1.	Government

2.

Geography

3.	Population

4.	Life style

"• geography
- it’s area is 9,6 mil sq km
- the highest point is Mt. McKinley in Alaska, the lowest point is the Death Valley (-86 m)
- rivers – the longest river is the Mississippi, another significant rivers are the Colorado, the Rio Grande, the Yukon, the Potomac,…
- climate – every kind of climate from arctic in the North (Alaska) to tropical climate (Hawaii, Florida)
- in the USA we can find deserts, plains and mountains
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• population
- the population of the States is 290 million people
- the ethnic groups are 77% white people, 12% African-Americans
• life style
- education – there are two types of school – private and public, the school year lasts nine months
- tests are usual, oral exams are rare
- sport – among the popular sports are – American football, ice hockey, basketball and baseball
- mass media – there are no state TV channels and no state radio stations
- TV – four big channels – CBS, ABC, NBS, FOX
- specialized channels are CNN (news), MTV (music)
- newspapers – quality ones are – The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The
Washington Post
- magazines – Life, People,…
- universal telephone number for the emergency is 911
- people can drive a car from the age of 16
- very popular for traveling are cars or planes"

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