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-The United States of America is a big country situated in the north of the
American continent.
- WHAT ABOUT BORDERS?
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South South
EastEastwest
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Political systemThe Usa is a USA is a
Federal Constitutional Republic
of 50 states: 48 of them are between Mexico and Canada; Alaska is north-west of Canada, opposite Russia. Hawaii is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. The capital of the U.S. Confederation is Washington D.C., on the river Potomac.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ddcSBvJ7k
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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE•With an area of over 9 million sq. Km, the USA is the third largest country in the world.•Its population is formed by a mix of many different populations speaking various languages as their mother-tongue and English as official language.•The U.S. multicultural society offers a model of racial integration
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Multiracial societies↙ ↘
MELTING POT SOCIETY SALAD BOWL SOCIETY
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Mountains and plains
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THE GREAT PLAINS
It’s a large prairie in the
Midwest between the
Rocky Mountains and the
Mississippi river
This fertile area is where
most of the USA
agricultural products are
grown ,particularly corn,
wheat, soybean and
sunflowers
WHEAT
CORN
SOYBEAN SUNFLOWER
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The land of Indians
TODAY
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RIVERS AND LAKES
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•The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. About
3,730 km long, its source is in the Lake Itasca, Minnesota. It goes slowly
southwards to New Orleans, where it flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
•Its major tributary is the Missouri River; other important left
tributaries are- the St. Croix River, the Illinois River, Rock River, the
Tennessee River, the Ohio River; right tributaries are the Minnesota River,
the Missouri River, the White River, the Arkansas River, the Red River
• The river drains all or parts of 31 Us states stretching from the Rocky
Mountains in the west to the Appalachian Mountains in the east to
the Canada - US border on the north, including most of the Great Plains,
and is the fourth longest river in the world.
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The five Great Lakes1. The north- eastern area, on
the border with Canada, is home to the five Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario.
2. They’re the biggest group of fresh water in the world: together they cover an area of 244,ooo km₂ - Italy mainland, without Sardinia and Sicily- are approximately 250,000km₂!
3. The Niagara River links Lake Eire and Lake Ontario, forming the spectacular Niagara Falls on his way
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1. Corn mais
2. cattle meat Bovini da carne
3.Cow's milk, whole, fresh
Latte vaccino intero fresco
4. Chicken meat pollame
5. soybeans soia
6. P ig meat Carne di maiale
7. Wheat grano
8. Cotton lint Garza di cotone
9. Hen eggs Uova di gallina
10. Turkey meat Carne di
tacchino
http://www.factoryfarmmap.org/#animal:layers;location:US;year:2007
11. tomatoes pomodori
12. Potatoes patate
13. Grapes uva
14. Oranges aranci
15. Rice paddy riso
16. Apples mele
17. Sorghum sorgo
18. Lettuce lattuga
19. Cotton seed Semi di
cotone20
. Sugar beets barbabietole
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USA ECONOMYMAJOR INDUSTRIES: Aircraft, Chemicals, Computers, Electronics, Fishing, Forestry, food processing Iron and Steel, Motor Vehicles, Mining, Paper , Telecommunication Equipment, Textiles.
MAIN EXPORTS: Aircraft, Cereals, Chemicals, Coal, Electrical and Electronic Goods, Fruit and Vegetables, Instruments, Machinery, Motor Vehicles, Petroleum Products, Soya Beans, Small Metal Manufactures, Textiles, Tobacco.
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