Vedoucí učitel: Petra Šťastná

- situated among the Artic, the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean

- consists of 3 separate regions – continental part, Alaska, The Hawaiian Islands

- borders with Canada and Mexico

- is a federation which consists of 50 states

- first discoverer of America was Christopher Columbus

- in 1492 reached several Caribbean

islands

- the original inhabitants were natives – Indians

- the name America became know thanks Amerigo Vespucci

- The USA has many rivers and lakes

- The U.S. has many natural wonders

Death valley

Grand canyon Niagara falls

Monument valley Crater lake

Sequoia

evergladesRocky mountain

yosemiteyellowstonezion

- the head of state and head of government of the United States

- commander in Chief of U.S. armed forces

- indirectly elected for four-year term by an Electoral College

- no one shall be elected to the office of President more than twice

- George Washington – first American president

- was American soldier and politician

- the Electoral College elected Washington unanimously as president in 1789 and again in 1792

election

- John Fitzgerald Kennedy - often referred to by his initials JFK

- was the 35th President of the United States

- serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963

JFK, his wife Jackie, and the Connallys in the presidential limousine seconds before the

assassination

- Barack Obama is the 44th and current President of the U. S.

- he is the first African American to hold the office

- was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureáte

- Obama declared his intention to seek re-election in the 2012 presidential election

- Barack Obama with his wife Michelle

National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore

features 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents

- consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white

- blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars

- fifty stars on the flag represent the 50 states

- 13 stripes represent the original thirteen colonies

- Nicknames for the flag include the "Stars and Stripes", "Old Glory,"and "The Star-Spangled

Banner"- National Bald Eagle Symbol of USA

- is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the U. S. federal

government

- the Great Seal was first used publicly in 1782

reverse of the Seal

- the main character in the face of the seal is a symbol of National Bald Eagle

obverse of the Seal

"The Star-Spangled Banner""The Star-Spangled Banner"

- is the national anthem of the United States of America

- written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key

- was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931

Dollar sign

- is the official currency of the United States of America

- divided into 100 cents

- the U.S. dollar is the currency most used in international transactions

- is one of the world's reserve currencies

- several countries use it as their official currency Dollar sign