1. Official name: the United States the United States of America of America ( the USA) ( the USA)

2. Status. A federal republic, a union of 50 states

3. Area. 3,623,420 sq mi. (9,373,000sq.km)

4. Capital. Washington,D. C.

5. Location. The United States stretches across North America from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pasific Ocean in the west from Canada in the north to Mexico,the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of California in the south.

6. Two states, Alaska and Hawaii are not connected to the other states. Many rivers cross the United States: Mississippi, Missouri, Rio Grande,Jukon, Arkansas, Colorado, Columbia and others.

7. There are five great lakes in the nortern part of the USA. They are: lake Huron, lake Michigan, lake Ontario, lake Superior, lake Erie. All they are connected by channels

8. The Rocky Mountains(the Rockies) in the west and the Appalachians in the east are runnig from north to south.

9. The largest cities are Washington D. C., New York,Los Angeles,Chicago,Philadephia, San Francisco,Detroit,Boston and others.

10. Flag: Stars and stripes.Stars are for 50 states of the US.Stripes are for the 13 colonies (the first 13 states) which declared independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776.

11. The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom. It stands on an island in New York Harbor.

12. State Capital Nickname 1. Alabama Montgomery The Heart of Dixie 2. Alaska Juneau The Last Frontier 3. Arizona Phoenix The Grand Canyon State 4. Arkansas Little Rock The Land of Opportunity 5. California Sacramento The Golden State 6. Colorado Denver The Centennial State 7. Connectitut Hartford The Constitution State 8. Delaware Dover The First State 9. Florida Tallahassee The Sunshine State 10. Georgia Atlanta The Empire State of the South 11. Hawaii Honolulu The Alona State 12. Idaho Boise The Gem State 13. Illinois Springfield The Prairie State 14. Indiana Indianapolis The Hoosier State 15. Iowa Des Moines The Hawkeye state 16. Kansas Topeka The Sunflower State 17. Kentucky Frankfort The Bluegrass State

13. State Capital Nickname 18. Louisiana Baton Rouge The Pelican State 19. Maine Augusta The Pine Tree State 20. Maryland Annapolis The Old Line State 21. Masschusetts Boston The Bay State 22. Michigan Lansing The Wolveine State 23. Minnesota St. Paul The North Star State 24. Mississippi Jackson The Magnolia State 25. Missouri Jefferson City The Show Me ‘ State 26. Montana Helena The Treasure State 27. Nebraska Lincoln The Cornhusker State 28. Nevada Carson City The Silver State 29. New Hampshire Concord The Granite State 30. New Jersey Trenton The Garden State 31. New Mexico Santa Fe The Land of Enchantment 32. New York Albany The Empire State 33. North Carolina Raleigh The Tar Heel State 34. Notrh Dakota Bismarck The Sioux State

14. State Capital Nickname 35. Ohio Columbus The Buckeye State 36. Oklahoma Oklahoma City The Sooner State 37. Oregon Salem The Beaver State 38. Penncylvania Harrisburg The Keystone State 39. Rhode Island Providence Little Rhody 40. South Carolina Columbia The Palmetto State 41. South Dakota Pierre The Coyote State 42. Tennessee Nashville The Volunteer State 43. Texas Austin The Lone Star State 44. Utah Salt Lake City The Beehive State 45. Vermont Montpelier The Green Mountain State 46. Virginia Richmond The Old Dominion 47. Washington Olympia The Evergreen State 48. West Virginia Charleston The Mountain State 49. Wisconsin Madison The Badger State 50. Wyoming Cheyenne The Eguality State