英语国家概况Chapter11介绍

NY WA HI CA LA
New York
Washington
Hawaii California Louisiana
Geographical Regions
New England
The Pacific Coast The American West
The Mid-West Middle Atlantic states The American South
Chapter 11 --- Part I American Geography
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
CONTENTS
11.1.1. American Locations
11.1.2. The American Geography 11.1.3. The American Rivers and Mountains
Oregon & California
Alaska
Hawaii
Central part
Eastern part
Geographic Divisions
Western part
The Eastern Part
New States
The Top List
• The largest state:
Alaska
• The smallest state: Rhode Island
• The most populous state: California • The least populous state: Wyoming
New York City, Los Angeles, • The largest cities: Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia
New England
• including six states in the northeastern corner. • long history—the Europeans’ first settlement • featured with mountains, valleys and rivers, and cities and towns with historic sites • top-ranking universities – Harvard – Yale – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
New England
The South Region
• • • • • including 13 states with plentiful rainfall and a mild twk.baidu.com warm climate favorable climate for agriculture fast growing industry and population in recent years great size with few large cities
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was designed by Irish-born James Hoban. and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted sandstone in the late Georgian style.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum (1867–1941), located within the United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents (left to right): George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), and Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865).
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The South Region
The Western Region
• Including 11 states, like Washington, Oregon and California, etc. • Oregon--wealth of beautiful forests and streams • California – striking natural features--central valley, high mountains, and hot dry deserts. – notable cities • San Francisco • Los Angeles • San Diego – 14 percent of American gross domestic product – predominant agriculture yielding – high-tech industry centre