Ученическая презентация к теме The United States of America

Natural sights of the USA
The Niagara Falls – a waterfalls on the river Niagara (51 meters high). It is situated on the boarder between the USA and Canada.

There is always a rainbow over it.
New York
Death Valley National Park
 is a 
national park
 in the 
U.S. states
 of 
California
 and 
Nevada
 that is located east of the 
Sierra Nevada
, occupying an interface zone between the arid 
Great Basin
 and 
Mojave
 deserts in the United States. 





The USA :
- Geography


- History


- States


- Cities


- Sights
Some facts from the history of The USA:
In 1620 the first people from England arrived in America. They left England because of religious problems.
In 1776 after the war with Britain, America became an independent country. Americans wrote the Declaration of the Independence and designed a new flag – The Stars and Stripes.
4
th
July – The Day of Independence (a national holiday)
After the war in 1861-1865 between the northern and the southern states (south lost) the government stopped slavery

.
1969 – the first people on the moon were three astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Ed Collins.
Washington (D.C) was named in
honour
of the first American president (1789-1796).
The capital of the country, a state, a lake,
an island, a mount, a canyon, some
universities and colleges, streets and
squares are named after him.
In 1888 the Washington Monument was
established in the capital (169 m. high)
Death Valley

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The United States
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Hollywood – the
centre
of the US film industry. In 1913 the first film was made there. The biggest film companies are here: MGM, Paramount, 20
th
century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros.
The star avenue
American Indians
The
first American president (1789-1796).
George Washington
, “the father
of his country”.
He was an example of bravery and
approved the fight against slavery
.

The

Discovery

of

America

1492
Christopher
Columbus
Los Angeles (California)

– the nation’s third largest city. It leads the USA in production of aircraft. This city is the world capital of filmed entertainment. The first cinema house in the country was opened

here
in 1902.
The USA is divided into 50 states. Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959. Alaska is separated from Russia by the Bering Strait. It is the biggest and the coldest state of the country.
Each of the states has its own capital, government and symbol.


Fact files:
Official name: The United States of America
Status: A federal republic, a union of 50 states
Area: 9,364,000
squ
. km.
Population: about 250
mln
. people (2006)
Capital: Washington, D.C.
The Mississippi – “
Old man river” together with its tributaries the Missouri and the Ohio is the longest river in the world. The history of this river is described in the book “Life on the Mississippi” by M. Twain.

At the entrance to New York
Harbour
you can see a great statue which is called the Statue of Liberty. It is 46 meters high excluding the pedestal.
The Statue was designed by
Bartholdy
, a French sculptor, who worked ten years at it. In 1876 the statue was taken to pieces and shipped across the Atlantic as a gift from the French government to the USA for its democratic views.
The Statue of Liberty is
the symbol of New York.
New York

(New York) is the city
of contrasts, financial and business
centre
of the USA.
It was founded some three hundred years ago.
It is situated in the mouth of the Hudson .


Its nickname is “A big apple”,
because everybody wants to bite it.