The United States of America

The United States of America

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Вінниця 2001

PLAN

1. The USA

2. American symbols

3. The US government

4. What are americans fond of?

5. The capital of the usa

6. places of sightseeing

7. holidays in the usa

8. famous people of america

The united states of america.

The United States of America is the fourth largest country in the

world (after Russia, Canada and China). It occupies the southern part of

North America and stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. It also

includes Alaska in the north and Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The total

area of the country is about nine and a half million square kilometres. The

USA borders on Canada in the north and on Mexico in the south. It also has

a seaboarder with Russia.

The USA is made up of 50 states and the District of Columbia, a

special federal area where the capital of the country, Washington, is

situated. The population of the country is about 250 million.

If we look at the map of the USA, we can see lowlands and mountains.

The highest mountains are the Rocky Mountains, the Cordillera and the

Sierra Nevada. The highest peak is Mount McKinley, which is located in

Alaska.

America's largest rivers are the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Rio

Grande and the Columbia. The Great Lakes on the border with Canada are the

largest and deepest in the USA.

The climate of the country varies greatly. The coldest regions are in

the north. The climate of Alaska is arctic. The climate of the central part

is continental. The south has subtropical climate. Hot winds blowing from

the Gulf of Mexico often bring typhoons. The climate along the Pacific

coast is much warmer than that of the Atlantic coast.

The USA is a highly developed industrial country. It is the world's

leading producer of copper and oil and the world's second producer of iron

ore and coal. Among the most important manufacturing industries are

aircraft, cars, textiles, radio and television sets, armaments, furniture

and paper.

Though mainly European and African in origin, Americans are made up

from nearly all races and nations, including Chinese and native Americans.

The largest cities are New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia,

Detroit, San Francisco and others.

The United States is a federal union of 50 states, each of which has

its own government. The seat of the central (federal) government is

Washington, DC. According to the US Constitution the powers of the

government are divided into 3 branches: the executive, headed by the

President, the legislative, exercised by the Congress, and the juridical.

The Congress consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives. There

are two main political parties in the USA: the Republican and the