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SurveyoftheUSAFoundation:

1776.7.4.Thefourthlargestcountryintheworld

Position:

thecentralpartofNorthAmerica;AlaskainthenorthwesternpartofNorthAmericaandHawaiiinthecentralPacificOcean.Northerntemperaturezone.

North:

Canada;South:

Mexico,theGulfofMexico;East:

AtlanticOcean;West:

PacificOcean

Area:

6%oftheEarth≈thewholeEurope

（三大河流体系）ThethreeriversystemsintheUSAare:

thesystemoftheGulfofMexico,thesystemoftheAtlanticOceanandthesystemofthePacificOcean.

（三大山脉）threegreatmountainranges:

theAppalachianMountains,theRockyMountainsandtheGreatCordilleraMountainRange.

（thePacific河流体系的两大河流）theColumbiaRiverandtheColoradoRiver.

（美国/世界最长的河流）theMississippiRiveristhemostimportantriverinthesystemoftheGulf.

TheRockyMountains（落基山脉）are“thebackboneofthecontinent”.

Greatlake（美国五大湖）TheyarelocatedinthenortheastpartofAmerica.由西至东:

LakeSuperior,LakeMichigan,LakeHuron,LakeErie,andLakeOntario.

（黄石国家公园）YellowstoneNationalPark，Wyoming/（大峡谷）GrandCanyon/

Threebasicgeographicalareasorsurfaceregions:

1）TheAtlanticSeacoastandtheAppalachianMountainsintheeast

EasternCoastalPlain;Thefirst13colonies：

1624,Virginia1629,NewHampshire1632,Maryland

1662,Connecticut1663,RhodeIsland1664,NewYork1664,NewJersey1681,Pennsylvania

1682,Delaware1691,Massachusetts1713,NorthCarolina1713,SouthCarolina1732,Georgia

2）ThegreatMississippiRiverValleyinthemiddle

BetweenAppalachianandtheRockyMountains,2,000kmfromeasttowest

ChicagoGreatPlain:

westpartofMississippiValley

3）TheRockieswesttothePacificOcean

RockyMountains:

thebackboneofthecontinent

YellowStoneNationalPark,

HooverDamLasVegas,thegamblingcity

DeathValley:

85mbelowthesealevel,thelowestplacewiththehighesttemperatureinAmerica

Thehighestpoint:

DenaliinAlaska（20,320feet）

SiliconValley–thecenterofAmerica’selectronicindustry

Threeriversystems:

oneoftheGulfofMexico,oneoftheAtlanticOcean,oneofthePacificOcean

MississippiRiver:

thethirdlongestriverintheworld（NileRiver,AmazonRiver）“FatherofWaters”

LakeSuperior:

thelargestfreshwaterlakeofitskindintheworld（onlyafterthelargestinlandlakeCaspianSea–saltwaterlake）

LakeMichiganiswhollywithintheUSA

NiagaraFalls:

LakeErie&LakeOntario

GreatSaltLake:

thelargestinlandsaltlakeinNorthAmerica

ThreemountainrangesTheAppalachianMountains，TheRockyMountains，TheGreatCordilleraMountain

People：

Europeanorigin:

80%MeltingpotIndians:

originalinhabitants

NationalAnthem:

theStar-SpangledBanner

NationalFlag:

TheStarsandStripes

Attheleftsideonthetop:

bluebackgroundwithwhitestars–9linesofstars（six,five）;13stripes:

redandwhite;red–bravery,white–freedom,blue–loyaltyandjustice

Fiftystars:

fiftystates;thirteenstripes:

thirteencolonies

SurveyofUK（=theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland）

Position:

NorthwesternEuropeTothenorthofFrance,thewestoftheNetherlands,DenmarkandNorway

Composition（Capital）:

England（London）,Scotland（Edinburgh）,Wales（Cardiff）,NorthernIreland（Belfast）

Geographicfeatures:

TheHighlandZone:

northandwest

TheLowlandZone:

southandsoutheast

ThePennineshasbeencalled“thebackboneofEngland”.

（第一长河流）SevernRiver（第二长河流）ThamesRiver

（最大的内陆湖）LoughNeaghwhichislocatedinNorthernIreland.

Weather:

Dreary,theraininprotracteddrizzlebutnotinheavyshowers.Lackofsunshine:

overcastskiesandfog

FactorsinfluencingEnglishweather

A.theshoresoftheBritishIsles:

warmstreamNorthAtlanticDrift北大西洋暖流

B.westerlywindbelt:

thewestwindfromtheAtlanticOceanismildandmoist西风带

C.theconfigurationofBritain,particularlynumerousinletsmakeoceanicinfluencespenetratemoreeffectively

NationalAnthem:

GodSavetheQueen（King）.Theanthemdemonstratesthespiritofthesocialsystemintermsofconstitutionalmonarchy.

NationalFlag:

UnionJack:

combinesthecrossesofSt.George,St.Andrew,andSt.Patrick

（England）St.George’scrosswasrectangular,redonawhitebackground

（Scotland）St.Andrew’scrosswasdiagonal,whiteonabluebackground

（Ireland）St.Patrick’scrosswasredonawhitebackground

People:

Anglo-Saxons,Celts

BritishHistory:

RomanOccupation（55B.C.–410）

55B.C.,theRomansunderJuliusCaesarinvadedBritain;influenceCeltic

43A.D.:

successfulinvasionFailedtoconquerScotland

Builttwogreatwalls:

Hadrian’sWall,AntonineWall

InfluenceTheinvasionmarkedthebeginningofEnglishrecordedhistory.

Romancivilization:

baths,temples,amphitheatres,roads,cultivation,organizedgovernment,towns,minerals（lead,iron,pottery）Newreligion:

Christianity

NoimpactonthelanguageorculturebecauseRomansalways