Unit1 ALandofDiversity period1warmingup reading Ifyouwanttolearnsomethingaboutacountry astate etc whatdoyouwanttoknow Discussion SizeLocationCapitalPopulationLanguageHistorygeography Customscultureclimate agricultureindustry educationmedicalcare 1 WhichflagisAmericanflag A B 2 WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA NewYorkWashingtonLosAngeles A B C D 3 WhichstandsfortheUSA NationalEmblem 国徽 4 HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA A B C D 47 48 49 50 5 What sthesizeoftheUSA 9 429 091sqkm A C D 6 429 091sqkm 8 429 091sqkm B 7 429 091sqkm 6 What sthepopulationoftheUSA 193 027 571B 293 027 571C 393 027 571D 493 027 571 7 ThemostimportantandlargestriverintheUnitedStatesofAmericais A theOhioRiverB theColoradoRiverC TheMissouriRiverD theMississippiRiver 8 WhenisAmericanIndependenceDay A June4thB July4thC October1stD August14th9 Whichcityisknownasthe BigApple A NewYorkB ChicagoC LosAngeles A B C D 10 Whichdoesn tbelongtotheUSA StatueofLiberty GoldenBridge WhiteHouse EiffelTower 11 WhichareAmericanbrands A B C D E F G Germany Germany Finland Pacificocean GulfofMexico AtlanticOcean CANADA MEXICO RockyMountains MississipppiRiver California California Pre reading California astateinthewesternUSA bordersthePacificOcean Ithasanofficialnickname GoldenState CaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateintheUSAwiththelargestpopulation Abriefintroduction Fastreading 1 What sthetopicofthistext A thecultureofCaliforniaB thehistoryofCaliforniaC theclimateofCaliforniaD thepopulationofCalifornia 2 HowdidthefirstsettlerscometoCalifornia A TheyfliedtoCaliforniaoverthePacificOceanB TheysailedsouthwardthroughtheIndianOceanC TheygottoAmericacrossingtheBeringStraitintheArcticbymeansofalandbridgeD TheysailedtothewestintheSpanishships 3 WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage A MostpeopledidnotbecomerichbutsettledinCaliforniaB MostpeoplediedinthegoldrushC ThefirsttoarriveinCaliforniaforgoldwereAsiansD Allthepeoplebecamerichinthegoldrush 4 WheredoChinese Americanslive A TheyliveinallpartsofCaliforniaB TheyonlyliveintheChinatownsofLosAngelesC TheyonlyliveinSanFranciscoD TheyliveinCaliforniaaswellasinLosAngeles 5 WhataboutthefutureofCalifornia A TheracialculturewillgoonB ItsclimateandlifestylewillchangealotC MoreandmorepeoplewillcometoCaliforniaonlyforgoldD MoretravelerswillbeattractedtoCaliforniafortheclimateandthelifestyle Russians LaterArrivals people TheSpanish MostRecentArrivals NativeAmericans Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext GoldMiners TheSpanish 16thcentury18thcenturyin1821in1846 Influence todayover40 ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstorsecondlanguage Spanishsoldiersarrivedandtooktheirland CaliforniawasruledbySpain CaliforniabecamepartofMexico MexicogaveCaliforniatotheUnitedStates Russians GoldMiners Trueorfalsestatements 1 Intheearly1800s RussianfurtrappersbegansettlinginCalifornia 2 In1848 beforetheAmerican Mexicanwar goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia 3 Alotofadventurersachievedtheirdreamofbecomingrich 4 Californiabecomethethirty firststateoftheUnitedstatesofAmericain1850 after Few 1860s 1800s Late1900s Bythe1920s Early1900s 1911 Recentdecades 1970s HomeworkforSept3Wednesday Readthetextcarefullyseveraltimesandunderlinesomegoodexpressionsandsentences Pleasemakeasummaryaccordingthefollowingtips NativeAmericanstheSpanishRussiansGoldminerslaterarrivalsmostrecentarrivalsthefuture