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Geography of the USA

VY_32_INOVACE_1 5-01. Geography of the USA. US states Bodies of water Mountains , lowlands. American States. a federation of 50 states and 1 District of Columbia the whole North America , from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans 9, 400, 000 sq km

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Geography of the USA

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  1. VY_32_INOVACE_15-01 Geographyofthe USA US states Bodies of water Mountains, lowlands

  2. AmericanStates • a federationof50 statesand 1 Districtof Columbia • thewholeNorthAmerica, fromtheAtlantic to thePacificOceans • 9, 400, 000 sq km • neighbours: Canada, Mexico (the Rio Grande) • Alaska, Hawai Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam… • 4 time zones • divided into 6 regions: • New England • The Middle Atlantic • The South • The Midwest • The Southwest • The Northwest

  3. New England & The Middle Atlant. • six states: • Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island • history: • first colonies - John Smith, Plymouth - Pilgrims • Boston • history • culture, education – Harvard, MIT • Vermont • rural settlements, farms • seven states: • New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia • Great Valley • The Appalachians • history • New York, Philadelphia • Niagara Falls • Pennsylvania Dutch Country • Amish people

  4. Autor: Nelson48, Název: Boston downtownskyline.jpg Zdroj: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_downtown_skyline.jpg Boston

  5. The South • eleven states: • Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida…+ other states along the Gulf Coast • cotton and tobacco plantations - history • The Great Smoky National Park • Washington D.C. – the capital • Atlanta – culture, finance, Coca-Cola • New Orleans – French atmosphere, jazz • Florida – holidays, Miami, Orlando, commercial centre, Cape Canaveral AFS

  6. Autor: Astrokey44Nelson48, Název: US map-SouthModern.png Zdroj: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_map-South_Modern.png The South

  7. The Midwest & The Northwest • thirteen states: • Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, … • The Black Hills • Mt Rushmore • The Great Lakes • agricultural: • corn, wheat, dairy belts • Chicago • 3rd largest, The Sears Tower • Detroit (car industry), Minneapolis - skyways 1. Rocky Mount. States: • Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, NewMexico 2.The Pacific Northwest States: • Oregon, Washington, Alaska • Yellowstone NP, Glacier NP, Yosemite NP (canyons, geyser, falls…) • The Colorado Rockies • Salt Lake City – Mormons, Denver, Seattle – technology, Boeing • Alaska – Klondike Gold Rush, Anchorage, Inuits

  8. Autor: Sam Boulton,Název: MtRushmore.JPG Zdroj: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt_Rushmore.JPG Mt Rushmore YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Autor: Daniela Mayer, Název:Old Faithful Geyser at Yellowstone.JPG Zdroj:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Faithful_Geyser_at_Yellowstone.JPG

  9. The Southwest & Hawai • three states: • California, Arizona, Nevada • The Sequoia NP • The Great Basin • The Death Valley • caves, lakes, pines • The Grand Canyon • the Colorado river • Spanish, Mexican people, Indians • Navajos, Shoshones • San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas • joinedthe USA in 1959 • Hawai, Maui, O`ahu, Kaua`i… • theonlyisland as a state • tropicalclimate • abundantbeaches, diverse nature, volcanos (MaunaKea, M. Loa) • capital: • Honolulu • languages: • official: English and Hawaiian, • other:Tagalog, HawaianCreoleEnglish = pidgin (da kine) • whaling, sandalwood, sugarcane, pineapple • endemits, NP, surfing, Haw. folklore

  10. Bodies of water • Rivers • the Mississippi – ‘father of water’ – 3rd longest in the world • the Missouri, the Ohio, the Arkansas • the St Lawrence River, the Rio Grande • the Colorado, the Columbia, the Snake, the Niagara, the Hudson, the Yukon • Lakes • The Great Lakes • Lake Superior, Ontario, Huron, Erie, Michigan • Niagara Falls • American X Canadian

  11. Mountains and lowlands • East: • Appalachian Mountains • plateaus • The Mississippi Lowland • The Atlantic Plain • West: mountainous • mount. rangers: Sierra Nevada, the Cascade Range, the Cordilleras – the Rocky Mount., the Grand Canyon • middle: • central plains • the highest peak X lowest place • Mt McKinley (Alaska) X Death Valley

  12. Autor: Jon Sullivan, Název: Grand Canyon-Mather point.jpg Zdroj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Canyon-Mather_point.jpg Grand Canyon

  13. Thank you for your attention. Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová

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