Освобождение environmentalism

       THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  

       After 350 years of development the United States of America still holds the leading position in the western world. The USA is the most powerful and highly developed country of the world. The United States of America lies in the central part of the North American continent. Its western coast is washed by the Pacific Ocean. Its eastern coast is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

       The USA consists of three separate parts. They are the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska and the rest major part of the USA. There are fifty states and the District of Columbia. The states differ very much in size, population and economical development. The population of the United States is about 250 million people.

       What makes the USA the leader of the western world is its economical, political and military dominance over other countries.

       The USA is a highly developed industrial country. Its agriculture is also highly mechanized.

       There are coal-mines in the Cordillera Mountains, in the Kansas City region. Iron is mined near the Great Lakes. The USA has rich oil-fields in California, Texas and some other regions. It occupies one of the first places among the countries of the world for production of coal, iron and oil.

       The USA has a highly developed motor-car industry. It would be no exaggeration to say that cars have become the symbol of American way of life. The vehicles produced at such companies as Ford and the General Motors are known world-wide. The motor-car industry is concentrated in and around Detroit. Ship-building is developed along the Atlantic coast and in San Francisco. The textile industry is to be found in the north-east and in the south of the country.

       The USA has a highly developed railway system. It also has the best network of roads in the world. They are called high-ways.

       The United States is a federal republic. The Government is divided into three branches:  
legislative (the US Congress: two chambers — the House of Representatives and the Senate), executive (the President and his Administration) and the judicial (the US Supreme Court).

       There are two main political parties in the USA: the Democratic and the Republican.

       The flag of the USA is called “Stars and Stripes”. The 50 stars — white on a blue field — represent the 50 states, 13 stripes represent 13 original English colonies, which in 1776 became independent of England.

       The capital of the United States is Washington. It is situated in the District of Columbia. It was named in honour of the first president whose name was George Washington. It is a beautiful administrative city with practically no industry. The biggest cities of the USA are New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and others.