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1、Unit1ALandofDiversityperiod1&2warmingup&readingIfyouwanttolearnsomethingaboutacountry,astate,etc,whatdoyouwanttoknow?Wewouldliketoknowitssize,population,location,language,history,capital,climate,agricultureandindustry,educationandmedicalcare,etc.DiscussionGeneralknowle
2、dgequizabouttheUSAHowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?A.49B.50C.51D.48ThemostimportantandlargestriverintheUnitedStatesofAmericais______?A.theOhioRiverB.theColoradoRiverC.TheMissouriRiver D.theMississippiRiverBD3.Californiaisthe________largeststateintheUSA.A.thirdB.SecondC.fo
3、urthD.fifth4.California,astateinthewesternUSA,borders________.A.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOcean5._____isCalifornia’slargestandthenation’ssecondlargestcity.A.SacramentoB.LosAngelesC.SanDiegoD.SanFranciscoAAB6.California’sofficialnicknam
4、eisthe_______? A.SunflowerStateB.GoldenState C.LandofopportunityD.EvergreenState7.___hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA. A.CaliforniaB.Alaska C.WashingtonD.Texas8.CaliforniaenteredtheUnionon September9,1850,asthe______state. A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighth C.thirty-secondD.thi
5、rty-firstBADDothefollowingexerciseswiththehelpofthemapofWarmingUpOceanontheeastcoast:AtlanticOceanOceanonthewestcoast:CountrytothenorthofUSA:CountrytothesouthofUSA:Mountainrangeinthewest:GreatLakes:LongestriverintheUSA:Someimportantcities:Oceanonthewestcoast:PacificOce
6、anCountrytothenorthofUSA:CanadaCountrytothesouthofUSA:MexicoMountainrangeinthewest:RockyMountainsGreatLakes:Superior,Michigan,Huron,Erieand OntarioLongestriverintheUSA:MississippiRiverSomeimportantcities:NewYork,WashingtonDC,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleansUn
7、it1ALandofDiversityReadingWorkwithapartnerandknowmoreabout5picturesonpage1-3throughthetextandsaysomethingaboutthepictures.DiscusshoweachpictureisrelevanttothehistoryofCalifornia.FirstreadingPicturesonpage1:AnativeAmericanIndian------oneofthefirstpeopletoliveinCaliforni
8、a.Agoldminer------thediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia.Abu
