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  Module 6.
  USA: geographical position,
  natural-climatic conditions,
  population
  

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  Try to answer these questions
  
  
  Who discovered America?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Christopher Columbus
  - he discovered America in 1492.
  - he was born in Italy.
  - but lived in Spain
  for a long time.
  2. When was it?
  

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  3. Who was Christopher Columbus?
  3. he was a seaman and made sea voyages.
  4. How was the discovered land called?
  4. it was America – Central America .People began to speak about the land as “the New World”.
  
  
  

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  There were about one million people in North America. When Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492. Columbus thought he had found the Indies and called the people he saw there “Indians".
  
  

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  The United States of America is the fourth largest country in the world (after Russia, Canada and China).
  

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  Pacific
  ocean
  Atlantic
  ocean
  The USA occupies
  the central part
  of North America.
  Geographical position
  

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  The USA borders on Canada in the north and on Mexico in the south. It also has a sea-boarder with Russia.
  The USA borders.
  

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  The USA is washed by the
  Pacific, the Atlantic Ocean,
  by the Caribbean Sea and
  The Gulf of Mexico
  

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  Mountains
  The Rocky Mountains
  stretch from Alaska down
  almost to the south
  of the country
  

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  The Appalachians are in
  the east and run
  from north to south
  

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  Mountains
  The highest mountains are the Rocky Mountains, the Cordillera and the Sierra Nevada. The highest peak is Mount McKinley which is located in Alaska.
  The Rocky Mountains
  

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  The Grand Canyon
  The Colorado River formed
  the Grand Canyon over
  millions of years
  

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  The canyon is one mile deep
  and 200 miles (320 km) long
  

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  Rivers
  Mississipi begins
  in the north and
  ends in the gulf
  of Mexico (6400km)
  The Colorado river
  rises in the
  Rocky Mountains
  

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  The largest rivers are the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Rio Grande and the Columbia.
  

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  Lake Ontario
  Lake Michigan
  The Great lakes on the border with Canada are the largest and deepest in the USA.
  

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  The USA is made up of 50 states and the District of Columbia, a special federal area where the capital of the country, Washington is situated..
  American states.
  

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  Welcome to America
  
  
  
  

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  Washington
  Washington
  

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  New York
  

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  Los Angeles
  

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  Chicago
  

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  Americans
  The people of
  America are
  a mixture of
  many different
  nationalities –
  a melting pot
  

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  Р. В. Покотило ГОУ СОШ 1200
  The people And traditions
  The Germans brought
  Christmas trees.
  The Irish brought St.
  Patrick’s Day celebrations
  The Scots brought
  Halloween.
  

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  The American flag is
  often called
  “The Stars and Stripes”
  There are fifty stars on the American flag
  The American flag has thirteen stripes.
  There is one stripe for each of the first thirteen colonies of the United States.
  The symbols of the USA
  

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  olive branch (a symbol of peace)
  arrows (symbols of strength).
  The eagle became the official national symbol
  of the United States in 1782.
  

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  France gave the Statue of Liberty to America in 1884 as a symbol of friendship.
  
  The Statue is in New York on Liberty Island.
  

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  On July 4th 1776 the United States became independent from England.
  On this day the Declaration of Independence was signed. It is a national public holiday celebrated with parades, patriotic music, public meetings and speech- making. There are picnics and barbecues, and in the evening there are big firework shows.
  
  

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  Americans Holidays
  

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  Choose number with question and answer it
  

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  How many states
  are there in the USA?
  

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  How many stars are there on the American flag? Why?
  

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  How many stripes
  has the flag got?
  

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  What are the colours of the American flag?
  

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  Why are there 13 stripes on the flag? What do they mean?
  

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  What country gave
  the Statue of Liberty
  to America?
  

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  Choose number with question and answer it
  

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  What symbol became the official national of the America in 1782?
  

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  The American flag is often called “The Stars and Stripes”
  There are three colours on the American flag – red, white and blue.
  There are fifty states in the United States, there are
  fifty stars on the American flag: one star for each state.
  The American flag has thirteen stripes.
  The flag has seven red stripes and six white stripes.
  There is one stripe for each of the first thirteen colonies of the United States.
  France gave the Statue of Liberty to America in 1884 as a symbol of friendship.
  
  The Statue is in New York on Liberty Island.
  olive branch (a symbol of peace)
  arrows (symbols of strength).
  The eagle became the official national symbol of the United States in 1782.
  

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  Info-Chart
  

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