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1、CHAPTER1AmericanGeographyPartAPreview■Here’stheUSMap!Pleaserefertothemapabovethereadingpassageforthelocationandnameofeachstate.■AGeographyQuizKey:1.ThecorrectanswerisA.Accordingto“Listofcountriesandoutlyingterritoriesbytotalarea”,Wikipedia,theUnitedStateshasatotala
2、reaof9,629,091squarekilometers.Thisincludesthe50statesandtheDistrictofColumbia.Thetotalareaislistedas9,826,630km²bytheCIAWorldFactbook.Thetotalareaislistedas9,522,055km²bytheEncyclopediaBritannica.Note:FromtheinitialpublishingoftheCIAWorldFactbookin1989through1996,
3、thetotalareaoftheUSwaslistedas9,372,610km².Thelistedtotalareachangedto9,629,091km²in1997,to9,631,418km²in2004,to9,631,420km²in2006,andto9,826,630km²in2007.2.ThecorrectanswerisC.(About4,500km.)Afasttrain,traveling96kilometersanhour,takesmorethan48hourstocrossthecoun
4、try.AjetplanecrossesthecontinentalUnitedStatesfromeasttowestinaboutfivehours.3.Thecorrectorderis:B,D,A,C.July2007estimate:NewYork—8.2millionresidents;LosAngeles—3.8million.2006estimate:Chicago—2,833,321;Philadelphia—1,448,394.4.ThecorrectanswerisC.TheUnitedStatesco
5、nsistsof50statesandWashingtonD.C.ThelasttojoinwereAlaskaonthenorthwesttipofthecontinentandHawaiiinthecentralPacific.BothjoinedCHAPTER1AmericanGeography13in1959,AlaskaonJanuary3rdandHawaiionAugust21st.ThatwasthelastmajorchangetotheAmericanflag.5.Alaska—Russia,Louisi
6、ana—France,Florida—SpainAlaskawasboughtfromRussiain1867foronly7.2milliondollars.Alaskaislessthan3milesfromRussia!Intheyear1803,theUnitedStatesboughtat$15,000,000fromFrancethegreaterpartofAmericalyingbetweentheMississippiRiverandtheRockyMountains—nearlyamillionsquar
7、emiles.This“LouisianaPurchase”hasbeencalledanevent“worthytorankwiththeDeclarationofIndependenceandtheformationoftheConstitution.”In1819,bytermsoftheAdams-OnísTreaty,SpaincededFloridatotheUnitedStatesinexchangefortheAmericanrenunciationofanyclaimsonTexasand$5million
8、.6.1)(StatueofLiberty)NewYork;2)(CapitolBuilding)WashingtonD.C.;3)(GoldenGateBridge)SanFrancisco;4)(Disneyland)LosAngeles;5)(LincolnMemorial)Wash
