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Discover Britain: England.

England has got ---(five) regions.

The Southeast is famous for its ---(resorts).

London is ---(the capital) of England.

The County of Kent is known as ---(the garden of England).

The Southwest is the region where the main activity is---(farming).

The two principal cities of the region are ---(Bristol and Bath).

The famous ---(Stonehenge) is one of the remarkable historic places.

East Anglia is another ---(farming) region.

It has beautiful cities such as ---(Cambridge).

The Midlands is the largest ---(industrial) part in the country.

The most  important industrial cities are ---(Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool)

The two famous Midlands cities ---(Stratford – upon – Avon and Oxford) are connected  with English culture.

Stratford is the birthplace of ---(the great William Shakespeare).

Oxford is famous for its ---(university).

In the North of England you can find ---(deep valleys, rivers and waterfalls, hills and mountains).

The main attractions of the North of England are ---(the Lake District, the cities of York and Newcastle – upon – Tyne) .

Country and people

There are ---(fifty) states in the USA.

The US is washed by the ---(Pacific) Ocean in the west, by the ---( Atlantic) Ocean in the east, by the ---(Caribbean) sea and the Gulf of ---(Mexico) in the south.

The US is a large country with many ---(natural wonders).

It has many kinds of land ---(rocky coasts),---(dry empty deserts,---(big rivers),---(wide plains and grasslands).

More than --- (250) million people live in the US.

Many rivers cross the USA. They are: ---(the mighty Mississippi), ---(the Missouri),---(the Colorado).

The big mountain chains are ---(the Rocky), ---( the Appalachians).

The people of the USA are a mixture of many different ---(nationalities).

These different people brought to their new land different ---(customs) and ---(traditions).

The Germans brought ---( Christmas trees).

The Irish brought ---(St. Patrick's Day celebrations).

The Scouts brought ---(Halloween).

Who  rules the country ?

The Constitution is the ---(highest) law in the USA.

The US government has---(three) branches of power.

The first branch on the tree of government is---(the Congress).

The Congress is divided into two parts, ---(the Senate) and ---(the House of Representatives).

Every state sends ---(two) people to the Senate.

These people are called ---(senators) .

There are  ---(one hundred) senators.

A senator’ s term is ---(six) years.

Each state also sends ---(people) to the House of Representatives.

They are called ---(congressmen or congresswomen).

All in all there are ---(435) congressmen in the House of Representatives.

A representatives term is ---(two) years.

One important power of the Congress is the power ---(to declare war).

The second branch of government is ---(the President and his helpers).

The President’s  term is ---(four) years.

Americans vote for the President in November of every ---(leap) year.

The third branch of government is ---(the Supreme Court).

It is made up of ---(nine) judges.

Changes in the Constitution are called ---(amendments).

There are ---(twenty - six) amendments to the Constitution.