2014届选修8 Unit1 A land of diversity课件(53张ppt)

Ontario Longest river in the USA: Mississippi River Some important cities: New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans
Discussion
White House
Capitol Hill
The Mississippi River is the largest river in North America. Rising in Minnesota, it flows south, across the continental interior and finally into the Mexico Gulf.
Do the following exercises with the help of the map
Do the following exercises with the help of the map
Ocean on the east coast: Atlantic Ocean Ocean on the west coast: Country to the north of USA: Country to the south of USA: Mountain range in the west: Great lakes: Longest river in the USA: Some important cities:
Ocean on the west coast: Pacific Ocean Country to the north of USA: Canada Country to the south of USA: Mexico Mountain range in the west: Rocky Mountains Great lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and

2. When and why did the large number of Chinese immigrate to California? During the gold rush period, many Chinese immigrated to California to achieve their dream of becoming rich, and in the 1860s, a large number of Chinese went there to build the railway from theksw5u精e品s课t件to east coast.
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Skimming: answer the following questions:
1. Who were the first to arrive in California to rush for gold?

▪ 1.Which of the following doesn't belong to the characteristics of California?
▪ A.It has the largest population of America. ▪ B.It's the most multicultural state. ▪ C.It has the best climate and lifestyle. ▪ D.It's the third largest state in the USA. ▪ 答案：C
California. ▪ B.The reason why immigrants came to
California. ▪ C.The nationalities of immigrants and the time
of their arrival. ▪ D.What the immiБайду номын сангаасrants did to American's
society. ▪ 答案：C
▪ 4. ______has attracted people from India and
Pakistan to California.
▪ A.Drugs
B.Gold
▪ C.Medicine
puter industry
▪ 答案：D
▪ 5.Which of the following is TRUE? ▪ A.The first people arrived in California fifteen
▪ The name California was first used to designate the region by the Spanish expedition led by Juan, as it sailed northward along the coast from Mexico in 1542. The name itself was probably derived from a popular Spanish novel published

A. thirtieth
B. thirty-eighth
C. thirty-second D. thirty-first
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Part 1 The introduction of California
The history of Part 2 settlement of California Part 3 The future
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How much do you know about the USA?
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Pacific Ocean
MEXICO
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The Gold Rush Poster .
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Native California Indians
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California gold miners around 1849
A. the Pacific Ocean B. the Indian Ocean
C. the Atlantic Ocean D. the Arctic Ocean
4. __B___ is California’s largest and the nation’s
second largest city.