1. M.E.I. Talovaya Secondary School Ann Lazareva Class 10 A Research Project in English Topic: The USA Project manager: Natal' a Solodovnikova Talovaya 2009

2. The United States of America The USA The USA The USA The USA The USA

3. Country – The USA
Situation – the central part of the North American
Continent
Area – square kilometers
Population – nearly 300 million people
Oceans – the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

4. 3 Areas of the USA Eastern – highland Central - plain
Western – Cordilleras
and Rocky Mount

5. Rivers and lakes The Mississippi River
The Missouri and the Ohio (the tributaries of the Mississippi)
The Columbia
The Colorado
The St. Lawrence River and the Hudson River

6. What does it mean? American nation “Melting pot” “Salad bowl”
“Vegetable soup”
American nation

7. Large cities Washington - the capital New York – the biggest
city in the states
Boston - the main
city of the state
of Massachusetts
Hollywood - the world-famous
“movie-making factory”
Atlanta - the capital of the state Georgia

8. Americans like different kinds of sports
Football
Basketball
Baseball

9. The political system – a federal republic
The Supreme
Court
The President
Congress

10. The National Emblems The American Flag The bald eagle
The Statue of Liberty
The National Anthem of the USA

11. So many countries, so many customs