1. USA’s type of the country is constitutinal republic. Their type of government is parliamentary democracy 2. The flag has 13 red and white stipes which stand for the first states. The flag also has 50 stars on it which represent the states now and the last star is for Hawaii. 3. Their motto is In God We Trust. The national bird is the bald eagle. Symbols : The Lincoln Memorial, The White House, the Statue of Liberty (a gift from France 1886), Uncle Sam, the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument. 4. America was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Christopher Columbus arrived in the „New World“ in 1492 and thought it was India and called the people Indians. 5. Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president, was a leading figure in America’s early development. During the American Revolutionary War (1775-83), Jefferson served in the Virgini...
Washington D.C. Kadri Nutt 11D Location · the capital of the United States · it is situated within the District of Columbia · is located on the banks of the Potomac River · bordered by the states of Virginia and Maryland Something about History · 1791--George Washington chooses the site for the new permanent capital · Pierre-Charles L'Enfant designes the basic plan for Washington · 1800--The nation's government moves to Washington D.C. · 1814--English troops burn the capitol and other federal buildings during the War of 1812 · 1862--Slavery is abolished in Washington D.C. during the Civil War · 1888--Washington Monument opens to the public · 1943--The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated · 1961--The 23rd Amendment to the Constitution gives citizens of the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential ...
1. The National Mall is a large, open park area in the center of the city. Located in the center of the Mall is the Washington Monument. Also located on the mall are the Lincoln Memorial, the National World War II Memorial at the east end of the reflecting pool, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Albert Einstein Memorial. The National Archives houses thousands of documents important to American history including the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Located directly south of the mall, the Tidal Basin features rows of Japanese cherry blossom trees that were presented as gifts from the nation of Japan. The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, and the District of Columbia War Memorial are located around the Tidal Basin. 2. The Smithsonian Institution is an educational foundation chartered by Congress in 1846 that maintains most of th...
Washington, D.C. Washington D.C. is the capital of the US. It is a city that has no state. George Washington became the first president of the US in 1790. Washington picked a place for the capital near his home, Mount Vernon. The state of Maryland gave some land and Virginia gave some land.This made the the District of Columbia. The name of the capital is after George Washington. Washington , D.C. has many beautiful buildings,wide streets and parks.Washington, D.C. is very special in the spring.It is cherry blossom time, these cherry trees were sent by Japan to the US in 1912. The trees have beautiful flowers in March or April. It is pretty time to see Washington, D.C. The most famous building is the White House.It is the place where the President lives and works. The White House includes the private living quarters for the president and his family together with the President's office and other rooms.The total ...
MOUNT RUSHMORE. Mount Rushmore is a sculpture, of the heads of former United States presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. It is located near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States. The entire memorial covers 517 km2 and is 1745 m above sea level. It is sculpted by Gutzon Borglum and later by his son Lincoln Borglum. The carving started in 1927, and ended in 1941 with some injuries and no fatalities. The project of carving Rushmore was started to increase tourism in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. The statue of liberty is on Liberty island. It was the work of a French sculptor, and it was a gift from the French people to the people of the United States. It is maded of many parts. In 1884, all the parts were put together at the first time in paris to make sure they were the right size. They were, so the whole statue, witch weighed over 200 tonnes, was...
The United States of America Rain Ventsel 2008 Flag of the United States The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.S. States The 13 stripes represent the original Thirteen Colonies that rebelled against the British Crown and became the first states in the Union. Hollywood Hollywood is a district in the city of Los Angeles Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars The word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym of cinema of the United States It is a popular destination for nightlife and tourism and home to the Hollywood Walk of Fame Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore is Presidential Memorial Represents the first 150 years of the history...
6 stops in the USA Annika Allik 10A Põltsamaa Co-Educational Gymnasium Las Vegas ... is the largest city in Nevada state ... is the largest center for adult entertainment in the entire world The major attractions in Las Vegas are the casinos and the hotels The most famous hotel casinos are located on Las Vegas Boulevard on the portion of that road known as the Las Vegas Strip Fremont street in 1920s and today New York City ... is the most populous city in the United States ... is famous for the Statue of Liberty, Empire State building, United Nations, museums, Broadway theaters, restaurants, Times Square, nightlife and shopping In 2010, New York City had a record number of tourists with 48.7 million Time square in 1922 and 2010 San Francisco ... is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San ...
Tallinn English College Topic The United States of America Form Tallinn 2005 Introduction The United States of America is a very big country. Its territory is about 9.4 million square kilometres and its population is more than 260 million people, 12% of them are the Afro-Americans. It is the world's third-largest country by size and by population. The population density is about 27 people per square kilometre. Most of the people live in towns. There are 50 states in America. The biggest of the state is Texas, next by size are California, Alaska and Montana. Six states - Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut ,Rhode Island and Massachusetts are called New England. They are all small states in the U.S. that lie in the north-east. The first colony of immigrants settled down in Virginia, in the eastern part of the U.S.A. The...
Tallinn English College Topic The United States of America Tallinn 2007 1. Introduction The United States of America's territory is over 3.7 million square miles (over 9.6 million km²) and population more than 300 million people. The capital city is Washington D.C. Although the United States has no official language at the federal level, English is the de facto national language. English is the most common language for daily interaction among both native and non-native speakers. Spanish is the second language. The largest city is the New York City. The Government is Federal constitutional republic and the president is George W. Bush. 2. Geographical position The United States of America is located on the continent of North America. It has borders with two countries Mexico and Canada. There are also the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico surrounding ...
Tallinna Inglise Kolledz Topic United States of America Mari-Liis Pakats Tallinn 2007 2 Introduction..................................................................................................................4 Geographical Position..................................................................................................4 Geographical Regions..................................................................................................5 Climate ........................................................................................................................6 Natural Resources........................................................................................................ 7 History..........................................................................................................................8 Culture.................................................
Some of the things you will learn in THE CODEBREAKERS • How secret Japanese messages were decoded in Washington hours before Pearl Harbor. • How German codebreakers helped usher in the Russian Revolution. • How John F. Kennedy escaped capture in the Pacific because the Japanese failed to solve a simple cipher. • How codebreaking determined a presidential election, convicted an underworld syndicate head, won the battle of Midway, led to cruel Allied defeats in North Africa, and broke up a vast Nazi spy ring. • How one American became the world's most famous codebreaker, and another became the world's greatest. • How codes and codebreakers operate today within the secret agencies of the U.S. and Russia. • And incredibly much more. "For many evenings of gripping reading, no better choice can be made than this book." —Christian Science Monitor THE ...
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