I want you to go sightseeing around the usa

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The United States of America were founded on July 4th, 1776. Since 1783, when the War of Independence ended in favor of the colonists, the USA has steadily increased its power, and the origi­nal thirteen States have now grown to fifty.

The name America comes from «Amharic» or «emmerich», an old-German word spread through Europe by the Goths, and softened in Latin to «Americus» and in Italian to «Amerigo». It was first ap­plied to Brazil.

The USA is the 4th largest country in the world (after Russia, Canada and China). It is situated in central North America and stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. It borders on Can­ada, Mexico and has a sea-border with Russia. It also includes Alas­ka and Hawaii. The total area of the country is 9,4 million square kilometers.

The USA is a federal republic, a union of 50 states. The capital of the country Washington is situated in the District of Columbia. The population of the country is about 260 million people. They are the people of all races and nationalities, from all the countries of the world. The nation occupies nearly half of a continent.

The USA is one of the greatest leading agricultural nations in the world. With only about 5% of the world's population and about 6% of its land area, the USA produces around 25% of the world's in­dustrial products, agricultural goods and services. It's the world's leader in biochemical and genetic engineering, aerospace research and development, communications, computer and information ser­vices and similar high-technology fields.

The USA is a country of great differences. At the same time it has surprising similarities when one considers its size. The differ­ences are partly a result of the geography. One cannot generalize about the weather, the landscape, or even the way of living because the nation occupies nearly half of a continent. In it can be found high mountains and the flattest of prairies, tropical heat and arctic cold, fertile valleys and deserts. There is a variety of natural resourc­es. All sorts of products are raised, and there are industries of every kind. Some of the most densely and most sparsely populated areas of the world are found in the United States.

Discussion Points Look at the maps of the usa, the United Kingdom and Kazakhstan. Fill in the chart to compare these countries (common features and geographical peculiarities):

	The United Kingdom	The USA	Kazakhstan
area
parts, regions, states
surrounding waters
neighbouring countries
population
highlands (peaks)
lowlands
rivers
lakes
climate
natural resourses
natural beauties
capital
biggest cities