I refer you to the FAA Practical Test Standards for Check Flights for a Private Pilots Certification (License in CAA lingo).
Look at the Required portions per the PTS Check List of required maneuvers.
This is just for the PPL level.....not the Commercial or ATPL.
I find it hard to accept your comments as being indicative of the true nature of FAA based Training in the United States.
Perhaps some current FAA Licensed CFI's and/or DE's could provide the most recent FAA standards.
Things might have changed since I retired....but I would find it surprising.
The one exception might be Touch Down Autorotations as a lot of aircraft got bent doing practice EOL Touchdowns and at one point the discussion was to limit those to Power Recoveries as it was felt if everything was fine to that point....then the touchdowns in an emergency would turn out well enough.
The added expense of repairs and insurance premiums was a driving reason behind that.
During my training courtesy of the US Army we did hundreds of Touchdowns both during dual training and solo.
As a Factory Sim Instructor at two places....it was amazing how many Pilots did not fully understand the effect of flight controls particularly re torque and torque control by means of throttle and collective.
That translated into some having difficulties with coping with Tail Rotor malfunctions.
That cut across all Nationalities not just any one particular one.