This lesson is about the general character of American from paragraph 1 to three, lesson 1

1. AMERICAN
CHARACTER
SPABK9_GROUP 1_PARAGRAPH 1-3
LESSON 1

2. More than 3
million people &
50 states
Is there really a
national character?

3. B. Zuckerman
editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report
culture
felow
Americans
attitude
self-reliance, independence, resourcefulness,
pragmatism, and novelty
comfortable with change and with people who
make things happen
- the new is better than the old
- taking charge is valued over playing it safe
- making money is superior to inheriting it
- education and merit are favored over family ties

4. THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC OF THE U.S.A. IS DIVERSITY
POPULATION GEOGRAPHY CLIMATE

5. 3,700,000 square miles
The fourth largest nation (after Russia, China, and Canada)
VARIETY OF LANDSCAPES
tall mountains and flat cornfields, deserts and tropical regions,
prairies and forests, rugged coastlines and gentle, rolling hills
CLIMATE WITH ALL EXTREMES
In southern Florida, visitors come to swim and sunbathe in December. In northern
Alaska, winter temperatures may drop to -75° Fahrenheit (-54° Celsius)

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