usa pptoverview

2. The American Dream
• Land of opportunity
• Individual freedom of
choice in life styles
• Equal access to economic
abundance
• The pursuit of shared
objectives mutually
advantageous to the
individual and society

3. United States of America
The USA was found by the Europeans.
The Continent of America was discovered
by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Prior to
that the Indians were the local inhabitants
Christopher Columbus

4. Flag
• Stars = the 50 States
• Stripes = the 13
colonies

5. About the country
• Total area is 9,826,675 sq.km.
• Water (%) is 6.76
• Population in 2012 is estimate 314,440,000.
Every eight seconds a new American is born,
and every eleven seconds one death is
registered. But every thirty seconds one
migrant becomes an American.
• GDP is
• Currency is ($)dollars

6. Capital of USA
Washington, D.C., which
houses the U.S. Congress
NewYork City is the largest
city probably know as the
heart of the America
The Statue of Liberty
Present from France
Made of copper
Made in 1876
It is a symbol of friendship.
The White House at Pennsylvania
in Washington, D.C., home and
workplace of the U.S. president

7. Famous Places at USA
The Great Smoky Mountains
Liberty Bell hangs in
Philadelphia
Ellis Island is an island on New
York Harbor.

8. Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of
South
Dakota. It shows the faces of four
American Presidents :
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
Theodore Roosevelt,
Abraham Lincoln.
The Arch at St. Louis.
Niagara Falls in the state of New York

9. What comes in mind when you hear
USA….???

10. Celebrations at USA

11. American Lifestyle
• A major percentage of all working Americans are women.
• In many households where both the husband and wife work outside the
home, men are expected to share household duties.
• Men have also been playing an increasing role in raising their children.
• With both parents working, the use of, and need for, day care facilities
are increasing; this is especially true for single-parent families.
• Among the growing proportion of the elderly population, many prefer
to live in their own homes and maintain their independence

12. Personalities
Alexander Graham Bell
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Edison

13. Food…

14. Celebrities
Michael Jackson Marilyn Monroe
Steve" Jobs

15. Sports..

16. September 11, 2001
Do you remember what happened on that
day??????.......

17. Import goods
auto consumer
import partners goods
food, feed and
beverages
13%
0% non-fuel industrial
29% supplies
13%
23% China
aircraft and parts
27%
Canada
Mexico
fuels
Japan
18% 5% Germany
production
26% 27% machinery and
17% equipment
other
2%

18. Export Partners goods
Export
industrial
supplies
Canada
8% 8% production
10% 4% 41% machinery
30% Mexico
8% 7% non-auto
consumer goods
China
motor vehicles
11% Japan parts
and
9%
food, feed and
22% beverages
Germany
12%
aircraft and parts
30%
other

19. US Imports from India
India’s exports to America amounted to $25.7 billion or 1.2% of overall US imports.
– 1. Diamonds … $3.9 billion
– 2. Cotton apparel … $3.7 billion
– 3. Medicinal preparations … $2 billion
– 4. Jewellery … $1.5 billion
– 5. Oilfield equipment … $890.2 million
– 6. Semi-finished iron, steel … $695 million
– 7. Industrial organic chemicals … $671.2 million
– 8. Tobacco, waxes and oils … $599.9 million
– 9. Other industrial machinery … $597.5 million
– 10. Floor coverings … $568.3 million

20. Indian Imports from U.S.
Of the $10.1 billion in American exports to India in 2006, the following product categories had the
highest values.
Civilian aircraft … US$1.4 billion (14.1% of India from U.S. imports, up 169.6% from 2005)
Diamonds … $621.2 million (6.2%, up 33%)
Chemical fertilizers … $608 million (6.0%, up 25.5%)
Telecommunications equipment … $486 million (4.8%, up 4.9%)
Organic chemicals … $410.4 million (4.1%, up 10.5%)
Other petroleum products … $336.8 million (3.3%, up 55.7%)
Computer accessories … $311 million (3.1%, up 19%)
Jewellery … $285.5 million (2.8%, up 31.5%)
Medicinal equipment … $259.4 million (2.6%, up 17.3%)
Industrial machines … $251.1 million (2.5%, up 21.5%)

21. Languages of the United States
• The most common language in the United States is English.
• It is spoken as the mother tongue by about 80% of the population, while another 15% or so
speak it as their second language.
• Spanish is the second most spoken language. Speakers of Spanish are concentrated in the
Southwest (Mexican and Central American Spanish) and major cities on the East Coast
(mostly Caribbean Spanish)
• Collectively, the Chinese languages are the third most spoken, and French is the fourth
• Of course, many other languages are spoken as well by immigrants from virtually every
country in the world.

22. Languages of the United States
• English 80%
• Spanish 12.3%
0% Percentage of language in USA
• Chinese Languages 2.3% 1%
1%
2%
0%
2%
2%
• French 0.5%
English
Spanish
• Native American 12%
Chinese Languages
French
Languages 0.9% Native American Languages
Hawallian Language
• Hawallian Language 0.2% Other European languages
Indian Languages
• Other European Other Languages
languages 2.2% 80%
• Indian Languages 1.6%
• Other Languages 0.1%