英语国家概况第5课美国概况TheUnitedStatesofAmerica.pptVIP

英语国家概括 授课老师：张学力 QQ:1632264909 An Introduction to English-Speaking Countries英语国家概括 张 学 力 QQ：1772708276 邮箱: 1772708276@QQ.com Lesson 5 The United States of America Geography Population History Economy Politics Music, Sports, Holidays U.S.A in the World Topographic Map of the U.S.A Table of Comparisons The United States is a varied land - of forests, deserts, mountains, high flat lands and fertile plains. The country lies mostly in the temperate zone but there is a very wide range of climate variations. The continental United States stretches 4,500 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the west. It borders Canada on the north and reaches south to Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. Alaska is the largest in area of the 50 states; Texas is the second largest. Appalachian Mountains in the East, Rocky Mountains in the West. Mississippi River and Missouri River Five Lakes: Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario Population Total Population: 331 million (04/2011) Population Composition In the 20th decennial U.S. census, taken in 1980, the resident population in the United States numbered 226,547,346. About 188.3 million (83.2%) were classified as white, 26.5 million (11.7%) as black, and 11.7 million (5.1%) as members of other races. 50 States Alabama阿拉巴马州　　 Alaska阿拉斯加州 Arizona 亚利桑那州　　 Arkansas阿肯色州 California加利福尼亚州 Colorado科罗拉多州 Connecticut康涅狄格 Delaware Florida佛罗里达州 Georgia佐治亚州 Hawaii夏威夷 Idaho Illinois伊利诺伊州 Indiana印第安纳州 Iowa Kansas堪萨斯州 Kentucky肯特基州 Louisiana路易斯安那州 Maine缅因州　 Map of America History Early Period The indigenous peoples of the U.S. mainland, migrated from Asia In 1492 Christopher Columbus made first contact with the indigenous people The first successful English settlements were the Virginia Colony in Jamestown in 1607, and the Pilgrims Plymouth Colony in 1620 (in a ship called ‘Mayflower’) With the 1729 division of the Carolinas and the 1732 colonization of Georgia, the thirteen British