VIII. Answer the questions using the text above as well as other sources of information:

1. Where is the USA situated?

2. What is the area of the country?

3. What oceans is the US washed by?

4. What countries is it bounded by?

5. What is its capital?

6. What kind of country is the US?

7. What does the national government consist of?

8. Who can be the president of the USA?

9. What is the Congress?

10. What is the function of the US Supreme Court?

11. Who does it consist of?

12. Who appoints the justices?

13. What is the characteristic of the US population?

14. What is the reason of its diversity?

15. What is the political structure of the country?

16. When and how did the power become the leading one in the world?

17. What does the US owe its economical position to?

IX. Speak of the usa using the questions above as a plan. National Symbols Word List

Bald eagle [ ] білоголовий

орлан

Strength [ ] сила

Courage [ ] хоробрість

Record keeper [ ] тут літописець

Seal [ ] печатка

To adopt [ ] ухвалювати

Suggestion [ ] пропозиція

Signature [ ] підпис

Stamp [ ] тут рід, вид, сорт

Promise [ ] обіцяння

To adhere [ ] приєднуватися

Claw [ ] кіготь, пазур

Arrow [ ] стріла

Beak [ ] дзьоб

Scrol [ ] сувій

Motto [ ] девіз

Reverse [ ] зворотний

I. Translate the following word combinations into Ukrainian:

To win the independence, to be chosen, a symbol of their country, to be found all over the country, the first official record keeper, to adopt the suggestion, a stamp of promise, to adhere to, an olive branch, the country’s ideals, on the reverse side, the one-dollar bill

II. Complete the sentences with word combinations from Exercise 1:

1. After the US ___________________, _______________was chosen the national bird of the country.

2. American leaders chose the bald eagle because it was ______________all over the country.

3. Charles Thompson, the first ______________, recommended the design for the Great Seal.

4. In one claw is found ________________ with 13 olives and 13 leaves.

5. The national motto is also appears _________________ of the one-dollar bill.

Great Seal of the United States

In 1782, soon after the United States won the independence, the bald eagle was chosen as the national bird of the new country. American leaders wanted the eagle to be a symbol of their country because it is a bird of strength and courage. They chose the bald eagle because it was found all over North America.

Charles Thompson, the first official record keeper of the United States, recommended a design for the Great Seal of the United States on June 20, 1782.

The Congress adopted his suggestion that same day. The Great Seal became the official “signature” of the new nation. In 1782, the Great Seal of the United States was used for the first time by President George Washington on an official document. The Great seal is a stamp of promise that is adhered to each official document.

The bald eagle appears in the center of the Seal. In one claw is found an olive branch with 13 olives and 13 leaves. In the other claw are 13 arrows. The arrows and the olive branch

represent strength and peace. Іn the beak is a scroll inscribed with a Latin phrase which means that out of 13 colonies came one nation.

The national motto “In God We Trust” expresses the country’s ideals. It was adopted in 1956. It also appears on the reverse side of the one-dollar bill.