2. Introduction
• USAlocated in the northern part of Americacontinent
• It has50 states and 1 district: District Columbia, thatis
shown asstars in their flag
• Thecountry bordered with Mexico on theSouth, and
Canadaon the north
• Capital: Washington
• President: BarackObama
• Area: 9,826,675 km2 (3rd largest country in the world after
Russiaand Canada)
• Population: 314,555,000 (3rd most populated country in the
world after ChinaandIndia)
• Currency: USDollar ($1 =Rp.9500)
• Independence Day:4th July 1776
• USAis afree country. Every religion is accepted, and people
are freely choose to have religion ornot
3.
4. Thepeople
• Citizen of USAis calledAmericans
• USAis avery diverse county. It is home of people
with different ethnics and nationalorigins. Many
people in the 19th century migrated and settled
down inAmerica
• There many race found in USA:
– White is the majority, of about 70%of the population
– Hispanic (Latino) is about 15%.Theyare originated from
Mexico, Puerto Rico,Cuba,…
– African American is about 12%
– Asian is about 3%.They are originated from China,
Filipina, India, Vietnam, Korea, Japan,….
• American believes in equality and justice for all. All
citizens of America deserve to havethesamerights
6. Region and State
• In USA,there are 6 regions: New England,Mid
Atlantic, TheSouth, TheMidwest, The
Southwest and TheWest.
• In eachregions, there are many states. 6
states in New England, 6 states in Mid Atlantic
(Thecity), 12 states in TheSouth, 12 states in
TheMidwest (farm and agriculture), 4 states
in TheSouthwest (great landscape with prairie
and desert), 11 states in TheWest (home of
the cowboy)
7. Thecities
• Bigcity or often called metropolitan,are
where most of people in USAlive
• Themost populated state in USAis California,
with over 37 million people (12%of total
population) followed by T
exas,and NewYork
• Many people like to live in the city, because
there are many jobs, and places to go like
malls, playgrounds, and swimming pools
• But the city also canbe very crowdedand
unpleasant to livein
8. Golden GateBridge, in SanFrancisco,California. Oneof the most popular icon of
USAand SanFrancisco.Thelength is 2.7km. Thebridge is overlooking California city
10. TimesSquare,New YorkCity. It is very crowded, and people there are very busy with
their life. Theyare always in ahurry.
11. Most people in the city of USAlive in the apartments, because it is cheaper
12. Washington D.C
• Thecapital of USA
• Located in District of Columbia
• Thename taken from GeorgeWashington, the
first president, and one of thefounding father
of USA.Healso wasthe one who chosethe
site of the capitalcity
• Today,millions come to Washington, D.C.each
year to seethe Capitol, the White House,the
Library of Congress,and the city's many
museums and monuments.
13. Capitol Building. Built in 1793, it is used for Senateand Congress Meeting. Now itis also a
museum of AmericanArt andHistory.
14. Built in 1792. It is a house where the government runs their work everyday. It is the
president and vice president’s office andresidence.
15. Thecountry sides
• Somepeople prefers to live in thecountry side
where life is slower, andeasier
• People work mostly on the farm,and sell local
goods to the shops
• Thecountry side are greener, cleaner, and
house are far apart. It is not crowded like the
city
• Thecountryside is mostly quite, peaceful,and
not busylike the city
19. School life in USA
• Almost every kids in the USAgo to school. The
government school is free for all. Somegoestothe
private school
• Kidsgo to school every Monday to Friday from8
o’clock in the morning until 2 o’clock in the afternoon
• Most kids go to after class activity such assports,
student newspapers, drama clubs, debate teams,
choral groups andbands
• Kidsare actively involved in many social activities,such
astaking care of the elderly, the handicapped and
hospital patients, and help clean up theenvironment.
• Kidsare askedto join BoyScout tolearn about new
things that are useful for their life
20. BoyScout
• BoyScout also known as‘Pramuka’ in
Indonesia
• It is an activity where children are taught to be
creative and practice practical things that are
useful for life
• Boyscout is the largest youth organizationin
the USA
• In America, boy scout are learning essential
skill in life: leadership, creativity,confidence,
living outdoors, and many other skill
22. Schoolsin the USAis the best inthe
world!
• Many of the best universities likeHarvard, Yale,and
Stanford are from USA
• Most of famous presidents studied in the best schools
in the USA.BarackObamastudied in Harvard
• Schoolsin USAare taught using high technology and
teaching children the most advanceinformation in real
time
• Children are also experience what they learn inreal
life. Suchasmaking solar panel, making houses,
connecting electricity, …
• Aside from learning, children are also taught to be
good in sports and music. Many scholarships aregiven
to children who are good insport
25. Doyou know?
• America is very advancein the past hundreds years. It isthe
world leader in economy, politics, military, andtechnology
• America hasthe largest coal reserves in theworld
• Jazzmusic comesf rom America, but it isinfluenced
strongly byAfrican music
• Statue of Liberty is given by Francegovernment for USAin
28 October 1886
• USAis the leading industrial power in the world, highly
diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel,
motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications,chemicals,
electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber,
mining
• Thesport Football in USAis actuallyrugby