainlydiscuss?[br][originaltext]M:Let’sgoswimmingov
Whichofthefollowingismostlikelytheplacethemanvisits?[originaltext]W:
Thesectarianclashesoccurredbetween______.[originaltext]MoreChristians
JohnWilliams’houseismadeof[br][originaltext]Morethan40yearsago
JohnWilliams’houseismadeof[originaltext]Morethan40yearsago,John
Whydidherneighborsgoupontheroof?[br][originaltext]M.Hi,Jane...Say
随机试题
Oftenconjuringimagesofdank,smelly,mosquito-infestedwastelands,uponcl
(1)WhentheDowrockets300pointsorthestocksofretailers,say,getdecim
Excessivesugarhasastrongmal-effectonthefunctioningofactiveo【66】su
2009年6月10日5时17分,A煤矿井下南一盘区15201进风副巷综掘工作面发
某城市生活垃圾焚烧发电厂钢筋混凝土多管式(钢内筒)80m高烟囱基础,如图4-1“
下列政策措施不能够引起总需求曲线向右移动的是( )。A.货币供给量的增加
房地产经纪机构风险管理规避要以( )为主。A.预防风险 B.转移风险 C.
口服氢氧化铝、三硅酸镁等治疗胃溃疡属于A.干扰核酸代谢 B.影响生物活性物质及
人民法院受理公司清算案件,应当及时指定有关人员组成清算组,下列可以成为清算组成员
根据九部委发布的《标准施工合同》,履约保函的担保期限为( )。A.发包人和承包
最新回复
(
0
)