https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq USA en-us 2020-10-24 19:14:16 UTC 2023-06-01 22:26:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f8.png marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858361711 The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in central North America, between Canada and Mexico. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five self-governing territories, and several other island possessions.^[h] At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million square kilometers), it is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area. With a population of over 328 million, it is the third most populous country in the world. The national capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.]]> 2020-10-24 19:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858361711 marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858369702 The United States, with its large size and geographic variety, includes most climate types. To the east of the 100th meridian, the climate ranges from humid continental in the north to humid subtropical in the south.^[191] The Great Plains west of the 100th meridian are semi-arid. Much of the Western mountains have an alpine climate. The climate is arid in the Great Basin, desert in the Southwest, Mediterranean in coastal California, and oceanic in coastal Oregon and Washington and southern Alaska. Most of Alaska is subarctic or polar. Hawaii and the southern tip of Florida are tropical, as well as its territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific. States bordering the Gulf of Mexico are prone to hurricanes, and most of the world's tornadoes occur in the country, mainly in Tornado Alley areas in the Midwest and South. Overall, the United States receives more high-impact extreme weather incidents than any other country in the world.]]> 2020-10-24 19:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858369702 marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858391879 The U.S. ecology is megadiverse: about 17,000 species of vascular plants occur in the contiguous United States and Alaska, and more than 1,800 species of flowering plants are found in Hawaii, few of which occur on the mainland. The United States is home to 428 mammal species, 784 bird species, 311 reptile species, and 295 amphibian species, as well as about 91,000 insect species.

The bald eagle has been the national bird of the United States since 1782]]> 2020-10-24 20:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858391879 marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858396927 The U.S. Census Bureau officially estimated the country's population to be 328,239,523   The United States is the third most populous nation in the world, after China and India. In 2018 the median age of the United States population was 38.1 years.]]> 2020-10-24 20:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858396927 marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858404207 English (specifically, American English) is the de facto national language of the United States.]]> 2020-10-24 20:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858404207 marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858409767 Protestantism is the largest Christian religious grouping in the United States, accounting for almost half of all Americans.]]> 2020-10-24 20:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858409767 marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858421072 American public education is operated by state and local governments and regulated by the United States Department of Education through restrictions on federal grants. In most states, children are required to attend school from the age of six or seven (generally, kindergarten or first grade) until they turn 18 (generally bringing them through twelfth grade, the end of high school); some states allow students to leave school at 16 or 17.
The United States has many private and public institutions of higher education. The majority of the world's top universities, as listed by various ranking organizations, are in the U.S.There are also local community colleges with generally more open admission policies, shorter academic programs, and lower tuition.]]> 2020-10-24 21:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858421072 marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858424349 According to the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. GDP of $16.8 trillion constitutes 24% of the gross world product at market exchange rates and over 19% of the gross world product at purchasing power parity. The United States is the largest importer of goods and second-largest exporter, though exports per capita are relatively low. In 2010, the total U.S. trade deficit was $635 billion. Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, and Germany are its top trading partners.]]> 2020-10-24 21:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858424349 marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858427618 Personal transportation is dominated by automobiles, which operate on a network of 4 million miles (6.4 million kilometers) of public roads. The United States has the world's second-largest automobile market, and has the highest vehicle ownership per capita in the world, with 816.4 vehicles per 1,000 Americans (2014). In 2017, there were 255,009,283 non-two wheel motor vehicles, or about 910 vehicles per 1,000 people]]> 2020-10-24 21:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858427618 marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858430568 2020-10-24 21:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858430568 marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858433892 American football is by several measures the most popular spectator sport; the National Football League (NFL) has the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world, and the Super Bowl is watched by tens of millions globally. Baseball has been regarded as the U.S. national sport since the late 19th century, with Major League Baseball (MLB) being the top league.
 Basketball and ice hockey are the country's next two leading professional team sports, with the top leagues being the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Hockey League (NHL). ]]> 2020-10-24 21:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858433892 marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858439687 2020-10-24 21:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858439687 marlenevillanueva00 https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858440165 2020-10-24 21:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/marlenevillanueva00/61oclr6okp3jh9fq/wish/858440165