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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF U.S.A 1.OFFICIAL NAME Official Name The United States of America（美利坚合众国） abbreviated forms The United States The U.S.A The U.S America The States Nickname Uncle Sam Brother Jonathan Columbia UNCLE SAM During the War of 1812，the US government hired meat packers to provide meat to the army. One of these meat packers was a man named Samuel Wilson --- Uncle Sam. Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with U.S. for United States. Some government inspectors came to look over Sam‘s company. They asked a worker what the U.S. on the boxes stood for. As a joke，the worker answered that these letters stood for the name of his boss, Uncle Sam. The joke spread, and soldiers began saying their food from Uncle Sam. Later，people called all things from the government “Uncle Sam‘s”. “Uncle Sam” became a nickname for the U.S. government. the national symbol by congress 1961 LAND OF USA LAND OF USA 3. 50 states (48 contiguous, 2 non-contiguous) 5. LIST OF COUNTRIES BY POPULATION Country Population % of world population?? 1 ?China 1,335,962,132 19.84% 2 India 1,144,350,000 16.94% 3 United States 305,794,000 4.53% 4 ?Indonesia 229,373,990 3.41% 5 ?Brazil 190,694,000 2.8% 6 ?Pakistan 165,611,000 2.46% 7 ?Bangladesh孟加拉国 158,665,000 2.36% 8 ?Nigeria尼日利亚 148,093,000 2.2% 9 ?Russia 141,862,032 2.11% 10 ?Japan 127,704,000 1.9% A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS Every American who ever lived … was either an immigrant himself or a descendant of immigrants. -- President John F. Kennedy 6. Languages English