usa – geography, people and nationalities, political system autor: autor: ing. vladimír havlík...
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USA – geography, people and nationalities, USA – geography, people and nationalities, political systempolitical system
Autor:Autor: Ing. Vladimír Havlík
Autor je výhradním tvůrcem materiálu.
Datum vytvoření:Datum vytvoření: 20. 07. 2013
Klíčová slovaKlíčová slova: the USA - mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, people and nationalities, political system.
Anotace:Anotace: prezentace je určena na získání základních znalostí o geografii, obyvatelstvu, politickém systému Spojených států amerických. Ve zpracovaném materiálu jsou také cvičení k procvičení.
Způsob využití:Způsob využití: určeno pro výklad a procvičení základních znalostí o geografii, obyvatelstvu, politickém systému Spojených států amerických. Tyto znalosti je možno využít u maturity z anglického jazyka na středních školách.
Číslo šablonyČíslo šablony: VY_32_INOVACE_ANJ_02
USA – geography, people and nationalities, USA – geography, people and nationalities, political systempolitical system
3. MOUNTAIN RANGES3. MOUNTAIN RANGES
About one half of the continental USA is occupied (zaujímá) by the CordillerasCordilleras in the west.
They are divided into several parts, for example the Rocky the Rocky MountainsMountains (SKALNATÉ HORY). The Rocky Mountains form a large portion of the American Western, entering from Canada and stretching nearly to Mexico.
TThe Cascade Rangehe Cascade Range (Kaskádové pohoří) is formed by volcanic mountains.
The Sierra NevadaSierra Nevada – there is the highest mountain of the continental USA Mt. Whitney (4418 m). There is also the national park Yosemite.
USA – geography, people and nationalities, USA – geography, people and nationalities, political systempolitical system
3. MOUNTAIN RANGES3. MOUNTAIN RANGES
On the right of Sierra Nevada there is the Great Basinthe Great Basin (VELKÁ PÁNEV) with Death valleyDeath valley (Údolí smrti) lying 85 meters below sea level. Below the Great Basin there is the Colorado Plateauthe Colorado Plateau (Kolorádská planina) with Grand CanyonGrand Canyon, which is 1800 m deep and 350 km long.
Along the coast there is the Pacific Coast Rangethe Pacific Coast Range (POBŘEŽNÍ PÁSMO), which is formed by many of low mountain ranges. The The highest peak of the USAhighest peak of the USA is in Alaska, in Alaska RangeAlaska Range – the mountain is Mt. McKinleyMt. McKinley (6 194 m).
On the eastern coast there are the Appalachian Mountainsthe Appalachian Mountains. They separate the Eastern seacoast (Pobřežní nížina) from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi plain.
USA – geography, people and nationalities, USA – geography, people and nationalities, political systempolitical system
4. RIVERS4. RIVERS The biggest and longest river in Northern America is the the
MississippiMississippi and it flows across the the Mississippi PlainMississippi Plain (NÍŽINA) and it flows into the the Mexico BayMexico Bay. Many rivers flow into the Mississipy River, as the Ohio Riverthe Ohio River, the Missouri River, the Arkansas the Missouri River, the Arkansas River, the Red River. River, the Red River.
Other big rivers are: in the south the Brazos River, the Rio the Brazos River, the Rio Grande RiverGrande River, which forms the border with Mexico and the Colorado RiverColorado River. In the west there are the Columbia Riverthe Columbia River.In the north there is the St. Lawrence Riverthe St. Lawrence River, which forms the border with Canada. In Alaska there is the big Yukon RiverYukon River.
USA – geography, people and nationalities, USA – geography, people and nationalities, political systempolitical system
5. LAKES5. LAKES
• In the north there are GreatGreat Lakes Lakes – Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, Lake Eire. Four of them forming part of the border with Canada.
• Niagara FallsNiagara Falls are on the US-Canadian border and it’s between Lake Erie and lake Ontario.
USA – geography, people and nationalities, USA – geography, people and nationalities, political systempolitical system
PEOPLE AND NATIONALITIESPEOPLE AND NATIONALITIES
• The USA has population of about 331010 million million people and around 7979 per cent of inhabitants live in urban areasin urban areas.
• The main language spoken here is American EnglishAmerican English but various ethnic minorities speak their original languages (Chinese, Spanish).
• American English differs from British English in vocabularyvocabulary (for example: In British English flat, in American apartment, or lift x elevator or post x mail or cinema x the movies), pronunciationpronunciation and spellingspelling (GB colour X color, GB catalogue x catalog ).
USA – geography, people and nationalities, USA – geography, people and nationalities, political systempolitical system
POLITICAL SYSTEMPOLITICAL SYSTEM
The political heart of the USA is in the Washington D.the Washington D. CC., it is the capital city of the USA.
The legislative powerThe legislative power is made up of CongressCongress (= CZ parlament). Its seat is in the Capitalthe Capital (= famous building in Washington).
The Congress consists of two parts: a) House of RepresentativeHouse of Representative – It is composed of 435
Representatives. The number of representatives for each state depends on population of each state. They are elected for tow-years term.
b) SenateSenate has 100 senators, 2 senators from each state.
USA – geography, people and nationalities, USA – geography, people and nationalities, political systempolitical system
POLITICAL SYSTEMPOLITICAL SYSTEM
Executive powerExecutive power is represented by presidentpresident and his governmentgovernment.
Presidential systemPresidential system – there is no prime minister. Presidential election are held very regularly – always in November, once every 4 years and may serve maximum of 2 four-year terms in office. The seat of the president is in White HouseWhite House.
The PentagonThe Pentagon is the seat of the Department of Defense.
Today the major parties are Democratic and RepublicanDemocratic and Republican. Head
of each state is the governorthe governor.
USA – geography, people and nationalities, USA – geography, people and nationalities, political systempolitical system
CVIČENÍCVIČENÍChoose the correct answerChoose the correct answer::
1. The Rocky Mountains are the part of……….?
a) the Appalachian Mountains
b) the Cordilleras c) the Himalayas
2. The highest mountain of the USA is ……….?a) Mount Wilsonb) Mt. Whitney
c) Mt. McKinley
USA – geography, people and nationalities, USA – geography, people and nationalities, political systempolitical system
CVIČENÍCVIČENÍ
Fill in the gaps with information from the ellipse below the text to get correct statements. You will not use all information there.
a) The Sierra Nevada – there is the highest mountain of the………. USA Mt. Whitney (4418 m).
b) ………. is one of the names of Great Lakes.c) The Rio Grande River, which forms the border with ………. .d) The Congress consists of ……….. and ………… .
Canada Senatecontinental insular EireMexico House of Representative
Zpracoval: Ing. Vladimír Havlík
Bibliografie:Bibliografie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes