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1、AMERICAName:Theofficialname:theUnitedStatesofAmericaOthernames:theU.S,theU.S.A.UncleSam,theStates,America,BrotherJonathan,Yank,Yankee,Usian,AmericanaNationalFlag:50stars=50states;13stripes=13coloniesTheStar-SpangledBannerortheStarsandstripesNationalAnthe
2、m:"TheStar-SpangledBanner"TheofficialSeal:dominantfigure-theAmericaneagleSizeandlocation:9.3millionkm2,4thlargestcountry,Russia>Canada>China>U.S.AStates:Alaskaisthelargeststate.Texasisthelargestcontinentalstate.RhodeIslandisthesmallestcontinentalstate.Ne
3、wEnglandincludesMaine,NewHampshire,Vermont,Massachusetts,RhodeIsland,andConnecticut,whichisknownasYankees.Mountains:theAppalachianMountains&theRockyMountains.TheyarethebackboneoftheNorthAmericanContinent.“TheContinentalDivide”大陆分水岭RiversandLakes:theMissi
4、ssippiRiverisalsoknownasOldManRiver&FatherofRivers.TheHudsonRivermeetstheAtlanticOceanatNewYork.TheonlylakeintheU.SisMichigan.MajorCities:WashingtonD.C(Capital),NewYork(FinancialCentre),Chicago,Detroit,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco(ChinaTown)Climate:various,ra
5、ngefromtropicalclimateinHawaiitorigidclimateinAlaska.Population,Ethnicity&Race:Anationofimmigrants,theMeltingPot,aSaladBowl,theNationonthewheelTheyadvocateculturalpluralismratherthanonesingleWASPculture.WASP:WhiteAnglo-SaxonProtestantThereareover100ethni
6、cgroupsintheU.SandthecoreisWASP.NativeAmericans:theoriginallyinhabitantsofthecontinentAfricanAmericans:TheBlacksisthelargestethnicminoritygroupintheU.S,whichisthedescendentsoftheslavesimportedfromAfrica.Hispanics:theirmothertongueisSpanish.Theyarealsothe
7、fastest-growingminoritygroup.Mostofthemliveinthesouth-westernstatessuchasTexas,California&NewMexico.AsianAmericans:ChineseAmericansconstitutesthelargestAsiansubgroup.The1stChinaAmericansarrivedinCaliforniainthelate1840sforthegoldrush.Theycontributedtothe
8、constructionofthetranscontinentalrailroad.AmericanHistory:Historicperiods:Pre-colonialAmerica->EnglishcolonialAmerica1493-1776->formingoftheU.S.A1776-1849->theCivilWar1861-1865->RapidgrowthofEconomy1865-1940->WorldWar21940
