Unit11
PeopleindifferentpartsofBritainliketousethenameEnglandtorefertotheircountry
TodaymorethanhalfofthepeopleinWalesstillspeaktheancientWalshIanguage3
AmericawasnamedafterAmerigoVespucci,whoarrivedonthenewcontinentafterolumbus
ThelargestriverintheU
SistheMissouriiver
TheBlacksbroughtfromAfricatoAmericausuallyworkedonplantationsorfarmsintheNorth
TheUnitedStateshas49statesoncontinent
NewYorkisthecommercialandfinancialcenteroftheUnitedStates,anditiscomposedoffiveboroughsincludingManhattan,Brooklyn,theBronx,StatenIsland,andueens
SanFranciscoisthesecondlargestcityafterNewYorkandtheworldfamousollywoodandisneylandarelocatedhere9
AlmosthalftheimmigrantscomingtotheUnitedStatesinthe198swereAsians
AmongthefourpartsoftheUnitedKingdom,Scotlandisthesmallest
TheislandofGreatBrit