THE USAGeography

The Northeast

• Called New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont• Famous universities: Harvard, Yale.• Raw materials = the centre of industry

The Midwest

• Vast plains where mainly wheat is grown. Developed agriculture• Tornadoes

The South

• Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas• Agricultural, growing cotton and tobacco• Slavery on platations • Racial problems still serious

The Southwest

• Texas is the largest state• Famous for its oil and cattle rancher• Native Americans still live on reservations

in New Mexico and Arizona• Lack of rain and extreme temperatures in

summer• Grand Canyon

The West

•Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Nevada and California• National parks (Rocky Mountains)• Beaches in California• Attractive cities such as Los Angeles, San

Francisco.

Look at the places in the pictures. Where are they? What are they famous for?

Interesting facts

• The hottest temperature recorded in the United States (and in North America) was in Death Valley, California, 56°C• The lowest temperature ever recorded in the United

States was at Prospect Creek, Alaska, -62 °C• The highest point in the United States and the North

American continent is Mount McKinley (6,190 m) in Alaska• The longest river is the Mississippi, flowing 4,070 km• The largest lake is Lake Superior, bordering Minnesota,

Wisconsin, Michigan, and Canada

Did you know?

• Barack Obama is the 44th president! • America may soon be getting an extra state

because Puerto Rico voted in late 2012 to become a state!

What do you know about the people in the pictures?What is their greatest achievement?

Michael Jackson

Christopher Columbus

Barack ObamaAbraham Lincoln

Marilyn Monroe

George Washington

Elvis PresleyAldrin, Collins, Armstrong

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American literature• The most important figure in american literature

is Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). He was member of the group „Lost generation“. After fighting in World War I they lost their illusions. He wrote famous novels: The Sun Also Rises, or For Whom the Bell Tolls, but he is especially femous for his novella The Old Man and the Sea, for which he gained the Nobel Priye for Literature in 1954.• Other names: Mark Twain, Jack London, John

Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller