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1.AtlantictoPacific1.thediversityofthephysicalconditionsintheUnitedStatesinitsvastarea,theUnitedstatedcomprehendsmostofthephysicalconditionsknowtomen:heatandcold,forestanddesert,tropicalswampandArcticwaste,mountainsandendlessplains,emptyspacesandmegalopolis,andtheworld`slargestriversystem.2.thediversityofthepeopleintheUnitedStatesDiversityofthepeoplethemselvesisimmense:peoplecomefromthedifferentcountry,andtheiroriginsandethnicbackgroundsaredifferent.DifferencesbetweenthefirstgenerationofimmigrantsandthelongestablishedAmericans,aswellasthedifferencesbetweendifferentgenerationimmigrants.Andeventheydifferaccordingtothedegreeofintermarriage.3.thegrowthoftheUnionsinceitsfoundationinthe1780s(1)Atthetimeofitsfoundation,theoriginalUnionconsistedof13statesalongtheeasternseaboard(2)Assettlememtspreadwestwardsandnewareasweredeployedbystablepopulationcapableofself-government,sonewstateswereallowedtojointheUnion.Arizonain1912wasthe48thcontinentalstatejoiningtheUnion.(3)In1959,separateterritoriesofHawaiiandAlaskajoinedtheUnion.Thusthelistof50statesoftheUnitedStateswascompleted.3.HowhastheRepublicoftheUnitedStatesgrownintermsofareasincethetimeofitsfoundationinthe1780s?TheoriginalUnionconsistedof13states↓1792Kentucky1796Tennesseewereadd↓1830Ohiowasadded↓1912Arizonawasadded-----thelastone4.WhataresomeifthecharacteristicsoftheuniformityinAmericanculture?Whatcontributedtotheuniformity?a.Thelackofculturaldifferenceamongtheregions,becauseallthesevariedpeoplesarescatteredeverywhere,withonlyminorlocalethnicconcentrationsb.Thelackofrealregionalorclassvarietyinspeechorusageisoneofthecharacteristicsofuniformity.TheEnglishLanguageisvirtuallyuniversalinitsAmericanform.Regionalvariationsofaccentareslight.c.Anotherinstanceofuniformityisinhabitsandwaysofliving.Theysharethesameideas,idealsandobjectives.d.ThefactthattheUnitedStateshasalwaysbeenasingleunit,withnotariffstorestricttrade,hascontributedtouniformity.5.NewEnglanda.NewEnglandreferstothenorth-easternsixstates:Maine,NewHampshire,Vermont,Connecticut,MassachusettsandRhodeIsland,anarearunningfromCanadianshoreoNewYorkb.ThisarearesemblesoldEnglandinmanyways,andthesouthernsectionisthemostEnglish.c.SomeoftheearliestsettlementinAmericanhistorywasinthisarea.Thispartofthecountyissmall-scale,long-establishedandurban.6.NewYorkcitya.ItisthecommercialcapitaloftheUnitedStatesb.ItisatthesouthernmosttipoftheNewYorkStatec.Itiscomposedoffiveboroughs:Manhattan,Brooklyn,theBronx,RichmondandQueen`s,withManhattanIslandasitscenter.d.Itiswell-knownforsuchplacesasWallStreet,theEmpireStateBuilding,HarlemandCentralPark7.theMid-AtlanticareagenerallylocatedbetweenNewEnglandandtheSouthAtlanticStates.TheregionoftenincludesDelaware,Maryland,NewJersey,Pennsylvania,WashingtonD.C.,NewYork,Virginia,andWestVirginia.NorthCarolinaissometimesalsoincluded.8.theSoutha.itreferstotheareaacrossthePotomacRiverandsouthwardsdowntheAtlanticcoastb.thiswasslave-owningareabeforetheCivilWarandmainlyproducedtobaccoandcottonc.Economicallythesestatesarenotoriouslybackward,butmorerecentlytherehasbeenanindustrialdevelopment,helpedbyfederalplansandhydro-electricpower9.themiddleWesta.itdescribedthenorth-easternpartofthecentralplain,orthenorth-easternquarteroftheUnitedStatesexceptforthestatesclosetotheAtlanticb.intermsofpoliticalgeography,itreferstothesestates:Illinois,Michigan,Indiana,WisconsinandOhioandsoonc.firstdevelopedforfarming,thesestatesincludehuge,sparsely-populatedopenspacesd.ChicagoandDetroitaretwoofthebigindustrialcitiesinthisarea.10.theGreatPlainstatesa.characteristics:empty,featureless,monotonousandvastb.Location:runfromtheGulfofMexicointhesouthuptotheCanadianborderandthebeyond.c.Containing:NorthDakota,SouthDakota,NebraskaandKansas*Detroit,Michigan,homeofthegreatAmericangoal,Ford,GeneralMotorsandChrysler11.thestateofTexasa.thethirdmostpopulatedstateintheUnitedStatesb.well-knownforitscowboysandcattlec.famousforthemillionaires,thebrashnessandtheviolence12.theMississippiRivera.thebiggestriversystemintheUSb.itflowsdowntotheNewOrleansandtheGulfofMexicoc.OhioandMissouriRiversarebranchesoftheMississippi.13.theWesternstatesReferstothestatesofArizona,NewMexicoandNevada*ThemostsignificantrepresentationofthemodernAmericanisthePacificcoastespeciallythesouthernpart.14.thecharacteristicofCaliforniaitisatthesouthernpartofthePacificcoast;ithasthebiggestpopulationintheUS;ithastheworld-famousHollywood15.thesearchforCaliforniadreama.Californiaisblessedwithattractivesceneryandmildclimateb.Ithasthefertilelandforthegrowingoforangesandgrapesc.Andmoreimportantstillaretheelectronicsindustry,aeroplanefactories,defenceplantsofmanykind,andawholenewindustrialcomplexinthisaread.Therefore,Californiaisregardedasthepromisedlandbymanypeopletofulfilltheirgoals16.Washington,D.C.ThecapitaloftheUnitedStates,onthePotomacbetweenMarylandandVirginia:coextensivewiththeDistrictofColumbia.Chapter1AtlantictoPacific1.TheUnitedStatesissituatedinthecentralpartofNorthAmericawithitstwoyoungeststatesAlaskainthenorthwestpartofNorthAmericaandHawaiiinthecentralPacific.Thecountryisbo