The USA
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The USA
The USA is situated in North
America between two
oceans:
the Pacific Ocean in the
west and the Atlantic
Ocean in the east.
Its neighbours are Canada in
the north and Mexico in
the south.
The USA consists of 50 states. The largest one
Alaska, is lying off this map, west of Canada.
Alaska lies north-west of Canada
Hawaii lies in the Pacific Ocean
The USA consists of 50 states.
The 50 states are:
Questions:
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Where is the USA situated?
What is the population of the USA?
Who are its neighbours?
How many states does it consist of?
What US rivers and mountains do you know?
What national parks do you know in the USA?
Answers:
• The USA is situated in the north of the American
continent, between two oceans: the Atlantic in
the east and the Pacific in the west.
• The population of the USA is over 300 million.
• The neighbours are Canada in the north and
Mexico in the south.
• The USA consists of 50 states.
• The Mississippi is the largest river with its biggest
tributory, the Missouri. The Rocky Mountains
cover the west of the USA.
• Yellowstone National Park is the most famous
park.
The Mississippi River
- the largest river in the United States
- it was made famous by Mark Twain in his Adventures of
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Yellowstone National Park
with its geysers, waterfalls and wildlife in the Rocky Mountains
Grand Canyon
a big tourist attraction on the
Colorado River in Arizona
5 Great Lakes
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Lake Superior
Lake Michigan (US)
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Niag.F
Lake Ontario .
4 lakes are
on the border with
Canada
Niagara Waterfalls
on the Canadian border,
between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
Death Valley
in east California, the lowest and driest desert
place in North America
The temperatures can
rise up to 50 degrees
Celsius
Mount Rushmore – national memorial
in South Dakota, carved in the rock
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Stripes and Stars
- 50 stars are standing for the 50 states today
- 13 stripes for the first 13 states in 1776
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