General information about the USA I. Gymnzium Pavla Jozefa afrika Kd ITMS projektu: Nzov projektu: Kvalitou vzdelvania otvrame brny V Vzdelvacia oblas: Jazyk a komunikcia Predmet Anglick jazyk Ronk, triedy: VIII.OA Tematick celok: Relie anglicky hovoriacich krajn Vypracoval: Ing. Diana Matisov Dtum: 5/2015 Obsah 1.The United States of America 2.Quick Quiz 2 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 3 The USA is composed of 50 political/ geographic divisions known as states. 4 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The continental United States -The block of 48 states extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific bordered: -On the North Canada -In the West a line at the 49th parallel -In the East Great Lakes -In the South-west separated from Mexico by a line following first Rio Grande river, continuing afterwards across the Highlands to the Pacific Ocean 5 6 7 8 9 10 FOUR CORNERS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -There is only one place where the borders of four states Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado meet and this Four Corners area is a popular place for tourists 11 12 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALASKA -became 49th state in 1959, occupies the north- westren end of the North American continent and is separated from the continental U.S. by Canada -is separated from Russia by the Bering Strait 13 14 The Bering Strait is about 82 km wide, its depth varies between 30 m and 50 m 15 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA became 50th state in 1959, is situated app. half way between and America and the Asian continent in the Pacific Ocean Is the only state with another official languge (Hawaiian) in addition to English HAWAII 16 17 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Some islands and lands are termed US Protectorates but they are not states. US PROTECTORATES ICLUDE: 1)Guam 2)American Samoa 3)Puerto Rico 4)Virgin Islands 5)Guantanamo Bay leased by the US from Cuba, for use as a US Naval Base 18 19 20 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - The area including the US Capitol and governemnt buildings in and around Washington, D.C. - Sometimes the term the fifty states plus the District of Columbia or the fifty states and D.C. is used for clarity. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 21 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Political subdivisons od USA Each state is theoretically sovereign, having its own state government and constitution, and is joined to the others by a federal government to which the original 13 states delegated certain powers as outlined in the federal constitution. Each state has its capital. It is customary to write abbreviated form of the states name after the name of each town or the city: New York, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., Springfield, Ill., Springfield, Mo., Springfield, Ore., Springfield, Colo., 22 23 https://www.google.sk/search?q=usa&source =lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWo VChMIiPLntM2ByQIVBTJyCh3UyAS5&biw=113 8&bih=496#tbm=isch&q=usa+physical+map+l akes&imgrc=rQHrh7yGhYR-hM%3A https://www.google.sk/search?q=usa&source =lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWo VChMIiPLntM2ByQIVBTJyCh3UyAS5&biw=113 8&bih=496#tbm=isch&q=usa+physical+map+l akes&imgrc=rQHrh7yGhYR-hM%3A Matz, M.: Fraus Relie Spojench sttu americkch Life and Culture in the USA. Plze: Nakladatelstv Fraus s. 24 POUIT ZDROJE