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MATURITA TOPICS The USA_General facts I _09

MATURITA TOPICS The USA_General facts I _09. ANJ_Maturita. Mgr. Filip Soviš. www.zlinskedumy.cz. The United States of America. Basic Facts Myth Individual States Symbols Political System Other. PART I. The United States of America. What basic facts do you know about the US ?.

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MATURITA TOPICS The USA_General facts I _09

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  1. MATURITA TOPICSThe USA_General facts I_09 ANJ_Maturita Mgr. Filip Soviš www.zlinskedumy.cz

  2. The United Statesof America • Basic Facts • Myth • IndividualStates • Symbols • PoliticalSystem • Other PART I

  3. The United Statesof America What basic facts do you know about the US? • AmericacalledafterAmerigoVespucci (Italianexplorer) • 50 states+ DistrictofColumbia • to thenorth by Canada and to thesouth by Mexico • thirdmost populatedin theworld, more than300 million • most widelyspokenlanguageisEnglish, but in many areasSpanish • motto: "In GodWeTrust" • theNationalanthemiscalled "The Star‑Spangled Banner" • timezone: (UTC = Universal TimeCoordinated: −5 to −10) • currency: United Statesdollar ($) (USD) • Americanculturalicons: applepie, baseball, and theAmerican flag • the "meltingpot" ofnations

  4. The United Statesof America A MYTH Fiction • in western filmstheAmericanWestportrayed as a wild and exciting place – honest, brave, stronggoodcowboys on oneside and baddies on theother • thatishowwritersfromtheeastcoastdescribedtheWest Fact • therealitywasn'tatalllikethat most people in theWestwerefarmers (quiteboringlives)

  5. The United Statesof America How many statesdoesthe US consistof? What does the flag symbolize? States • 50 states and a federaldistrict (Districtof Columbia) • twostates, Alaska and Hawaii, not directlyattached to thecontinentalUS theNationalflagconsistsof2 oblongs: • a smaller blue oblongwith50 whitestarssymbolizing50 states • onelargeroblongconsistingof6 white and 7 redstripessymbolizingtheoriginal 13 colonies • oftencalled "OldGlory" or "Stars and Stripes"

  6. The United Statesof America Could you tell me something more specific abouttheindividualstates? Alaska (Juneau) • thelargeststate, thelongestcoastline California (Sacramento) • the most populousstate Delaware(Dover) • thefirststatethatratifiedtheConstitutionoftheUS nicknamed "TheFirstState" Florida (Tallahassee) • nicknamed"theSunshineState" • spacecraftlaunchingsfromCape Canaveral

  7. The United Statesof America Hawaii (Honolulu) • themost recentU.S. state (1959) • made up entirelyofislands(in Polynesia) • attackon PearlHarbor by Imperial Japan on December 7, 1941 Tennessee(Nashville) • countrymusic, particularly in Nashvilleand Memphis, whereElvisgrewup Texas(Austin) • thesecond largeststate by area and population

  8. The United Statesof America What do you know about American history? • theNativeAmericansfromAsiaacrossthe Bering Strait • in 1492Christopher Columbus"Indians" • 1620Mayflowerwith 102 Puritans = thePilgrimFathersOctober1621thefirstThanksgivingDay • 13 coloniesunderEnglish rule (except New Orleans – French, Florida – Spanish) • July 4th 1776theDeclarationofIndependence(Thomas Jefferson) • George WashingtonthefirstAmerican president in 1789 • 1945theatomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki • 1969astronaut Neil Armstronglanded on themoon • 2001 a terroristattack on New York City and Washington, DC

  9. The United Statesof America What do youknowabouttheDeclarationofIndependence? • in 1775 a Continental ArmyestablishedunderthecommandofGeorge Washington (defeatedtheBritish Empire ) • the United Statesfoundedby thethirteenBritishcolonies theDeclarationofIndependence: • draftedlargely by Thomas Jefferson, on July 4, 1776 • theright to self‑determination • nowcelebratedannually as America'sIndependenceDay

  10. The United Statesof America What can you tell me about the American systemofgovernment? • a federationof 50 states, onefederaldistrict (thecapital), and otherterritories • self‑governingstates(eachstatehas thegovernor, itsownlaws: sales taxes, education, speed limits, environmentalprotection, unemploymentbenefits, gambling, drinking, divorce) united by a federalgovernment – threebranches: • executivepower (the President and Executiveoffice) • legislativepower(theCongress - theSenate (100 members) and the House ofRepresentatives (435 plus 6 non‑votingmembers) • judiciarypower (theSupremeCourt and allotherFederalcourts) • the President– 4-year term (twice); theCommander-in-ChiefoftheArmedForces

  11. Bibliografické citace BRIDGE. The United States[online]. 2010-2013 [cit. 2013-02-28]. Soubor typu PDF. Dostupné z: http://www.bridge-online.cz/maturita/maturitni-karty BURNIE, Glen a Rob RAESIDE. FlagsoftheWorld. CRW Flags' Online Catalog [online]. 1996-2013, 2013-01-04 [cit. 2013-01-05]. Dostupné z: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/country.html#n INAGLORY, Brocken. Grand Canyon ofYellowstonen[online]. 2008 [cit. 2013-02-28]. Obrázek typu JPEG, CreativeCommons. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Canyon_of_Yellowstonen.jpg SMITH-DLUHÁ, Gabrielle. Angličtina: otázky a odpovědi nejen k maturitě. 1. vyd. Dubicko: INFOA, 2007, 231 s. Zrcadlový text. ISBN 978-80-7240-489-6.

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