CEPA Paulo Freire. Nivel 2 distancia.2014.

1. United Stated of America
(The promised land)
Student: Cesar David Contreras
Sanchez

2. Index
USA is one of the biggest countries of the world. .......................................................... 3
USA is one of the most populated countries of the planet. ............................................ 3
The cities more important ............................................................................................. 4
The flag......................................................................................................................... 6
The federal capital ........................................................................................................ 7
The initials of the states ................................................................................................ 8
Hourly difference........................................................................................................... 9
Commemorative days in the USA ............................................................................... 10
Thanksgiving Day .................................................................................................... 10
Independence Day .................................................................................................. 10
Martin Luther King’s Day ......................................................................................... 10
Presidents Day ........................................................................................................ 11
Veterans Day .......................................................................................................... 11
What do Americans eat?............................................................................................. 11
Cities of the States United of America ......................................................................... 12
New York ................................................................................................................ 13
The Vegas ............................................................................................................... 13
Miami ...................................................................................................................... 14
The Angeles ............................................................................................................ 14
San Francisco ......................................................................................................... 15
Orlando ................................................................................................................... 15
New Orleans ........................................................................................................... 16
Washington D.C. ..................................................................................................... 16
Chicago ................................................................................................................... 17
Boston ..................................................................................................................... 17
List of illustrations ....................................................................................................... 18

3. USA is one of the biggest countries of the world.
The
United
States of
America is one of the
biggest countries of the
world.
Only
it
is
overcome in extension
by Russia, China and
Canada. The extension
of the United States of
America
is
9.830.000
Km2 and It‘s the fourth
one big more of the
planet.
1 Area of the United States of America
To do a comparison, Spain this one in the position fifty two (52).
USA is one of the most populated countries of the planet.
The United States of America is most
populated countries of the world, It has
got a population of 316 million of
persons. It’s the third country with major
number of residents, only overcome for
Indian and China.
To see the dimension with regard to our
country, Spain has 47,2 million of
2 Population year 2000
residents and this one placed in the
position twenty-seven (27), as for
number of inhabitants.
The states with more population of USA
are California, Texas, New York,
Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Michigan for this order.

4. The cities more important
In the States United for America according to the magazine Forbes, the population of the cities more important in the year 2010 they are:
Population
9.7 millions
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
7.9 millions
6.9 millions
5.2 millions
2.8 millions
3.5 millions
1.9 millions
1.6 millions
New York
The
Angeles
Chicago
Miami
Houston
San
Francisco
Dallas
Boston
1.98 millions
0.98 millions
Denver
Atlanta
New York
The Angeles
Chicago
Miami
Houston
San Francisco
Dallas
Boston
Denver
Atlanta
3 Graph
In this list are 10 cities more populated of EE.UU. But we can’t forget of the cities of Washington DC with 632.000 residents and Orlando
with 250.000 residents.
Of all these cities, They are the capital of his state Denver (Colorado), Atlanta (Georgia) and Boston (Massachusetts). Columbia's federal
District where one finds the city of Washington DC that is the Federal Capital and headquarters of the Government.

5. The city of Madrid has got a population of 5,5 millions of residents.
Later we are going to represent in a graph the cities that of the USA that more
inhabitants have that Madrid.
Washington
D.C. 0,63
millions
New York
9,7 millions
The Angeles
7,9 millions
Orlando
0,25 millions
Chicago 6,9
millions
Madrid
5,5
millions
Atlanta 1,98
millions
Miami 2,8
millions
Denver 0,98
millions
Houston 3,5
millions
Boston 1,9
millions
San
Francisco 1,6
Dallas 5,2
Of blue color we can see the cities that if they overcome in population to Madrid, in
red color we see those who do not overcome in population Madrid.

6. The flag
The flag of the United States consists of
thirteen horizontal bars, red seven and
white six the alternated ones, and a blue
rectangle in the sector of the top left
canton with fifty white stars of five tops.
The bars represent to thirteen original
Colonies that became free of the United
Kingdom and the stars, to fifty conditions
that form the Union. He presents a great
similarity with the flag of the British
Company of the East Indies, by which
possibly it inspired.
4 The flag of USA

