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United States of America =By Joshua=

= **__Location:__ The United States of America is in the Northern Hemisphere and is north east of Australia. It is part of one of the biggest continents in the world, North America. Alaska and Hawaii are part of the USA because they were found by the same person that discovered America.** =



=__**Population**__:The USA population is 312,013,192 (three hundred and twelve million, thirteen thousand, one hundred and ninety eight) according to the US census. The population has been rising over the last couple of years.= =__**Language** **spoken****:**__ The language spoken in the United States is mostly English with 82.1% but believe it or not there are lots of other languages like Spanish with 10.7%, Indo-European with 3.8%, Asian and Pacific I﻿slands with 2.7% and other with 0.7% such as Native Americans. Like the Aboriginals, they were the founders of the land. As you can see there are a lot of different languages in the United States that form this country.=

=__Currency:__ The US currency is the US dollar. The US economy is one of the biggest in the world. It is caused by Wall St in New York. $1.00 in the US is $1.05 in Australia.=

=﻿__Religion:__ The main religions in America are Christianity, Islam (Muslim), Buddhism, Judaism and along with many others. What I think is that Christianity has the most people believing in it.=

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=__Attractions:__= =The USA has many attractions such as the:= = = =__The Everglades:__= ==The Everglades are in the southern most tip of Florida. This swampy landscape is home to many reptiles like the Nile Monitor (lizard), Burmese Python, Intedeculated Python (complicated name), Boa constrictor (snake), the American Alligator and the famous Iguana along with many others. This swampy marsh has a lot of leeches. It also has huge grasslands.==

__The Intedeculated Python__ =__Los Angeles:__= ==Los Angeles also called LA is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the US. It has lovely beaches and is the capital of California. A lot of famous people have been there like Angelina Jolie, Christian Bale along with many others. LA also has some great attractions like studios where really famous people have been acting in, lots of singers that have sung in there and a lot of many other talents. This is at Hollywood.==

=﻿__The Grand Canyon:__= ==The Grand Canyon is probably the World's largest canyon. It is located in Colorado and runs from Arizona. It is about 4000 feet deep. That is 1219 metres. That is over a kilometre! It is carved out by the Colorado river which has eroded the rock for a million years. It is a huge attraction for tourists. There is a sky deck with transperent plastic so they can see all the beautiful features that this monster canyon has to offer.==

= As you can see these are big tourist attractions. Many people come here each year. =

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= = = __Culture and lifestyle:__ =

==The American culture and lifestyle is similar to ours. They had the Native Americans and we had the Aboriginals. But their lifestyle isn't the same as our indigenous people. The Native Americans had different animals, different climate and different skills to cope with any challenges that were brought to them. They ate corn, beans, berries and rattlesnake (pretty disgusting). The climate at that time was dry, deserted land. Only some parts were lush. They also wore different traditional clothing to the Aboriginals. The Native Americans wore traditional clothing to either camouflage with the environment or to perform traditional rituals. The Aboriginals lived in little tents out of paperbark but the Native Americans formed teepee's and little huts. People believe that the Native Americans built the better shelter. But the Aboriginals have survived for around 100,000 years and the Native Americans have only survived for around 50,000 years. The African Americans came from Africa as slaves and after many struggles over hundreds of years they now have equal rights. Some famous African American people are Barack Obama, Oprah, Beyonce, Booker T Washington and many others. So as you can see The Native Americans and African Americans are a bit different to the Aboriginals but let's talk about todays age. Ketchup in America is a popular sauce and it is in Australia. But we call it tomato sauce. We call the leader "Prime Minister". They call their leader "The President". We sometimes call the leader of a club or organisation "The President". As you can see, America is in some ways similar to Australia and some ways not.== = = = = = = =  __Government:__  =

==The US government is currently runned by the Democratic party. The Democratic party is the oldest party of all. It has been in charge the most times. Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States and the 15th Democrat to run the US government. The Republican party is the second major party. Its symbol is an elaphant which they say is the eagle of Indiana and Ohio. The government began a long time ago in April 30 1789 by George Washington. George Washington was the 1st president of America and named the capital after his own last name! The people of America liked him so much they even built a huge monument of him. You may have heard of Abraham Lincoln. He is not the first president of America, he is the sixteenth President. He bacame President in November the sixth 1860. He is popular because of 2 things. He was the first president ever to be shot dead in April 15 1865 and he was a great man by calming the people down during the Civil war in 1861. Truly everyone was very sad when he was killed. He was a great President. Today's President is Barack Obama. He was elected in 2008 because the Republic party were way behind their work. Now people are starting to doubt their selection for Barack Obama. The US has probably the world's biggest economies. It was invented in 1787 and was going quite exceptional for centuries until 2007. The market dropped so much that they had to get this package to get it just below average. From there on it has been slowly been getting back to normal.==



= __How is America globally connected?__ = ==It is globally connected by trade, travel, sport, imports, exports and many other things. It also is connected through many TV shows and electronics like Oprah, sports, movies, iPad and all the of the apple series and many more. Along with many countries, America is in one of the biggest sporting events in the world. The Olympics. The Olympics started in Greece and comes around the world every 4 years. It also has one of the biggest export trade in the world. In the Alaska shipping lanes.==

=__How is America globally connected to Australia?__= ==We are connected because we have a very similar culture to America. We are connected by sports, entertainment and we have a lot of goods imported from America including food, clothes, toys and money. We also fought with America in wars with our ANZACS. When our ANZACS came together with America we called it ANZUS (Australia New Zealand and the United States). At 9/11 Australia sent out troops to help the people in pain or the people who were dying. Our Prime Minister at that time (John Howard) was in Washington to witness the attacks on TV. He then made a statement to the US public giving America our full support because they are our friends.== = =

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