The document provides information about various topics related to the United States, including its name, presidents, states, culture, architecture, economy, army, sports, and system of government. It discusses that the official name of the country is the United States of America, which was proposed by Thomas Paine. It also outlines some key details about the presidency, the 50 states, dominant religious affiliations, and economic standing as the world's largest GDP.

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S P O RT S
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C U LT U R E
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THE NAME

3. name of the nation. When writing, the
The name United States of America abbreviation is commonly used EE. UU.
was proposed by Thomas Paine and (A mandatory middle ground and
first officially used in the Declaration points for being an abbreviation and
of Independence, adopted on July 4th, an acronym) and to a lesser extent,
1776. It is often said the United the symbol USA. In Spanish it is
States for short. It is sometimes totally wrong, but frequent use of the
incorrectly called United States, acronym USA.
resulting in confusion over its
adjective. In Spanish, is not
acceptable use of America as a short
name for this country, as there are
other nations that share the North
American continent. Similarly,
America should also not be used to
refer exclusively to the United
States, even if it is a widespread
custom among anglohablantes and
other languages in the world use the
name of the continent as the short
PRE S
IDENTS

4. Under the, US constitution the to the office of the president
Presidents of United States is the more than twice. Upon death,
head of state and the head of resignation, or removal from office
goerment of the United States. As of an incumbent president,
chief of the executive branch and the Vice presidentassumes the
head of the federal goverment as office.
a whole, the presidency is the This is one of the most important
highest political office in the presidents
United States by influence and
“Abraham Lincoln”
recognition. The president is also
the Comander in chief of the U.S.
Armed force. The president is
indirecty electred to a four-year
term Electoral college (or by the
House of representatives should
the Electoral College fail to award
an absolute majority of votes to
any person). Since the ratification
of the Twenty-second Amedement
S T AT E S
on the United States Constitution
in 1951, no person may be elected

5. The United States is a federation of 50 unincorporated territories. Not
states, plus some other subsidiaries, with a considered part of the country, but
total area of nearly ten million square having no diplomatic representation,
kilometers. The states are distributed currency, or self-defense, it is not
almost entirely in the North American either of independent states. Puerto
continent, except Hawaii, which is located Ricans are legally U.S. citizens, but
geographically in Oceania. Washington, can not, for example, elect the
District of Columbia is the seat of federal president of the republic while
government. resident on the island. United States
considers settlements, although well
Additionally the United States have units contained in the Charter of the UN
include freely associated states to the Decolonization Committee.
C U LT U R E
United States or other

6. In the twentieth century and in a private survey conducted in
what we in the XXI, the U.S. has 2001, 76.7% of American adults
been a major world cultural identified themselves as
power, but, despite such Christians, about 52% of adults
luminaries as William Faulkner, were recognized as
Frank Lloyd Wright or Jackson members of different Protestant
Pollock, his great contributions to churches, Roman Catholics, with
the global wealth (and that has 24.5%, were the most numerous names,
exported) have not sought in the Judaism (1.4%), The Church of Jesus
traditional arts but in science, Christ of Latter-day Saints (1.3%).
technology, and in three of the
so-called folk art, considered
typically American: the movies,
comics and popular music (folk).
The U.S. government does not
keep an official register of
religions in the country.
The U.S. government does not
keep an official register of
religions in the country. However,
A R C HITE

7. century skyscrapers as
CTURE symbols of the modernity.
America has a relatively recent Given the originality of the
history, and Native Americans U.S. population, one has to ask
have left buildings as about the specific nature of
spectacular as those of Mexico art in the country: is there a
or Peru. specifically American
architecture? Or is it simply a
copy of European traditions?
The architecture in the
United States is diverse by
region and built by outside
influences, which are not only
English.
It seems that this architecture
is marked by eclecticism, which
That is why the American is not surprising in a
architecture is marked by multicultural society.
modernity, and is thought
spontaneously in the twentieth
ECONOMY
The United States has a

8. capitalist mixed economy, of countries by GDP PPP per
which is fueled by abundant capita values.
natural resources, developed The United States is the
largest importer of goods and
infrastructure and high
productivity. According to
third largest exporter. Canada,
the International Monetary
Mexico, China, Japan and
Fund, the U.S. GDP is more
Germany are its main partners
than $ 13 billion and
comerciales.El main export
represents more than 25.5%
product is electrical
of global GDP at exchange
machinery, while vehicles
rates in the market and over
constitute the leading import.
19% of global GDP in
Purchasing Power purchasing
power parity (PPP).
It is the largest national GDP in
the world, lower than the
combined GDP of the European
Union and its PPP 2006Los
ARMY
United States ranks eleventh in
the list of countries by GDP The Navy or the United States
nominal per capita and eighth in Navy (United States Navy), also

9. known as USN or U.S. Navy, is a The Navy has its origins in the
branch of the Armed Forces of Continental Army, which was
the United States responsible established after the
for conducting naval operations. Revolutionary War and was
Its main function is "To disbanded shortly thereafter.
maintain, train and equip to fight The constitution is the legal
naval forces capable of achieving basis for providing a "Force of
the victory of the war, the Seas', giving Congress the
responding to aggression and power to" create and maintain a
maintaining freedom of the seas. navy. "Attacks against U.S. ships
by Barbary Corsairs forced
Congress to use this power
ordering the construction of six
frigates. The USN entered the
world stage in the twentieth
century, especially during the
Second World War.
As of May 2010 the Navy has
S P O RT S
330 423 active and 103 019
Since the late nineteenth
troops in reserve has 286 ships
century, baseball has been
and over 3,700 aircraft. regarded as the national

10. sport, football, basketball the United States has
and ice hockey are the evolved from European
three other major practices, basketball,
professional team sports. tennis, volleyball and
University leagues also snowboarding are local
attract large audiences. inventions. Lacrosse and
Football is the most popular surfing arose from Native
sport in the States Unidos. Americans and Native
El boxing and horse racing Hawaiians.
were once the most
watched individual sports,
but have been eclipsed by
golf and auto racing,
particularly NASCAR. The
Soccer although not one of
the major professional
sports in the country, the
stakes are high in youth and
amateur levels, and
outstanding portfolio,
unlike other countries in
GOBERN
the world is female.
Tennis and many outdoor America is a constitutional
sports are very popular.
republic, presidential and federal
While most major sports in

11. levels. His government has limited a candidate.
powers enumerated in the Candidates win elections, no
Constitution of the United States. political parties, whose influence
Its form of government is known and organization is less than in
as presidential democracy because other democratic systems like
there is a president. The election those in Europe. All Americans
of the president is indirectly have the right to vote from age
through electors or electors. 18.
The president's powers reach not
only head of state, but also the
executive and the ability to veto
certain decisions of the
legislature. There are three levels
of government: the federal level,
state level and local level. The
leaders of these territorial
governments are elected by
universal suffrage by voters or
appointed by other elected
officials. Almost all offices are
decided by a plurality of votes for