1. The USA is the country of skyscrapers.

2. The United States of America is a very large country which is divided into 50 states.

3. 247 million people live in America. Many different nationalities have found homes here. It has the 4 th largest population in the world.

4. It’s the 4 th largest country in the world.

5. The capital is Washington D.C.

6. The Capitol is the most famous and the highest buildings of Washington D.C.

7. Prehistoric people came from North East Asia into America 37,000 years ago. These became the ancestors of the American Indians. 1000 years ago Vikings arrived from Scandinavia.

8. In 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America. He arrived in the Bahamas on the 12 th of October in 1492.