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The United States of America
Presented by
Ms. Hedstrom
Location
Places to see:• The Grand Canyon
-Located in Northern Arizona
• Mount Rushmore- Located in South Dakota
Location
• Capital Washington D.C.
• Neighbors:CanadaMexico
Location
• From Pittsville to Washington D.C.
777 miles E-SE
• They are 1 hour ahead in time.
Location
• Washington D.C. is located @38:54N 77:00W
• North America
Place
Plants:• Deciduous &
Coniferous forests- maple, oak, pine, & ect
• Grasslands• Desert scrub - cacti
• Animals:- several birds- wild cats & bears- wolves- deer & antelope- bison
Place
Religion:Religion:• 56%Protestantism• 25%Roman Catholicism• 2%Judaism• 17%Other, Islam,
Buddhism, and Hinduism
TraditionsTraditions• 4th of July fireworks• Presents at Christmas• Hiding Easter Eggs
Place
• American• Ethnicities:
- 80%White- 12%black- 3%Asian and Pacific Islanders- 5%Other including Native Americans and many other groups
• Languages: English,Spanish, and others make up 18%
Place
Physical features:• Rocky Mountains• Appalachian
Mountains• Great plains• Mississippi River• Death Valley
Place
• Size:3,717,769 sq. mi.
• Population: 300,000,000+
• Population Density:80.7 per sq. mi
Human/Environment Interaction
Resources:• Coal• Copper• Fishing• Gold• Hydroelectric power• Iron Ore• Natural gas• Petroleum• Silver• Zinc• Uranium
Human/Environment Interaction
Where do they live?• Along the Atlantic
Coast• In urban areas
Human/Environment Interaction
Why live there?• Jobs• Entertainment• Lifestyle• Historically resource
rich
Human/Environment Interaction
Changes made:• Created dumps• Pollution• Built roads• Built railroads• Built cities• Mined • Put up windmills
Human/Environment Interaction
Land Usage:• Farming• Ranching• Forests • Manufacturing
Movement
Communication:
• Telephone - 268 million
• Cellular phone - 219.4 million
• Radio 4,789 AM,8,961 FM, 19 shortwave
• 2,218 TV stations
• 195,138,696 internet hosts- 205,326,680 users
Movement• Export:
– agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn)
– industrial supplies (organic chemicals)
– capital goods • (transistors, aircraft, motor
vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment)
– consumer goods (automobiles, medicines)
• Partners: Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, UK
• $927.5 billion f.o.b.
Movement• Imports:
– agricultural products– industrial supplies (crude
oil)– capital goods
• (computers, telecommunications, vehicle parts, office & electric machinery)
– consumer goods (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys)
• Partners: Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, Germany
• $1.727 trillion f.o.b.
Movement
How to get there:• 31 International
Airports- Washington D.C, Chicago, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, and L.A
• Ports: New York, Miami, L.A., Duluth, and more
Movement
Transportation:
• Railroads – 226,605 km
• Highways – 6,407,637 km
• Waterways – 19,312 km used for commerce
• Ports & harbors
• Airports – 14,858 5,119 are paved
• 149 heliports
Region
Government:• Federative Republic
• 50 states & 1 District
Region
Flag Description:-13 stripes of red & white- blue rectangle in upper hoist-side corner- 50 small, white, five-pointed stars- stars represent the 50 states- 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies- known as Old Glory;
Region• Climate:
-tropical rainforest-tropical savanna-steppe-desert-marine west coast-mediterranean-humid subtropical-humid continental-subarctic-tundra-highland
• 58ºF• 39” of precipitation
Region
• Occupations:– farming, forestry, and
fishing 0.7%– manufacturing, extraction,
transportation, and crafts 22.9%
– managerial, professional, and technical 34.7%
– sales and office 25.4%– other services 16.3%
• Currency: dollar
Region
Literacy rate:
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99%
Life expectancy:
total population: 77.85 years
male: 75.02 years
female: 80.82 years