2. Basic Information
• The United States of America is a federal constitutional
republic comprising fifty states and a federal district.
• Columbia, a once popular name for the United States, was
derived from Christopher Columbus; it appears in the name
"District of Columbia".
• USA lays in the North America continent.
• Capital Washington, D.C.
Largest city New York City
• National language English
• Total area 9,826,675 km2
• Population 310,758,000 inhabitants
• Motto: In God We Trust
• USA borders: Canada (N) Mexico (S)
3. Geography - mountains
• In the east: the Appalachian Mountains
• In the west: the Rocky Mountains (Colorado)
• Highest Mountain: McKinley 6194 m (Alaska),
Whitney 4418 m (California)
• The bald eagle, national bird of the United
States since 1782
4. Geography - waters
• On the south – eastern Canadian border:
• Niagara Falls
• The 5 Greatest lakes – Ontario, Erie, Huron,
Michigan and Superior
• The longest river: Missouri
• The most famous river: Mississippi
5. Geography – National parks
• There are fifty-eight national parks and
hundreds of other federally managed parks,
forests, and wilderness areas.
• The first National Park was Yellowstone (Wyoming)
• Another famous Parks: Grand Canyon
(colorado),Redwood (California), Cedar Breaks
National Monument(Colorado), Kings Canyon
Sequoia(California), Grand Canyon (Colorado)
6. Political system
• The United States is the world's oldest surviving
federation.
• The first president: G. Washington (Federalist)
• The last president: B. Obama (Democrat)
• In USA are two political parties: Democrats,
Republicans
• The federal government is composed of three
branches.
• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial
8. Political system
• American flag: 50 stars, 6 white and 7 red
stripes
• American anthem The Star-Spangled Banner
was written in 1814
9. Economy
• Industrial City: Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit
• Economic City: New York, Washington D.C., L.A.
• agricultural states: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
• Main products: cars, trucks, planes, weapons
• Business: natural resources, minerals
10. Sport
• The most famous sport in USA:
• Nascar, NFL,NHL,NBA,MBL
• National sport: Baseball, American football
• The most visited sport: Nascar
• Why? The Smallest stadium has capacity
90 000 viewers
11. Interestings
• The most famous people: Micheal Jackson,
Micheal Jordan, Bill Gates, Brad Pitt, Tom
Cruise etc.
• Writers: Ernest Hamingway, John Steinbeck,
Arthur Miller, Jack Kerouac
• famous companies: Coca- Cola, McDonald‘s,
Microsoft, Google, Walt Disney,
12. National Holidays
• Christmas: Santa Claus
• Easter: Easter egg hunt
• Thanksgiving Day: every 4th Thursday in
November
• Halloween: the last day of October
• Next national Holidays: M.Luther King Day,
President‘s Day, Memorial Day, Columbus day,
Veteran‘s Day