New Zealand

New Zealand has got total area of 269,000 square kilometers. It is (0)..A..to south-east of Australia in the Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (North Island and South Island) and some smaller ones. There are (1)…mountains in New Zealand. The (2)…is Mount Cook (3,764 metres or 12,349 feet). The chief rivers are the Waikato and the Wairu. (3)…3.5 million people live in the country. The Maori people make (4)…eight per cent of the total population. The Maoris are famous (5)…their folk-songs, music and dances, they are very skilled in wood-work. The capital of New Zealand is Wellington. It is a financial centre (6)…. The city was (7)…in 1840 and has been the capital since 1865. New Zealand is sometimes called “The Britain of the Pacific”, because the cities and towns of the country resemble very much those of England. The official language is English. New Zealand is an independent state, but formerly it is a part of the British Empire. The head of the state is the Queen. New Zealand is a self-governing state. The Parliament (8)…of one House only, the House of Representatives. The Prime Minister is the head of the government. The climate of New Zealand is warm and the greater part of the country is well (9)…. New Zealand is rich in minerals. There are some main industries in the country, for example, iron and steel industry. The country has gas and petroleum. You (10)…heard about the native animals in the country. One of (11)…is the kiwi. This interesting bird lives in the wet parts of the thick bushes. In the day-time the bird does not go out. It comes out only at night to find food. Kiwis cannot fly. Many years ago kiwis were hunted for food. Now the government does not (12)…the kiwi hunting. The kiwi is now the symbol of New Zealand people. Small children are often called kiwis. New Zealand has got heavy industry. There are many plants in the country. Paper and rubber industries are developed too. New Zealand exports wool, meat, butter.

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Canada

Canada is a constitutional monarchy, (0)..C.. independent federal state and parliamentary democracy with two official languages (English and French are both official languages, but 20% of the population speaks only French) and two systems of law (civil law and common law). It is a member of the Commonwealth. Head of the State is the Queen of Britain, (1)…by Governor General. Head of the Government is Prime Minister. The (2)…of Canada’s parliamentary system lie in Britain. The Canadian Parliament consists (3)… the Senate (the Upper House) and the House of Commons. It is the second (4)…country in the world. Its area is 9,976,000 sq. km. Its population is about 30.1 million. The capital of Canada is Ottawa. The country(5)… situated in North America. It is bordered in the north by the Arctic Ocean, in the east by the Atlantic Ocean, in the south by the United States, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska. Canada is a federative state consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Canadian provinces are: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. (6)…three large northern territories — Yukon, the Northern Territories, and Nunavut. In the center there is a great plain - the Canadian Shield. It has many lakes and is (7)… in minerals. West of it as far as the Rocky Mountains are the Great Plains or prairies, fertile (8)…lands. North of the prairies are the Northwest Territories, wild areas where few people live. In the west are the Rocky Mountains, (9)…Coast Mountains and the Selkirks; the highest peak is in the Yukon territory (Mount Logan, 19,850 feet). There are a lot of rivers in Canada, and among them are the St. Lawrence, the Mackenzie, the Saskatchewan, the Columbia and the Yukon. Climate, while generally (10)…, varies from freezing winter cold to blistering summer heat. (11)…the Second World War more people have worked in manufacturing rather than in agriculture. But farming is still important: cereals, dairy products, fruit, wool, fur. One of the most important industries is the manufacture of wood pulp and paper. In the XX century Canada became an industrial country with highly (12)… agriculture.

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The United States of America: Geography

The United States (0)..D.. situated in the central part of the North American continent ((1)…for Alaska and Hawaii). It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the east and by the Pacific Ocean in the west. In the north it borders Canada and in the south it borders Mexico. The United States is the fourth (2)…country in the world after Russia, Canada, and China. It has an area of about 10 million square kilometers and its population is over 270 million people. The great (3)…of the population is English-speaking Americans. There are many ethnic groups in the United States. The largest group is Black Americans (about 12% of the population). The US consists of 50 states and the District of Columbia. It is a (4)… federal area where the capital of the country, (5)…Washington, is situated. The largest state is Alaska. The largest cities are New-York, Los-Angeles, Chicago, San-Francisco and Philadelphia. The (6)…part of the USA consists of 4 geographical parts: 2 highland and 2 lowland regions. The highland regions are the Appalachian Mountains in the east and the Cordillera in the west. The Appalachian Mountains are ancient, strongly destroyed mountains of no great (7)…. The valleys between them are rich in coal. (8)…the Appalachian Mountains of the east, the Cordillera is not a continuous chain. It consists of several high ranges, which are the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range on the west. Between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains there is the (9)…Central Plain and the Plateau of Prairies or the Great Plains. The main rivers of the USA are the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Rio Grande, the Colorado, the Columbia and the Hudson River. The five Great Lakes, between the USA and Canada, (10)…Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. In the west of the USA there is (11)… lake called the Great Salt Lake. The USA has many natural resources, (12)…coal, petroleum, and natural gas. The economy of the US is based upon free enterprise.

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