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AMERICA Name: The official name: the United States of America Other names: the U.S, the U.S.A. Uncle Sam, the States, America, Brother Jonathan, Yank, Yankee, Usian, Americana National Flag: 50 stars = 50 states; 13 stripes= 13 colonies The Star-Spangled Banner or the Stars and stripes National Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner The official Seal: dominant figure-the American eagle Size and location: 9.3 million km2 , 4th largest country, RussiaCanadaChinaU.S.A States: Alaska is the largest state. Texas is the largest continental state. Rhode Island is the smallest continental state. New England includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, which is known as Yankees. Mountains: the Appalachian Mountains the Rocky Mountains. They are the backbone of the North American Continent. “The Continental Divide”大陆分水岭 Rivers and Lakes: the Mississippi River is also known as Old Man River Father of Rivers. The Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean at New York. The only lake in the U.S is Michigan. Major Cities: Washington D.C (Capital), New York (Financial Centre), Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco (China Town) Climate: various, range from tropical climate in Hawaii to rigid climate in Alaska. Population, Ethnicity Race: A nation of immigrants, the Melting Pot, a Salad Bowl, the Nation on the wheel They advocate cultural pluralism rather than one single WASP culture. WASP: White Anglo-Saxon Protestant There are over 100 ethnic groups in the U.S and the core is WASP. Native Americans: the originally inhabitants of the continent African Americans: The Blacks is the largest ethnic minority group in the U.S, which is the descendents of the slaves imported from Africa. Hispanics: their mother tongue is Spanish. They are also the fastest-growing minority group. Most of them live in the south-western states such as Texas, California New Mexico. Asian Americans: Chinese Americans con