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United States of America;Federal republic, N. America. It is comprised of 48 contiguous states occupying the mid continent, Alaska at the NW extreme of N. America, and the island state of Hawaii in the mid-Pacific Ocean. Area: incl. the U.S. share of the Great Lakes: 3,679,192 sq mi (9,529,063 sq km). Population (1997 est.): 267,839,000. Capital: Washington, D.C. The population is comprised of whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, Amer. Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts. Languages: English (predominant), Spanish. Religions: Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Islam. Currency: U.S. dollar. ;迷播烂淳卢谈算摔拘宛佛侧听敲泪铀捻师牟简猿兼寅歧太酌掉驾闷缴湘蚤U.S.A.国概况教案U.S.A.国概况教案;Zoom in;;The countrys regions encompass mountains, plains, lowlands, and deserts. Mountain ranges include the Appalachians, Ozarks, Rocky Mtns., Cascades, and Sierra Nevadas. The lowest point is Death Valley, Cal. The highest point is Alaskas Mt. McKinley; within the coterminous U.S., it is Mt. Whitney. Chief rivers are the Mississippi system, Colorado, Columbia, and Rio Grande. The Great Lakes, Great Salt Lake, and Okeechobee are the largest lakes. The U.S. is among the worlds leading producers of several minerals, incl. copper, silver, zinc, gold, coal, petroleum, and natural gas; it is the chief exporter of food. Its manufactures include iron and steel, chemicals, electronic equipment, and textiles. ;The territory was originally inhabited for several thousand years by numerous Amer. Indian peoples who had probably emigrated from Asia. European exploration and settlement from the 16th cent. began displacement of the Indians. The first permanent European settlement, by the Spanish, was at St. Augustine, Fla., in 1565; the British settled Jamestown, Va. (1607); Plymouth, Mass. (1620); Maryland (1634); and Pennsylvania (1681). They took New York, New Jersey, and Delaware from the Dutch in 1664, a year after the Carolinas had been granted to British noblemen. The British defeat of the French in 1