Good morning
to all listeners. My partner Miriam and I Andrea will talk you about the
country of the United States. We will speak about its continent, capital, flag,
animals, important monuments, its currency and more interesting information. We
hope you learn some things about this country.
Continent ⇨ The United
States is in North America that spreads from the Arctic Polar circle to the
north up to the coasts of the south of Mexico.
The whole
territory of America of the north finds washed by the Arctic Ocean (north), the
Atlantic Ocean (east), the Caribbean Sea
(south-west) and the Pacific Ocean (south and west).
Capital (Washington
D.C.) ⇨ Formally
the District of Colombia and commonly referred to as Washington D.C.
The area is:
·
Federal
district 177 Km2
·
Land
159 Km2
·
Water
18 Km2
The population is 693972 Hab.
The
weather is temperate maritime.
The
city of Washington was born as a planned city and was developed at the end of
the 18th century.
Important Cities ⇨ The most important are : The Angels –
New York – Chicago – San Francisco…
Flag ⇨ known in this country as “The Stars and Stripes, old Glory y the Star-Spangled Banner”.
It
consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes, 7 reds and 6 whites alternating,
and a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, White, five-pointed
stars The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of
America, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies.
Population ⇨ The population of USA is 327.908.413
Currency ⇨ The us dollar bill is the lowest
denomination of the us dollar. Has
the portrait of George Washington and on the obverse and reverse the shield.
Mount Denali ⇨ Mount Denali,
formerly called Mount McKinley, is the highest mountain in North America, with
an altitude of 6190 meters above sea level.
It
is located in the Alaska mountain range.
This part is made by
Andrea García López
Main
rivers ⇨ The main
rivers are the Mississippi river, the Colorado river and the Missouri river
among others. The last one is the longest
one with 3.767km long.
Animals ⇨ The
most common animals are black bears, mice, deers, foxes, raccoons, skunks,
squirrels and diversity of small birds.
Places
to visit ⇨ In
this country, you can visit Central Park. This place is one of the most famous
parks in the world and the biggest park in USA. You also can visit Alcatraz
island. In the past it was used as a military fortification, as a military
prison and later as a federal prison. Now it is a national park. Other place is
Golden Gate Bridge who is the most famous bridge in San Francisco and probably
in the world. The empire state building was the tallest skyscraper in the world
for forty years.
Important
monuments ⇨ There are
lots of important monuments. One of them is the Monument to Washington. It was
the tallest structure in the world until the Eiffel tower was built. Other one is
the Chicago Water Tower that now is an art gallery.
Sport ⇨ The most
popular sports are car races (in the Indianapolis circuit), baseball,
basketball, ice hockey and American football.
Music ⇨ The most popular musical
genres are blues, gospel, rhythm and blues, jazz, ragtime and rock and roll.
Food ⇨ Some of the
typical foods are pepperoni pizza, hot dog, hamburger, mac n´ cheese and peanut
butter and jelly sandwich.
Famous
people ⇨ There
are many famous people there like Charles Schulz (a famous strip cartoonist),
Tony Morrison (a famous writer), Beyoncé (a famous singer), Katy Perry (another
famous singer), Le Bron James (a famous basketball player) or Donald Trump (the
president of United States)
Up to here
our work. We hope you like it.
This part
is made by Miriam Correa
