The document provides information about geography, landmarks, and climate of the United States, describing major geographic features like the Appalachian Mountains, Central and Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Mississippi River, as well as extreme weather events and varying climate across regions from Alaska to the Southwest. National symbols and icons like the Statue of Liberty, Uncle Sam, and Hollywood Walk of Fame are also discussed.

1. REVIEW UNIT 8 – A
FIRST LOOK AT THE
UNITED STATES

2. TASK 1
Answer the following questions
1. What do the stars and stripes on ‘the Star-
Spangled Banner’ stand for?
2. How many stars are there on the flag?
3. Why is the first independent American flag called
‘the Betsy Ross’
4. Why is the Figure of Justice clear-sighted now?
5. What is the role of the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
6. Who was considered the king of rock and roll?
7. What is the name of the greatest American football
games?

3. "The Birth of Our Nation's Flag"

4. Task 2
Match the following information with the appropriate
symbols of the USA
1. A symbol of religious freedom a. The Rose
2. Located on Liberty Island with b. The Statue of Liberty
33.85 m height c. Columbia
3. A female personification of the d. Figure of Justice
US e. The Liberty Bell
4. A male personification of the US f. Uncle Sam
5. One of the four virtues in the g. Pledge of Allegiance
Roman mythology
6. A symbol of love, beauty, war
and politics
7. commonly recited in unison at
public events, and especially in
public school classrooms as a
morning ritual

5. TASK 3
Decide if the following statements are true
(T) of false (F)
1. Hamburger was brought to the US by the German
immigrants in 19th century.
2. The first McDonald’s opened in Texas.
3. The first McDonalds restaurant was a hot dog stand
4. ‘The national past time’ is basketball.
5. In 1905, President Roosevelt threatened to ban
American football because it was getting too popular.
6. Oscar was first introduced between 1927 and 1928.

6. UNIT 9
A Brief Survey of the
American Physical
Geography

7. THE U.S.A

8. Mount McKinley
• In Alaska
• 6,194 meters
• The highest point in the
U.S
• is also characterized by
an unusually severe risk
of altitude illness and
extremely cold weather
due to its high latitude
and its proximity to the jet
stream

9. Death Valley
• In California
• 89 meters below sea
level
• long, low depression
set in largely barren
and unpopulated
country of desert
plains and rocky
ridges

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11. Appalachian Mountains
• are a vast system of
Northern American
mountains, partly in
Canada, but mostly in the
United States
• form a zone, from 100 to
300 miles wide
• including areas in the
states of Kentucky,
Tennessee, Virginia,
West Virginia, and
North Carolina

12. CENTRAL PLAINS

13. GREAT PLAINS
North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska,
Kansas, Oklahoma,
Texas, parts of New
Mexico, Colorado,
Wyoming and
Montana

14. Rocky Mountain
• are a broad
mountain range in
Western North America
• stretch more than 3,000
miles (4,800 kilometers)
from British Columbia, in
Canada, to New Mexico,
in the United States
• highest peak is Mount
Elbert
• is a United States
physiographic region.

15. Mississippi
• is one of the world's
major river systems in
size, habitat diversity,
and biological
productivity
• is an Ojibwa
(Chippewa) Indian
word meaning great
river or gathering of
waters

16. Mississippi
• is the longest and largest river in North
America, flowing 3,705 kilometers from its
source at Lake Itasca in the Minnesota
North Woods
• ranks third in length, second in watershed
area, and fifth in average discharge of the
world's rivers

17. Weather and Climate
• Every type of climate
• Hot and humid summer and cold winter
• The hottest and most arid region: The
southwest of the Great Plains
• Hurricanes in the Southeast, tornadoes on
the Plains, flooding around main rivers,
snowstorms in the mountains and forest
fires in the dry West and California

18. Tornadoes

19. HURRICANES

20. Natural Resources
• Non – fuel natural resources
• Iron, zinc, copper, silver and
phosphate rock
• Nuclear power

21. Comprehension Check
2.
– In North America
– Alaska and Hawaii
– Pacific and Atlantic
– The country presents a tremendous variety in
physical features
– Appalachian mountains
– Central Plains and Great Plains
– The Sierra Nevada, the Cascades and the Coastal
Ranges.

22. 3
Weather features Causes
Climate not generally The tremendous size of N.
temperate America heightens
extremes
Spectacular variations.
weather in Great Plains The lack of natural barriers
and Midwest either to the north or the
Southwest part of Great south.
Plains very arid The rain shadow created by
the West Pacific range and
the Sierra Nevada.