unit 6 (British and American Studies)英美文化的 .ppt

Natural Conditions and People Unit 1 Introduction Landforms and Surface Region American People America America America America America Unit 1 Direction In this unit, we begin with an overview of US geography, then we will take a close look at each component of American people, and try to understand why America is compared to “melting-pot’ or ‘mosaic’ . Think and answer the following questions: Can you tell us the famous rivers and mountain chains in America? 1. Can you point out in the map the general place of the first established 13 states in America? 2. Natural Condition and People Unit 1 Think and answer the following questions: Can you tell us what drove the early immigrants from European countries to America? 3. Why some Historian call black Americans “unwilling immigrants”? 4. Natural Condition and People Besides white Americans and black Americans, do you known other racial groups that make up American people? 5. Unit 1 1.1 Introduction The full name of the United States of America (USA) is sometimes abbreviated to the United States (US) or simply to America. With the _____ largest territory in the world, the United States is the world’s largest economy. Natural Condition and People An important factor that contributes to America’s development is __________. forth geography 1.2.1 Atlantic Seacoast and Appalachian Mountains Unit 1 1.1 Political Parties The Atlantic Seacoast is a strip of fairly level country between the Atlantic and the Appalachians. It is the country of the first European immigrants and the ___ original states. The coastal plain is mostly of low land, and a large part of the plain in Georgia and Florida consists of low-lying swampy land. 1.2 Landforms and Surface Region 13 Natural Condition and People 1.2.1 Atlantic Seacoast and Appalachian Mountains Unit 1 1.1 Political Parties To the west of the Coastal Plain lies a mountain c