-The United States of America is a big country situated in the north of the

American continent.

- WHAT ABOUT BORDERS?

South South

EastEastwest

Political systemThe Usa is a USA is a

Federal Constitutional Republic

of 50 states: 48 of them are between Mexico and Canada; Alaska is north-west of Canada, opposite Russia. Hawaii is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. The capital of the U.S. Confederation is Washington D.C., on the river Potomac.

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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE•With an area of over 9 million sq. Km, the USA is the third largest country in the world.•Its population is formed by a mix of many different populations speaking various languages as their mother-tongue and English as official language.•The U.S. multicultural society offers a model of racial integration

Multiracial societies↙ ↘

MELTING POT SOCIETY SALAD BOWL SOCIETY

Mountains and plains

THE GREAT PLAINS

It’s a large prairie in the

Midwest between the

Rocky Mountains and the

Mississippi river

This fertile area is where

most of the USA

agricultural products are

grown ,particularly corn,

wheat, soybean and

sunflowers

WHEAT

CORN

SOYBEAN SUNFLOWER

The land of Indians

TODAY

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RIVERS AND LAKES

•The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. About

3,730 km long, its source is in the Lake Itasca, Minnesota. It goes slowly

southwards to New Orleans, where it flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

•Its major tributary is the Missouri River; other important left

tributaries are- the St. Croix River, the Illinois River, Rock River, the

Tennessee River, the Ohio River; right tributaries are the Minnesota River,

the Missouri River, the White River, the Arkansas River, the Red River

• The river drains all or parts of 31 Us states stretching from the Rocky

Mountains in the west to the Appalachian Mountains in the east to

the Canada - US border on the north, including most of the Great Plains,

and is the fourth longest river in the world.

The five Great Lakes1. The north- eastern area, on

the border with Canada, is home to the five Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario.

2. They’re the biggest group of fresh water in the world: together they cover an area of 244,ooo km₂ - Italy mainland, without Sardinia and Sicily- are approximately 250,000km₂!

3. The Niagara River links Lake Eire and Lake Ontario, forming the spectacular Niagara Falls on his way

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1. Corn mais

2. cattle meat Bovini da carne

3.Cow's milk, whole, fresh

Latte vaccino intero fresco

4. Chicken meat pollame

5. soybeans soia

6. P ig meat Carne di maiale

7. Wheat grano

8. Cotton lint Garza di cotone

9. Hen eggs Uova di gallina

10. Turkey meat Carne di

tacchino

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11. tomatoes pomodori

12. Potatoes patate

13. Grapes uva

14. Oranges aranci

15. Rice paddy riso

16. Apples mele

17. Sorghum sorgo

18. Lettuce lattuga

19. Cotton seed Semi di

cotone20

. Sugar beets barbabietole

USA ECONOMYMAJOR INDUSTRIES: Aircraft, Chemicals, Computers, Electronics, Fishing, Forestry, food processing Iron and Steel, Motor Vehicles, Mining, Paper , Telecommunication Equipment, Textiles. 

MAIN EXPORTS: Aircraft, Cereals, Chemicals, Coal, Electrical and Electronic Goods, Fruit and Vegetables, Instruments, Machinery, Motor Vehicles, Petroleum Products, Soya Beans, Small Metal Manufactures, Textiles, Tobacco.