The USA in general

Hello everyone! Everybody knows that the USA is a big country and everybody have heard the name “USA”, well, since everybody has herd the name, maybe they should hear some facts.

• -          USA stands for United States Of America
• -          It’s 50 states in the USA
• -          It’s the third largest country
• -          The president is Barack Obama
• -          The population is around 315 million

THE FLAG

This flag represents the USA. It has 50 stars on it which represent the states in USA. The 13 red and white stripes represent the first 13 states which formed the republican. The flag’s nicknames: Old Glory and Stars and Stripes.

Some also use “The Star-Spangled Banner”

THE GOVERNMENT

The government is headed by the president, Vice president and 15 departments created of the congress by law. The president now is called Barack Obama and the Vice presidents name is Joe Biden.

President Barack Obama lives in the white house in Washington D.C. The white house is a very famous building.

THE CAPITAL

The capital in USA is Washington D.C. (District of Colombia)

Before, Washington was actually 5 cities!

1.      Georgetown

2.      City of Washington

3.      City of Alexandria

4.      County of Washington

5.      County of Alexandria.

City of Alexandria and County of Alexandria was given back to Virginia in 1846 and the three left cities combined and became District of Colombia.

  è This is Washington D.C.’s flag.

THE CURRENCY

In currency, they use American dollars (USD). 1 Dollar is worth 6.56NOK. The exchange rate is sometimes going up and sometimes going down, so the price for a dollar isn’t always 6.56NOK. (NOK=Norwegian kroner)

4^TH OF JULY

4^th of July is the national day in USA. It is also the Independence Day. This they celebrate with fireworks, parades and lots of other stuff. They celebrate that on 4^th of July 1776 they were declaring Independence from Great Britten, and became a country for itself.

FAMOUS BUILDINGS

I have made a list over what buildings I think everybody should visit! J

1.      The White House(President lives here)

2.      Empire state building(Tallest in USA)

3.      Washington National Cathedral (Amazing artwork)

4.      Washington Monument(Beautiful to look at)

5.      Thomas Jefferson memorial(He was the man)

This was my top 5 list, hope you liked it J