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Work in pairs. Ask questions on the points below and answer
them.
1.the number of people living in
the US
2.the waters the US is washed
by
3.the number of states in the
US
4.the greatest rivers in the US
5.the biggest mountain chains
in the US
6.the big melting pot
7.a mixture of customs and tra-
ditions
8.the kinds of land the US has
9.the size of the Grand Canyon
10.the “New World”
11.the days of the “Wild West”

— How many people live in the USA?

— 327, 2m people live there

— Which waters US is washed by?

— US is washed by Pacific and Atlantic ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

— How many states in the USA?

— There are fifty states in USA

— Can you tell me the greatest rivers in the USA?

— Yup. It is Missouri, Mississippi, Yukon, Rio Grande and Colorado River.

— What about the biggest mountain chains in the USA?

— It is Andes.

— What do you know about big melting pot?

— "Big melting pot" is a metaphor which means variety of nationalies in USA, that have "melt" into one big nation. The state officially categorizes its population into six groups: white, African American, Native American/Alaskan Native, Pacific Islander, Asian, and Native Hawaiian.

— Tell me about mixture of customs and traditions.

— United States is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Nearly every region of the world has influenced American culture, most notably the English who colonized the country beginning in the early 1600s. U.S. culture has also been shaped by the cultures of Native Americans, Latin Americans, Africans and Asians.

The United States is sometimes described as a "melting pot" in which different cultures have contributed their own distinct "flavors" to American culture. Just as cultures from around the world have influenced American culture, today American culture influences the world. The term Western culture often refers broadly to the cultures of the United States and Europe.

— Let's get back to geographical details of USA. So, which kinds of land USA has?

— In the continental United States, there are eight large physical and geographical areas, namely, the Pacific Mountains, the Intermontane Plateau, the Rocky Mountains, the Inner Plains, the Inner Highlands, the Lawrence Highlands, the Appalachians, and the Atlantic lowlands.

— By the way, do you know size of the Grand Canyon?

— Of course! Its size is 4 926 square kilometres.

— What do you know about "New World"?

— "The New World" is one of the names used for the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas (including nearby islands), and Oceania.

— And at the end, what you can say about "Wild West"?

— Wild West often refers to the American frontier period of the Western United States in the 19th century.

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