Plan: vocabulary Geography Questions Washington

Plan:

• 1)Vocabulary
• 2)Geography
• 3)Questions

Washington

• The beautiful city of Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States and the centre of the government. The capital was named after the first president George Washington and was founded in 1790. It is situated on the Potomac River in the District of Columbia. Washington is not the largest city in the USA. It has only 1 000 000 people. Washington is the residence of the President and the Congress of the USA. The white House is the President’s residence, the Capitol – the seat of the American Congress.

• The capital city is on the east coast, near Virginia and Maryland. It is not a part of any state, but instead is part of the District of Columbia, or D. C.

George Washington

• The capital city and the state on the north-west of country are named after the first president of the USA – George Washington

• The largest and the tallest building is the Capitol. There are no skyscrapers because any other building must be taller than the Capitol.

• The white House on Pennsylvania Avenue is the President’s residence. It was built in 1799. All American presidents except George Washington have lived in the White House.

• There is one more well-known building in Washington - Pentagon, the residence of the US Military department. It is situated in the suburbs to the south of the Potomac.

Barack Obama

• President of the United States of America

• Clarence Moore House – the residence of Uzbekistan Embassy

Questions

• 1. What is the capital of the USA? 2. Who was the first President
• of the USA? 3. Is White House situated there? 4. Did G. Washington live in
• the White House? 5. Are there many mountains
• in the USA? 6. What are the most important
• rivers?