Concetti Chiave
- The U.S.A. is comprised of fifty states, symbolized by stars on the national flag, with thirteen stripes representing the original states.
- Geographically, it stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.
- Key geographic features include the high, rocky western coastlines and the low-lying eastern coasts, featuring major cities like New York and Washington D.C.
- Major river systems include the Mississippi-Missouri, Ohio, and St. Lawrence, with notable natural features like Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes.
- The U.S.A. is a democratic republic with a President elected every four years, and Washington D.C. serves as the capital.
The U.S.A. are union of fifty states, each of them represented by a star in the national flag called the “Stars and Stripes”. The thirteen stripes, instead, represent the original states that made the first nucleus of the U.S.A.
It stretch from the Atlantic Ocean on the east, to the Pacific Ocean on the west and from Canada on the north, to Mexico on the south. From this Gulf Stream starts and reaches Europe and Great Britain.
On the west the coast are high and rocky, stretching to the north with the Peninsula of Alaska and to the south with the other Peninsula of California.
The eastern coasts are mainly low, starting from the estuary of the river St.
The chief river flowing into the Atlantic Ocean is St. Lawrence, which, plowing from lake Ontario form the astonishing Niagara Falls. The powerful mass of water eats away some 60 yards of the cocky height between the two lakes, every year.
As concerns the rivers, the Mississippi - Missouri and the Ohio flow into the Gulf of Mexico; the Yukon (Alaska), the Columbia, the Colorado, flow into the Pacific Ocean. The main lakes are all in the north. They’re: Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Eire, Ontario, also called Canadian Lakes. The great Salt Lake is situated on the west in the Rocky Mountains which are the most important and the tallest, and go from Canada to Mexico.
The climate is extremely varied, according to the latitude, from a site to the other.
The capital of the USA is Washington D.C., that is District of Columbia. The form of government is a democratic republic, whose President is elected by the people in general elections every four years.
Domande da interrogazione
- Quanti stati compongono gli U.S.A. e come sono rappresentati nella bandiera nazionale?
- Quali sono le principali caratteristiche geografiche delle coste degli U.S.A.?
- Qual è la forma di governo degli U.S.A. e come viene eletto il Presidente?
Gli U.S.A. sono composti da cinquanta stati, ognuno dei quali è rappresentato da una stella nella bandiera nazionale chiamata "Stars and Stripes". Le tredici strisce rappresentano invece gli stati originali che formarono il primo nucleo degli U.S.A.
Le coste occidentali degli U.S.A. sono alte e rocciose, estendendosi a nord con la Penisola dell'Alaska e a sud con la Penisola della California. Le coste orientali sono principalmente basse, partendo dall'estuario del fiume St. Lawrence e includendo città note come Boston, New York, Philadelphia, e terminando a sud con la penisola della Florida.
Gli U.S.A. hanno una forma di governo di repubblica democratica, il cui Presidente è eletto dal popolo tramite elezioni generali ogni quattro anni.
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