7. The federal capital
Washington
D.C.,
officially
named District of Columbia , is
the capital of the United States
of America. It is a question of
an entity different from 50
conditions that they compose
the above mentioned nation,
and depends directly on the
federal Government
United
States.
of
the
Columbia's
District was founded on July 6 White House
16, 1790, and in 1791 a new
city named Washington was made official, inside the District, to the east of already
existing Georgetown. In 1871 there were unified the governments of these two
cities and of the rest of populations of the district in an alone entity, D.C.
5 Monument Cristobal Colon
The city was named in honor to George Washington,
the first president of the United States. The name of
the district, Columbia, is the poetical name of The
United States, in reference to Cristobal Colón.
7 George Washington

8. The initials of the states
The different conditions that compose the USA, also are known by initials. We are
going to see some of them and to place his location.
INITIAL
STATE
LOCATION
WV
West Virginia
East
WI
Wisconsin
North
WY
Wyoming
Center East
OK
Oklahoma
Center
AZ
Arizona
South West
AK
Alaska
North West
AR
Arizona
South West
AL
Alabama
South East
NY
New York
North East
8 Maps States United of America

9. Hourly difference
Given the great extension of the country, in USA 4 hourly demarcations exist from this
one to west: The Eastern Time (east coast) supposes 6 hours less with regard to
Spain, the Central Time (center of the country) he supposes 7 hours less, the Mountain
Time (Rocky mountains) supposes 8 hours less, and the Pacific Time (coast west) 9
hours less.
P............... Pacific Time
M .............. Mountain Time
C .............. Central Time
E............... Eastern Time
TIME SLOT
Madrid
20:00 (Spanish Time)
Nueva York
14:00 (Eastern Time)
Dallas
13:00 (Mountain Time)
Denver
12:00 (Central Time)
Las Vegas
11:00(Pacific Time)
Anchorage
11:00 (Pacific Time)

10. Commemorative days in the USA
Later we are going to give a revision of the commemorative days important more in the
USA
Thanksgiving Day
The Thanksgiving Day is a traditional celebration
of The United States and Canada. In the United
States it is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of
November though originally it was done last
Thursday
9 Thanksgiving Day
Independence Day
The Day of the Independence of the United States is the national holiday that is
celebrated on July 4 in the United States.
This day marks the signature of the
Declaration of Independence in 1776 in
which the country proclaimed his formal
separation of the British Empire.
10 Independence Day
Martin Luther King’s Day
The day of Martin Luther King, Jr is a bank holiday
of the United States marked by the birthday of the
reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. It is
celebrated on the third Monday of January of every
year, which is an approximately the date of King's
birth, January 15. The floating holiday is similar to
the vacations established under the Lye of
Uniformity of Vacations of the Monday, though the
holiday is 15 years previous to that was receiving
the name by day of Martin Luther King, Jr.
11 Martin Luther King

11. Presidents Day
In 1971 the President Richard Nixon
proclaimed an alone federal bank holiday,
the Day of the Presidents, to be observed
on the third Monday of February in honor
to all the presidents spent from the United
States of America.
12 Monument of Presidents
Veterans Day
Holiday that honors the persons who have served
in the Armed Forces of The United States, also
known as the veterans. It is a federal bank holiday
that is observed on November 11.
13 Famous photo of war
What do Americans eat?
Shown restraint Americans in Europe
Shown restraint genuine Americans
Hamburger
Salad of cabbage
Hot dog
Peanut butter
Rib to the ember
Roast turkey
Chicken to the barbecue
Meatloaf
Tart of apple
hash browns
Potatoes
pancakes
Chocolate
Pizza
Brownie

12. Cities of the States United of America
14 Localization city more important of States United of America

13. New York
he City of New York it’s more big city of USA, There localizing
east of country, with 9,7 millions of resident It’s one of the
cities big more of the world.
The” big apple” nickname of their city, has got suburbs mystic, some
of they are Manhattan, Brookline, Harlem..
This one placed in New Jersey's condition and it takes place as the
Statue of the Freedom, Central park and the Empire stated.
T
15 New York
The Vegas
The City of The Vegas it’s one of city more special for everything
what it represents.
It has a tourists' great abundance along all the year round and is
known also as the city of the sin.
The city possesses 1,9 million inhabitants of which more of the half
they are tourists.
The great attraction of the city undoubtedly someone they are his
casinos.
16 The Vegas

