Téma: The USA, NY and Washington D.C.
Predmet: Angličtina
Zaslal(a): ChazyChaz
USA in general
- Geography; Middle of North America {continent}
- Neighbours: Canada, Mexico, Russia in Alaska.
- Climate variations [Alaska, Hawai]
- Population; Over 300 000 000 inhabitants, many ethnic groups
- History; Christopher Columbus 1492
- Political system; 50 states, two main parties – the Republicans and Democrats
- The president is Joe Biden
- There was presidential elections Biden x Trump
- National economy: one of the strongest
- Sport: American football, baseball, basketball, NHL [two conferences, then play off, Czech players,
- NP
- Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain National Park, Yellowstone
Other basic information
- USA consists of 50 countries…
- flag with 50 stars and 13 stripes
- Anyways let’s start with the capital
- Capital is Washington D.C.
Washington D.C
- 650 000 inhabitants (fun fact: 360k people are employed by the Federal Government)
- Named after George Washington, first president
- We can find here the Capitol building (seat of US government)
- White House (residence of the US president)
- Many famous museums
- Washington monument – marble obelisk, memory of George Washington
Now we’ll move onto New York
- The original Dutch settlement called New Amsterdam was conquered by the British in 1664, and renamed New York.
- New York is the largest city in the US, 8 million inhabitants. It is also one of the most important financial, commercial, and cultural centres in the world.
- „The city that never sleeps “
- Multicultural
- There are many interesting places to visit in New York. The most famous site in the city is the Statue of Liberty. It is symbol of freedom and of the United States itself.
- New York is famous for its Skyscrapers. I think that everybody in the world knows Empire State Building or the twin towers of the World Trade Center, which was damaged by terrorist from Alkaida.
- Central Park