美国地理ppt课件.ppt

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1、Chapter2GeographyPartTwoTheUnitedStatesofAmericaIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureLearningFocusTheStatesoftheU.S.TheThreeMajorRegionsoftheU.S.AlaskaandHawaiiClimateFeaturesNewYorkCityTheWhiteHouseHollywoodIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureBeforeYouReadWarm-upDoyouknowwhereth

2、estatueinthepictureis?Anddoyouknowitsname?_____________________________DoyouknowanythingaboutthefollowingstatesoftheU.S.A.:Alaska,Hawaii,Texas,NewYork,Pennsylvania,Louisiana,Colorado,California,Kansas,Kentucky,Florida…?_____________________________Whatfamouscitiesorinterestingtourists

3、itesdoyouknowaboutthiscountry?_____________________________IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheLandThenameofthecountryPositionThestatesoftheU.S.Inthiscountrythereare50statesandafederaldistrict,theDistrictofColumbia,inwhichthecapital,WashingtonD.C.islocated.Thetwoneweststates,Ala

4、skaandHawaii,areseparatedfromthecontinentalUnitedStates.IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureGeographicalFeaturesThethreemajorregionsoftheU.S.AlaskaandHawaiiTwomainriversClimatefeaturesIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheThreeMajorRegions

5、oftheU.S.ThehighlandsintheeastTheplateausandmountainsinthewestTheGreatPlainsinbetweenIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureAlaskaandHawaiiAlaskaThelargeststateintheU.S.WasboughtbytheUSAfromRussiain1867itspositionHawaiiItspositionIn1959,itbecamethefiftiethstateoftheU.S.Itsgeographica

6、lfeatureHonoluluIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTwoMainRiversTheMississippiRiverandtheMissouriRiverA19,000-kilometersystemofwaterwaysConnectedtotheGreatLakesinthenorthbyacanalThelongestriverinNorthAmericaThe“fatherofwaters”toAmericanIndiansIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultur

7、eClimateFeaturesTheclimateintheU.S.variesgreatly.ExtremelycoldinnorthernAlaskaQuitemildandhumidinsouthernFloridaandHawaiiThecoastsofOregonandWashingtonamongtherainiestplacesintheworldTheMojaveDesertinArizonaandCaliforniaasoneofthedriestIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureMainCities

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