英语国家概况PPT.ppt

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1、TheUnitedStatesofAmericaUnit8GeographyandPeopleContentsGeography1Climate3NaturalResources4People5MajorCities2WatchthemapofU.S.Acarefullyandfindcluestothefollowingitemslocation(borderingneighbors)States(thesmallest&thelargeststate)SizeandLocationInthecentralparto

2、fNorthAmerica(exceptAlaskaandHawaii);CanadaonthenorthMexicoandtheGulfofMexicoonthesouthAtlanticOceanontheeastPacificOceanonthewesttotalarea—9,5millionsquarekilometers;50statesandthefederaldistrictofColumbia—theseatoftheFederalGovernment.Statesoriginal48statesAla

3、skaandHawaii,separatedfromthecontinent,becamethe49thand50thstatesin1959.AlaskabordersonnorthwesternCanadaHawaiiliesinthecentralPacificOceanAlaska—thelargestRhodeIsland—thesmallestTexas—thelargestonthemainland1.ThreeGeographicDivisionsGeographicDivisionsCentralpa

4、rtEasternpartWesternpartTheEasternPartTheeasternpart—thehighlandsformedbytheAppalachianRange(阿巴拉挈亚山脉).onesixthoftheterritoryrelativelylow,withanaveragealtitudeof800metersabovesealevelTheWesternPartHighplateaus(高原)andmountains—extendingfromCanadathroughthewestern

5、partoftheUnitedStatestoMexicoandfurthersouth.Onethirdofthecountry’sterritoryRockymountainsTheGreatCentralPlainBetweentheAppalachiansintheeastandtheRockyMountainsinthewest.halfofAmerica’slandmassonthecontinentstretchfromtheGreatLakesinthenorthtotheGulfofMexicoint

6、hesouthdrainedbytheMississippianditstributariesfivegreatlakesandNiagaraFallsLakeErie2.MainGeographicalRegionsNewEnglandTheMid-AtlanticStatesTheSouthTheMidwestTheWestTheSouthwestNewEnglandincludingsixstatesinthenortheasterncorner.longhistory—theEuropeans’firstset

7、tlementfeaturedwithmountains,valleysandrivers,andcitiesandtownswithhistoricsitestop-rankinguniversitiesHarvardYaleMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)NewENGLANDTheSouthRegionincluding13stateswithplentifulrainfallandamildtowarmclimatefavorableclimateforagricul

8、turefastgrowingindustryandpopulationinrecentyearsgreatsizewithfewlargecitiesNewOrleansMiamiMemphisAtlantaBirminghamAmericanSouthernAreaTheWesternRegionincluding11stat