14. Miami
The Angeles
The city of Miami it’s the city more important of the state of Florida,
It’s have got 2,8 millions of resident and it’s situated in south west of
country.
It´s the headquarters of numerous companies important of the world
and one of the cities more rich economically, for this reason the
banks more important of the world has headquarters in Miami.
Also it is very known by his cosmopolitan diversity and by his
beaches.
The city more important of the west of country it possesses a
population of 7,9 millions of resident and this one is one of many
circumstances for the one that is considered to be one of the cities
more important of the world.
Considered as the Mecca of the cinema it’s place in state of
California and It possesses numerous emblematic sites as Theater
Kodak, the building Bradbury, Hollywood Boulevard, Staples Center
(sites of the Angles Lakers) and beach of Malibu between others.
It is said that one of every five persons devotes herself to the artistic
world because of it is you consider artistic one capitals of the world.
It’s my favorite.
17 Miami
18 The Angeles

15. San Francisco
Orlando
The city of San Francisco it’s the fourth one in population in the
condition of California. He is in the north end of the peninsula of San
Francisco, with the ocean Pacific Ocean in the western part.
In 1848, the fever of the gold of California stimulated to the city to a
period of rapid growth, spending from 1.000 to 25.000 inhabitants in
one year, 11 what converted to the city in the biggest of the Coast
west in that epoch. After having being devastated by the earthquake
and fire of 1906,12 San Francisco was rapidly reconstructed, being
a headquarters of the International Exhibition of Panama and the
Pacific Ocean nine years later.
Sites emblematic they are Alcatraz, Golden Gate, Chinatown,
Silicon Valley…
Orlando's city is the headquarters of Orange's county and is a
central city of the metropolitan zone of the same name, as well as
also head-board of the region known as Central Florida, in the
condition of Florida, of the southeast of The United States.
It is the biggest sixth city of Florida and the biggest not coastal city.
The downtown of Orlando, better acquaintance as Downtown
Orlando, has been an object of continuous restructuring, in spite of
being removed from the principal tourist attractions as Walt Disney
Resort World and Universal Resort World.
19 San Francisco
20 Orlando

16. New Orleans
Washington D.C.
It is the biggest city of the condition of Louisiana, in the United
States, as well as the principal port of the river Mississippi.
After Katrina being partially destroyed by the hurricane in 2005, the
population diminished considerably for evacuation or death and in
2006 the population was an approximately the half.
New Orleans is a multicultural city of the south of the United States
(with special African, Latin, Spanish, French influence), very known
by his festivals, his music and his kitchen. Events as the Mardi
Gras, Jazz Fest and the Sugar Bowl (bowl of the sugar) support to
the city as a tourist constant destination.
Washington A.D., officially named Columbia's District It is the capital
of the United States of America. It is a question of an entity different
from 50 conditions that they compose the above mentioned nation,
and depends directly on the federal Government of the United
States.
It is located on the banks of the river Potomac and is surrounded by
Virginia's conditions, in the western part and Maryland in the
northern part, the and south.
Between the sites more out-standing they find the white house and
the pentagon.
21 New Orleans
22 Washington D.C.

17. Chicago
Boston
Chicago, known colloquial as "Second City" it is the third city with
major number of inhabitants in The United States, behind New York
and Los Angeles. Chicago is in the condition of Illinois, is the
headquarters of Cook's County along the coast southwest of the
Lake Michigan. It forms a part of the metropolitan Area of Chicago,
a conurbation integrated in addition by the peripheral counties.
It is the capital and city most filled with the Union of Massachusetts,
and one of the most ancient cities of the United States. On having
treated itself about the city most filled with New England, Boston it is
considered to be the economic and cultural center of the region and
is recounted in occasions as the " Capital of New England " of a not
official way.
23 Chicago
24 Boston

18. List of illustrations
2 Population year 2000 ................................................................................................. 3
1 Area of the United States of America ......................................................................... 3
3 Graph......................................................................................................................... 4
4 The flag of USA ......................................................................................................... 6
5 Monument Cristobal Colon......................................................................................... 7
6 White House .............................................................................................................. 7
7 George Washintong ................................................................................................... 7
8 Maps States United of America .................................................................................. 8
9 Thanksgiving Day .................................................................................................... 10
10 Independence Day ................................................................................................. 10
11 Martin Luther King.................................................................................................. 10
12 Monument of Presidents ........................................................................................ 11
13 Famous photo of war ............................................................................................. 11
14 Localization city more important of States United of America ................................. 12
15 New York ............................................................................................................... 13
16 The Vegas ............................................................................................................. 13
17 Miami ..................................................................................................................... 14
18 The Angeles........................................................................................................... 14
19 San Francisco ........................................................................................................ 15
20 Orlando .................................................................................................................. 15
21 New Orleans .......................................................................................................... 16
22 Washington D.C. .................................................................................................... 16
23 Chicago ................................................................................................................. 17
24 Boston ................................................................................................................... 17