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USA – Geography and political system
50 states + Washington D. C. (federal district)
President: Barack Obama
Population: 320 million
Area: 10 million km²
Currency: US dollar
Geography
→ borders with Canada, Mexico
Mountains:
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Cascade Range
Sierra Nevada
Highest mountain: Mt. McKinley (6200 m) → Alaska
Plains:
Great Plains
Coastal Plain
Hawaii – mountainious, volcanic
Western part – deserts
(Death Valley)
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Atlantic + Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico
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Rivers
Mississippi - 4th longest and 10th largest river in the world
Missouri
Arkansas
Rio Grande
Ohio
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Great Lakes
Superior, Huron, Erie, Michigan, Ontario (Niagara Falls)
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Big cities & national parks
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New York – most populous in the US, largest by area in the world
Los Angeles
Chicago
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Houston
NATIONAL PARKS
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Yosemite
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Yellowstone (supervolcano)
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Death Valley
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Grand Canyon - UNESCO
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Everglades
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Sequoia National Park
Political system
The oldest federation
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Constitutional republic, democracy
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Three branches of government
→ Legislative
Congress = Senate + the House of Representatives
- makes federal law
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→ Executive
president + his Cabinet
→ Judicial
Supreme Court + lower federal courts
- judges appointed by the president, interprets laws
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President of the US can be elected twice
Term in office: 4 years
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Two main political parties
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→ Democratic Party – Left wing, liberal, focused on social
development
→ Republican Party - Right-wing, conservative, focused on business
development
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USA is a member of NATO and UN