Exercise 1. Answer the questions. 1. What are the shorter names of the United States of America?

1. What are the shorter names of the United States of America?

2. What is the aria of the USA?

3. Where is the USA located?

4. What countries does it border on?

5. How many separate parts does it consist of? What are they?

6. How many states does it consist of?

7. What is the capital of the USA?

8. Into which three branches is the gov­ernment divided?

9. What are the main political parties in the USA?

10. Who is the head of the government?

11. When are presidential elections held?

12. When was the US Constitution adopted?

13. What is the other name of the ten amendments to the Constitution?

14. How many houses does The Congress of the United States consist of?

15. What is the Supreme Court?

Exercise 2. Match the cities and region and their main characteristics.

1. Taxes

2. Pennsylvania

3. Illinois

4. Iowa

5. Nebraska

6. California

7. New York

8. Chicago

9. Los Angeles

10. New Orleans

11. Huston

12. Philadelphia

13. Detroit

A. coal industry

B. famous for growing corn and wheat

C. agriculture

D. Hollywood

E. world’s leading motor car producer

F. financial business centre

G. oil industry

H. oil refining and NASA space research centre

I. cotton industry centre

J. farming

K. deals in meat processing

L. shipping commercial centre

M. famous for its fruits