Economy of the United States of America
CONTENT
1. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA2. CHATACTERISTICS OF THE ECONOMY OF THE USA
.1 The basis of the us economy
.2 United States Exports
.3 United States Imports3. THE MOST IMPORTANT SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY OF THE USA
.1 Productive sector
.2 The service sector
.3 Agriculture of USALIST OF LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
The USA is the economically power full country. A large share of minerals, financial and manpower resources belongs to it. That s why studying this country, its language and history we shouldn t avoid the main economic and industrial branches, their structure, and main tendencies of development.the end 20 century the United States of America are the largest state in the world. The country is located in all climatic belts that favours to agriculture and tourism, has more than hundred kinds of minerals. Having five percent of the world population the country extracts the fifth part of world production of copper, coal and oil. The agriculture of the United States delivers on the world market of 50% of corn, 20% of beef, pork, mutton, about one third of wheat. The USA - the largest world buyer (13% of world import) and the seller (18% of world import). And, that is characteristic for the American economy, the state enterprises can be counted on fingers (post service and the commission on nuclear researches), even airlines and telephone system in the USA are privatized. The American industry is characterized with a priority of the high technologies creating production on the basis of the high technologies.aim of the research is to study the main aspects of USA economy and industry, to understand its position in the World economy. And the main objectives of the studying are:
. to describe the economic situation in the USA in the last century,
. to describe the economic situation nowadays;
. to single-out main brunches of industry, paying attention to the service sector and transportation service,
. to describe agriculture of the USA. practical value of the research is to help to study more about the country, the language of witch we learn, with the aim of successful communication and social competence.
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The United States is situated in the central part of the North American continent (except for Alaska and Hawaii). It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the east and by the Pacific Ocean in the west. In the north it borders Canada and in the south it borders Mexico. The United States is the fourth largest country in the world after Russia, Canada, and China. It has an area of ??about 10 million square kilometers and its population is over 270 million people. The great majority of the population is English-speaking Americans. There are many ethnic groups in the United States. The largest group is Black Americans (about 12% of the population) .US consists of 50 states and the District of Columbia. It is a special federal area where the capital of the country, Washington, is situated. The largest state is Alaska. Hawaii is one of the smallest states; it is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. California, New-York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio are the most heavily populated states, and Wyoming, Vermont and Alaska are the least populated states. The largest cities are New-York, Los-Angeles, Chicago, San-Francisco and Philadelphia.continental part of the USA consists of 4 geographical parts: 2 highland and 2 lowland regions. The highland regions are the Appalachian Mountains in the east and the Cordillera in the west. The Appalachian Mountains are ancient, strongly destroyed mountains of no great height. The valleys between them are rich in coal. It is the oldest mountain system in the US.the Appalachian Mountains of the east, the Cordillera is not a continuous chain. It consists of several high ranges, which are the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range on the west. The Rocky Mountains are considered to be young, high, rough, and irregular in shape. Between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains there is the vast Central Plain and the Plateau of Prairies or the Great Plains.main rivers of the USA are the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Rio Grande, the Colorado, the Columbia and the Hudson River. The five Great Lakes, between the USA and Canada, include Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Hur...
