1. New York American cities

2. The biggest city in the USA Called „The Big Apple“ The Melting Pot of Nations

3. The History At the beginning of the 17th century Henry Hudson established a trading post for the Dutch on Manhattan Island. A Dutch colony protected from the Indians by a wall 1664 the British captured the Dutch colony James, Duke of York

4. Map 5 boroughs The centre?

5. Manhattan Streets 20km long island Is washed by three rivers Famous skyscrapers The livelist boroughs A multi-cultural area Bad reputation  Harlem Renaissance Avenues Shopping centre The centre of cultural life Financial centre Bridges Tunnels

6. Metropolitan Museum of Art The Lincoln Centre of Performing Arts The Rockeffeler Centre Madison Square garden The Empire State Building The Ground Zero

7. The Times Square The Crossroads of the World

8. Skyscrapers The Empire State Building The Chrysler Building The fight – ESB won. Rockefeller Center

9. The Grand Central Terminal the 197 million dollar restoration process Cleaned from the dust and smoke

10. Carnegie Hall Helena Vondráčková a Karel Gott The Beatles, Ike and Tina Turner

11. Islands Roosevelt Island the Queensboro Bridge Coney Island Liberty Island

12. Staten Island Staten Island has been sometimes called "the forgotten borough" by inhabitants who feel neglected by the city government; Staten Island is also called "Italian Island or Staten Italy" due to the fact that Staten Island has the largest population of Italian Americans in the country. the least populated of the five boroughs but is the third largest in area at 59 sq mi (153 km 2 )

13. Ellis Island New arrivals were taken by ferry to the main building at Ellis Island. Opened in 1892, the first immigrant to arrive was a 15-year-old girl from Ireland named Annie Moore to join her parents in New York City. The first test the immigrants had to pass became known as the "six second medical exam." As the immigrants climbed the stairs to the Great Hall, doctors stood at the top and watched. Immigrants waited here for their interviews with legal inspectors after finishing their medical exams. At best, the entire process through Ellis Island took three to five hours. Isle of tears, isle of hopes

14. Central Park

15. Universities New York University Columbia University City College

16. Transport

17. Airports