Презентация " The United States of America"

Geographical Position. Climate. Rich Resources.

• The United States of America stretches from Atlantic Ocean across North America and far into the Pacific.
• Because of such a huge size of the country the climate differs from one part of the country to another. The coldest climate is in the northern part, where there is heavy snow in winter and the temperature may go down to 40 degrees below zero. The south has a subtropical climate, with temperature as high as 49 degrees in summer.
• The land is as varied as it huge. There are plains and mountains, grasslands and forests, sandy soil, clay and rich, dark loams. The mineral resources vary from precious gold and rare uranium to common lead and zinc. Coal, oil, iron, copper and other minerals are abundant. They form basis of modern industry.

The Cordillera The Appalachian

• The continental part of the USA consists of the highland regions and two lowland regions. The highland regions are the Appalachian mountains in the east and the Cordillera in the west. Between the Cordillera and the Appalachian mountains are the central lowlands which are called the prairie , and eastern lowlands called the Mississippi valley/
• The are many mountains especially in the west and southwest. The Rocky mountains extend all the way from New Mexico to Alaska.

The Mississippi The Colorado

• Many rivers cross the country. The most important are the Mississippi, Missouri, Colorado, Sacramento. The main lakes in the USA are the Great Lakes in the north.

• The beautiful city of Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States and the centre of its government. The capital was named after the first president George Washington and was founded in 1790. It is situated on the Potomac River in the District of Columbia. Washington is not the largest city in the USA. It has a population only 900 000.
• Washington D.C. Has nothing characteristically American in it , as its conception is purely French. It has long wide avenues, gardens, beautiful parks and no skyscrapers at all.
• Washington is a large scientific and cultural centre, where there are many research institutes, five universities, the National Academy of Science and the Library of Congress.
• There is one more well-known building in Washington – Pentagon, the residence of the US Military department. It is situated in the suburbs to the south of the Potomac.

• George Washington was the first President of the USA. He was born on 22 February 1732 into the family of a rich Virginia landowner.
• In 1787 Congress asked each state to send delegates to a “constitutional convention” to discuss the situation. Washington presided over the convention, and the delegates worked out a completely new system of government. They called this system the Constitution of the United States. In 1789 when it came to choosing the head of state, everybody voted for Washington.
• As the first President, Washington had to make a lot of important decisions for the first time. Washington set up a lot of political institutions, decided on where to have the American capital, which was given his name, and ordered the building of the White House, the home of all American presidents ever since. For all the great things that he did Americans call him “the Father of our Country”.
• Barak Obama the 44 President of the USA.

• Washington is the residence of the President and the Congress of the USA. The White House is the President is residence, the Capitol- the seat of the American Congress. The largest and the tallest among the buildings is the Capitol with its great House of Representatives and Senate Chamber. There are no skyscrapers because no other building must be taller than the Capitol. All American presidents except George Washington (the White House was not yet built in his time) have lived in the White House. It was built in 1799.

• New York is one of the largest cities in the would and the biggest seaport. It is the financial capital of the country. It is the business centre of the United States. The city is situated in New York State, at the mouth of the Hudson river.
• New York is an industrial and cultural centre of the country.

• Statue of Liberty (designed by Auguste Bartholdi)- the symbol of New York City and the country. It was presented to the US by France in Paris on July 4, 1884. Then it was carefully taken apart and shipped to America.

• The Empire State Building became the tallest skyscraper in New York on September 11, 2001 (the Twin Towers of the Would Trade Central used to be higher). It is a 102-storeyed building, was built in 1931 .

The Hudson

• The American flag is often called “The Stars and Stripes”, it is also called “Old Glory”. It represents the growth of the nation. It has 13 horizontal stripes, 7 red and 6 white which stand for the original 13 states. In the top left hand corner there are 50 white stars on a blue background: one star for each state. The national anthem of the United States is “The Star Spangled Banner”. The words written during the Anglo-American war of 1821-1814 fnd set to the music of an old song. Every state has its own flag, its own emblem and its own anthem too.
• The eagle became the national emblem of the country in 1782. It has an olive branch (a symbol of peace) arrows (a symbol of strength0. you can see the eagle jn the back of a dollar bill.
• The Statue of Liberty is the symbol of American democracy.

• On July 4 the Americans celebrate their national holiday-Independence Day.
• On July 4, Americans have holiday from work. People have day-long picnics with favorite foods like hot dogs, ham-burgers, potato salad, baked beans. Lively music is heard everywhere. People play baseball or compete at three-legged races or pie-eating or water-melon-eating contests. Some cities have parades with people dressed as the original founding fathers who march to the music of high school bands. Wherever Americans are around the globe they will get together to celebrate Independence Day.

• Mt McKinley, Alaska, 20,320 ft (6194 m) above sea level

• Death Valley, California, 282 ft (86 m) below sea level

• Mount Rushmore National Memorial with huge carved heads of four presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.

• Niagara Falls one of the natural wonders of the would, two very large waterfall on the border between Canada and the USA.

National currency Dollar $

Main lines

Seattle

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