3-4 The United States of America(the country and main cities

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Part Two The United States of America Unit One: the Country

National Flagadopted by the Second Continental Congress at Philadelphia on June 14, 1777. Stars: 50 states

Stripes: 13 original colonies

Stars and Stripes

National AnthemThe Star-Spangled Banner

Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

National FlowerRose about 35 million years old a symbol of love, beauty grow naturally throughout North America.

National Tree

People select the oak as their National Tree in a nationwide vote hosted by The National Arbor Day Foundation ( 美国植树节 基金会)on its Website. Grow easily Pleasant Shade Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree Welcome home forgiveness

the oak(橡树，栎树)

National BirdThe bald eagle living above the valleys U.S.A.'s freedom, spirit and pursuit of excellence

National EmblemSecond Continental Congress in 1782 Bald eagle: dominion Olive Branch: peace 13 Arrows: war Shield: national flag Stars: new nation Yellow ribbon: Epluribus Unum (Latin)

Where is the Country?

Important Mountains and RiversThe RockiesThe Appalachian s

St. Louis

The important mountain ranges: The Rockies The Appalachians

The important rivers: The Mississippi The Ohio… The Missouri

The Physical Features The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain The Appalachians and their foothills The Interior Lowlands The Cordillera (western main mountain ranges and a variety of intermontane valleys, basins and plateaus)

The Climate Features The humid east The arid west The humid-arid transition: prairie (Barn of America) The humid pacific coast

The Cultural Geography The Northeast The Midwest The South The West

1. the northeast Boston New

York Philadelphia Washington D. C. Pittsburgh

Washington D. C.

D. C. :District of Columbia White House, Capitol Hill, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, the Supreme Court, the Pentagon

White House