Problem: Anti-Americanism, anti-American sentiment, or sometimes Americanophobia is dislike of or opposition to the United States governmental policies of the United States, especially regarding the foreign policy, or the American people in general.

Political scientist Brendon O'Connor of the United States Studies Centre suggests that "anti-Americanism" cannot be isolated as a consistent phenomenon and that the term originated as a rough composite of stereotypes, prejudices and criticisms evolving to more politically based criticism. French scholar Marie-France Toinet says use of the term "anti-Americanism" "is only fully justified if it implies systematic opposition a sort of allergic reaction to America as a whole".

Discussions on anti-Americanism have in most cases lacked a precise explanation of what the sentiment entails (other than a general disfavor), which has led to the term being used broadly and in an impressionistic manner, resulting in the inexact impressions of the many expressions described as anti-American. William Russell Melton argues that criticism largely originates from the perception that the U.S. wants to act as a "world policeman".

Negative views of the United States are generally strongest in the Arab world, China, former Soviet countries, certain European nations, and North Korea, and weakest in Sub-Saharan Africa and most parts of Southeast Asia.
1. What do people with Americanphobia not like?
2. What can they dislike about the United States?
3. What specific policies might they dislike?
4. Is there other names for Americanphobia/
5. How many?
6. What are they?
7. What did the term start as?
8. What did it change into?
9. Who is Brendon O'Connor?
10. Where is he employed?
11. Does he this this is a consistent thing?
12. Who is Marie-France Toinet?
13. Does she feel the term is justified if it does not imply systematic opposition?
14. How much of America does she say it needs to include?
15. Where are the strongest negative opinions of the U.S.?
16. How many other areas?
17. Is it strong in part of Europe?
18. What about China
19. Where is it the weakest?
20. How does the U.S. try to act?
Answer: 1. the United States
2. the people
3. foreign policy
4. yes
5. two
6. Anti-Americanism and anti-American sentiment
7. a composite of stereotypes, prejudices and criticisms
8. a politically based criticism
9. A political scientist
10. the United States Studies Centre
11. no
12. a French scholar
13. no
14. all of it
15. in the Arab world
16. four
17. yes
18. yes
19. Sub-Saharan Africa and most parts of Southeast Asia
20. like a world policeman

Problem: Our brains work in complex and strange ways. There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two. Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write.

Dr. J. Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887. He called these people idiot savants. An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental injury, such as in autism or retardation. At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people. The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory.

One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr. Benjamin Rush, an American doctor. His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in 1724. It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds. Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write.

Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s. Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5,000 musical pieces beautifully.

In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly.

Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment. Yet not all brain injury leads to savant skills. Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills. However few people wish to participate in such experiments. There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain. The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate. Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots.
1. What are idiot savants?
2. What type of skills?
3. Anything else?
4. And?
5. Who wrote about a human that could calculate fast?
6. What was his profession?
7. Where was he from?
8. What year did he write about this person?
9. What was his patient's name?
10. Was he a free man?
11. Was he literate?
12. Who became famous as a pianist?
13. How many words did he know?
14. How many music pieces could he play?
15. What actor played Rain Man?
16. What was his amazing skill?
17. Does all brain injury leads to savant skills?
18. Do many people wish to participate in experiments to determine idiot savant?
19. Does the author like the term idiot savant?
20. Why not?
Answer: 1. a person who has significant mental injury but has extraordinary skills
2. gifted in music
3. mathematics
4. having a photographic memory
5. Dr. Benjamin Rush
6. doctor
7. America
8. 1789
9. Thomas Fuller
10. no
11. no
12. Blind Tom
13. 100
14. 5,000
15. Dustin Hoffman
16. he performed complex calculations very rapidly
17. no
18. No
19. no
20. savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots

Problem: Lester was walking in the street with two huge and heavy suitcases . A stranger walked up to him and asked ,"Have you got the time ?" Lester stopped , put down the suitcases and looked at his watch ."It' s five fifteen ,"he said . "Hey , what a nice watch !"said the stranger . Lester smiled a little and said ,"Yes , it' s not bad . Look at this ."Then he showed the stranger a time display for the 86 largest cities in the world . He hit a few buttons and a voice told the time in Chinese . Lester continued ,"Its voice can be set for different languages ." The stranger seemed very interested in the watch . "That' s not all ,"said Lester . He then pushed a few more buttons and a small map appeared on the watch ."The map can show where we are ,"explained Lester . "I want to buy this watch !"said the stranger . "Oh , no , I' m not selling it . I have spent nearly two years making it ,"said Lester . "I' ll give you $ 1,000 for it !" "Oh , no , I' ve already spent more than that ." "I' ll give you $ 5,000 for it !" Lester stopped to think . The stranger quickly gave him a check and said ,"$ 5,000 . Here it is ." Lester finally agreed to sell the watch . When the stranger was going to leave with the watch , Lester pointed to the two huge suitcases and said ,"Hey , wait a minute . Don' t forget your batteries ."
1. Who is walking?
2. What is he carrying
3. Are they small?
4. What are they?
5. Who talks to him?
6. What does he say?
7. Does he ignore him?
8. What does he do?
9. Which is what?
10. What does the man say then?
11. Does he agree?
12. What does he show him?
13. What language does it say something in?
14. Did he press one thing only?
15. Are there other options?
16. For what?
17. Was the person bored?
18. Do they want to buy it?
19. How much do they end up offering?
20. What does he say they forgot?
Answer:
1. Lester
2. heavy suitcases
3. No.
4. huge
5. A stranger
6. Have you got the time
7. No.
8. Givers him the time.
9. five fifteen
10. Hey , what a nice watch !
11. Yes
12. a time display for the 86 largest cities in the world
13. Chinese
14. No.
15. Yes.
16. different languages
17. No.
18. Yes.
19. $ 5,000
20. batteries