Transcript The USA - Uudised

The United States of
America
Inglise keel
9.klass
Kersti Piir
Valga Gümnaasium
Valga maakond
Juhendaja Igor Jallai
The USA is a huge country
 From the border with Canada in the north to the border
with Mexico in the south, it is 2500 km.
 From the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean
in the west, it is 4500 km.
 A train takes 45 hours to cross the country.
 A plane can fly from coast to coast in just 5 hours.
Facts
Language: English
National Holiday: Independence Day,
July 4
National Anthem: “The StarSpangled Banner”
Monetary Unit: U.S. dollar
President- is elected for six- year
terms( G.W.Bush- now)
What does Stars and
stripes mean?
It is the name of the
flag of the USA
Each star on the
American flag
represents one of the
50 states.
How many states are there
in the USA?
 There are 50 states.
 All states have
nicknames.
 People call Kansas the
Sunflower state.
 Florida- the Sunshine
State.
 Arkansas- the land of
opportunity.
 The largest state- Alaska.
 The smallest stateRhode Island
Cities
 Washington DC
 New York
 Boston ( a big cultural
and educational centre.)
 Chicago- the third largest
city in the country
 Los Angeles- the second
largest city, the film
capital
 Philadelphia- historic city.
Boston
Washington, D.C.
 Washington is the capital
city of the USA. D.C.district of Columbia.
 It was founded in 1791.
 Today Washington is a
city which attracts a lot of
tourists.
 The sights- the home of
the first president George
Washington, The
Washington Monument,
the White House and
others.
Lincoln`s memorial
Supreme court
New York
 New York is the largest
city in the USA.
 The city consists of five
boroughs:
 Manhattan ( There are
almost all the famous
sights.)
 Queens
 the Bronx
 Brooklyn
 Staten Island
Statue of Liberty
What are the biggest rivers
and lakes in the USA?
The Missouri, the
Mississippi( the longest,
5,936 km), the Columbia
River, the Colorado River,
the Rio Grande.
 Lake Superior ( the biggest),
Lake Michigan, Lake Huron,
Lake Erie, Lake Ontario.The
deepest- Crater Lake in
Oregon- 580 m.
 Great Salt Lake is 4 times as
salty as any ocean.
The Mississippi
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls lie on
the border between
New York State and
Ontario, Canada.
More than 50 metres
high and 1 km wide.
Niagara Falls
The biggest mountain
chains in the USA?
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada,
the Cascades, the
Rocky Mountains in
the west.
The Appalachians in
the east.
The highest peak of
the States, Mount
McKinley, lies in
Alaska-6,198m
above
The Rocky
Mountains
sea level.
Climate
 Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida and
arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains west of the
Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the
Southwest.
 In California the summer is ten months long.
 In Alaska the winter can last more than half the year.
 The wettest place is a mountain in Hawaii, where it rains
on 350 days a year.
 In one year over 31 metres fell on Mount Rainier in the
state of Washington.
The hottest place
 The hottest place is
Death Valley in
California.In one summer
the temperature there
did`not fall below 49°C
for 43 days.
 It is the lowest point- 86
meters below sea level.
Death Valley
Pair work
Talk to your partners.
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5.
What does “Stars and Stripes mean?”
How many states are there in the USA?
What are the biggest rivers and lakes in the USA?
Name some mountain chains in North America?
What are the biggest cities in the States?
Look at the map and ask each other these
questions.
1. Which states are next to the Atlantic Ocean, Mississippi,
Canadian border, Mexican border, Pacific Ocean?
2. What is the capital of Utah?
3. Which state is west of Kansas, South- east of Colorado?