Mariusz Krypel III TF

United States of America

The United Stated of America• Capital city: Washington, D.C• National Indepedence: July 4, 1776• Motto: In God We Trust• Larges Cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia,

Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose • Border Counteries and Oceans: Canada, Mexico, Atlantics Ocean, Gulf of

Mexico, Pacific Ocean• Population: 298,444,215 (July 2006 est.)• Land Area: 3,615,123 sq. mi. (9,375,720sq. km.)

The United States of America

• Highest Point – Mt. McKinley, Alaska 20,320 ft, (6194m.) above sea level• Lowest Point – Death Valley, California, 282 ft (86m.) below sea level• Larges State – Alaska• Smallest State – Rhode Island • National Bird – Bard Eagle• National Flower – Rose• National Anthem – The Star-Spangled Banner

Mt. McKinley, Alaska

Death Valley, California

Bald Eagle

National Songs: America (My Country’Tis of Thee), America The Beautiful, Battle Hymn of Republic, God Bless America, God Bless the

USA, Hail of the Chief, Over There, Grand Ole Flag, Yankee Doodle Boy.National March: Stars and Stripies Forever

National Holidays: Easter, Christmas, New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents’Day, Memorial Day,

Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day.National Heroes: Georgie Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James

Medison, Abraham Lincoln(Presidents), Banjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams(Patriots).

Thanksgiving or Thankgivings DayThanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the

fourth Thursday in November. It has officially been an annual tradition since 1863,when, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving to be celebrated on Thursdau,November 26. As a federal and popular holiday in the U.S., Thanksgiving is one of the major holidays of the year. Togheter with Christmas and the New Year, Thanksgiving is a part of the broader

holiday season.

The event thaht some Americans commonly call the „First Thanksgiving” was celebrated by the Pilgrims to give thanks to God for guiding them safely to the New World. The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days, providing enough food for 53 Pilgrimis and 90 Native Americans. The feast consisted od fish(cod,eeals, and bass)

and shellfish (clams,lobster, and mussels), wild fowl (ducks,geese,swans,and turkey)

Marin Luther King, Jr. DayMartin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States federal holiday marking

the birthday of Rev.Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around the time of King's

birthday, January 15. The floating holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, though the act predated the

establishment of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by 15 years.King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil rights

movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed on January 20, 1986. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed in

all 50 states for the first time in 2000.

President’s DayWashington's Birthday is a United States federal

holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of

the United States, and concurrent with Presidents' Day. Washington's Birthday is commonly referred to

as Presidents' Day (sometimes spelled President's Day).Both Lincoln’s and Washington's birthdays are in

February

• Languages (2010) English (only) 229.7 million Spanish, incl. 37.0 million, Chinse 2.8 million French, incl. Creole 2.1 million, Tagalog 1.6 million, Vietnamse 1.4 million, Italian 1.1 million, Korean1.1 million, German 1.1 million

• RELIGON:

Immirgration to the United StatesUnited States received 4,31 immigrants per 1000 people in 2009, ranking 25th

globally.

Nearly 9 million immigrants came to the United States from 2000 to 2005 –

more than in any other five-year period in the nation’s history.

The analysis snow that 31% of adult immigrants have not complated high school. A third lack health insurance

Great places of America

Time Square, New York

The Colorado river winds through Nankoweap Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park, Ariozna

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Statue of Liberty New York City

American Foods

Transportation System of America

Everyday personal transportation in America is dominated by the automobile.

As of 2003, there were 759 automobiles per 1,000 Americans, compared to 472 per 1,000 inhabitants

of the Europan Union the following year. About 40% of personal vehicles are vans, SUVs, or

trucks.

Southwest Airlines is number one Of the world’s thirty busiest passanger airports, sixteenth is the

United States.