a brief survey of America.doc

A brief survey of the USA Stella 整理 1. Names ? ? The official full name: the United States of America? ? ? The short form of it: the United States, the USA, the U.S, America, the states ? ? Other names: Uncle Sam(nickname), Brother Jonathan, Yank扬基老, Yankee, Usian, Americana?Yankee: New Englanders were known as Yankees, which came to stand for all Americans. 2. National flag: the Star-Spangled Banner? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??The Star and Stripes? ? ? 一个星星一个州 ? ? The flag has 13 red and white horizontal stripes and 50 white stars in a rectangular blue square in the upper left corner of the flag.? ? ? The 13 stripes symbolize the original 13 colonies that became the first 13 of the US.? ? ? The 50 stars represent todays 50 states 3. National Anthem: the Star - Spangled Banner ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?The Star and Stripes 4. The official seal ? ? Its dominant figure is the American eagle.? 5. Size and location ? ? It has a land area of 9.3 million square kilometers.? ? ? The 4th largest country in the world in terms of area after Russia, Canada, China. The continental us lies in central north America with: Canada to the north Mexico and gulf of Mexico to the south The Atlantic ocean to the east? The pacific ocean to the west 6.1 The states Altogether 50 states: 48 continental states, 2 oversea states The largest states: Alaska? The north most state is Alaska? The largest continental state is Texas? The smallest state is Rhode island The south most state is Florida.? 6.3 New England? Six states: Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts? Vermont New Hampshire Maine 7. Mountains The Appalachian Mountains The Rocky Mountains: Backbone of the North American continent? The Continental Divide 大陆分水岭? The continental Divide, or the great Divide, is an imaginary line that separates streams that flow into the pacific Ocean from those that flow into the Atlantic. 8. Rivers and lakes “Old man River“/ “father of waters”, has played a vital role in the history of the US. T