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Unit 1 A land of diversity Warming up reading How much do you know about America? 1. Which flag is American flag? A. B. C. 2. Which city is the capital of the USA? New York Washington D.C Los Angeles A. B. C. D. 3. Which stands for the USA? √ National Emblems （国徽） 4. How many states are there in the USA? A. B. C. D. 47 48 49 50 5. Who is president of America? A. B. C. D. George W. Bush George H.W. Bush Putin Bill Clinton A. B. C. D. 6.Which doesn’t belong to the USA? Statue of Liberty Golden Bridge White House Eiffel Tower 7.Which are American brands? A B C D E F G Germany Germany Finland 8.Who are Americans? A B C D E keanu Reeves David Beckham Steven Speilberg Ronaldinho Britain Brazil Arnold Schwarzenegger a famous actor the governor of California Fast reading 1.What’s the topic of this text? A. the culture of California B. the history of California C.the weather of California D. the history of USA 2.Which state in the USA has the largest Population? California (over 30 million people) Russians Later Arrivals people The Spanish Most Recent Arrivals Native Americans 3.How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text? Gold Miners Native Americans 1.Time: 15000 years ago 2.Where did they come from: from Asian to Alaska 3.What happened in the sixteenth century? were killed by European were forced into slavery died from the disease survived the terrible times Native Americans The Spainsh Fill in the form:(note down an important events) 16th century 18th century in 1821 in 1846 Spain soldiers arrived and took their land California was ruled by Spain California became part of Mexico Mexico gave California to the United States Influence: today over 40% of Californians speak Spainish as a first or second language Russia