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1、7A版优质实用文档美国概况1、Detroit底特律ofMidwesterncityoftheUSAistheautomobilecapitaloftheworld.2、Americaisthefourthlargestcountryintheworld,afterRussia,CanadaandChina.3、Hawaiibecamethe50thstates4、RhodeIslandisthesmallest.TeGasisthelargeststateofthecountry.5、NewEnglandisca
2、lledthebirthplaceofAmerica.6、Universities:Yale,Harvard,MIT7、TheMidwestAmericaisalsothecountry’sleadingcenterofheavyindustry.8、TheGrandCanyoninnorth-westernArizonaisoneofnature’smostimpressivesights.9、MaunaLoa,theworld’slargestactivevolcano,islocatedinHawaii.1
3、0、TheRockies,thebackboneoftheNorthAmericancontinent,isknownastheContinentalDivide.11、TheMississippiRiverhasbeencalled“FatherofWater”or“OldManRiver”.12、TheRioGrandRiverformsanaturalboundarybetweenMeGicoandtheUnitedStates.13、GreatLakes:LakeSuperior,whichisthela
4、rgestfreshwaterintheworld;LakeMichigan(theonlyoneentirelyintheUS);LakeHuron;LakeErie;LakeOntario.14、In1492,ChristopherColumbus,anItalian237A版优质实用文档7A版优质实用文档navigatordiscoveredtheNewContinent.1、Between1607and1733theBritishestablished13coloniesalongtheeastcoast
5、ofNorthAmericaamongwhichGeorgiawasthelast.2、In1620,201Pilgrims,toescapereligiouspersecution,sailedtotheNewWorldinashipcalledMayflower.TheyarrivedatPlymouth.3、GeorgeWashingtonisthe1stAmericanPresident4、In1776,theDeclarationofIndependencewasdraftedbyThomasJeffe
6、rsonandadoptedonJuly4th,1776atasessionoftheSecondContinentalCongress.5、TheWarof1812wasthelastwarfoughtbetweentheUnitedStatesandBritain.6、TheyearbetweentheCivilWar(1861-1865)andthestartofthe20thcenturyastheGildedAge.7、TheUnitedStatesinthe1920shasbeendescribeda
7、saperiodofmaterialsuccessandspiritualfrustrationorconfusionandpurposelessness.8、In1932,FranklinD.RooseveltwaselectedAmericanpresidentandputforwardtheNewDealtogetAmericaoutofthedepression.9、InDecember1941,thebombingofPearlHarborbroughtAmericaformallytotheWorld
8、WarIIwiththeAGisPowers.10、TheleadersoftheUnitedStates,theSovietUnionandBritainmetthreetimesduringthewar(WWII).11、MartinLutherKinglaterbecameanationalleaderofthe237A版优质实用文档7A版优质实用文档CivilRi
