If you thought that Bolivia was the last country of my Race, you were wrong. In Race culture, there is this thing call Month 12. It is our transition home. After 11 months of constantly changing countries and cities, honestly, I have forgotten quite a bit about what American culture is like.
Without further ado, here is my last country, the United States of America!
MAP OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN NORTH AMERICA
MAP OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Summary
- Commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
- With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country.
- Despite income and wealth disparities, the United States continues to rank very high in measures of socioeconomic performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP, and worker productivity. The United States is the foremost military power in the world, making up a third of global military spending, and is a leading political, cultural, and scientific force internationally.
Area
- 9.834 million sq km
Culture
- The United States is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Nearly every region of the world has influenced American culture, most notably the English who colonized the country beginning in the early 1600s. U.S. culture has also been shaped by the cultures of Native Americans, Latin Americans, Africans, and Asians.
- The United States is sometimes described as a “melting pot” in which different cultures have contributed their own distinct “flavors” to American culture. Just as cultures from around the world have influenced American culture, today American culture influences the world. The term Western culture often refers broadly to the cultures of the United States and Europe.
What I am going to do there?
- I will be transitioning back to the US culture, will looking for intentional Godly community, opportunities to serve in everyday life missions, and growth in my intimacy with the Lord in a new environment.
Climate
- Being a huge country, the contiguous United States is home to a wide variety of climates. However, in general it has a continental climate, with cold winters (often frigid) and hot summers (sometimes very hot), with a different season duration depending on latitude and distance from the sea. There are, however, some exceptions: on the west coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the climate is cool and damp in the northern part and Mediterranean in the southern part; on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the climate is mild in winter and hot and muggy in summer, while in Florida, it is almost tropical; the mountainous areas are cold in winter and cool to cold even in summer; and finally, there are deserts which are mild in winter and scorchingly hot in summer.
- Since there are no obstacles to cold air masses from Canada, almost all of the country can experience sudden cold waves in winter, but they have different intensity and duration depending on area. Cold spells last a few days in the south, where the temperature drops a few degrees below freezing (0 °C or 32 °F) in winter, while they are intense and sometimes long in inland areas, in the highlands and in the north-east. The summer heat waves can be intense as well, especially in inland areas. In general, the western half of the country is more arid than the eastern one, with the exception of the north-central coast of the Pacific, which is rainy.
- While the Western United States are mostly occupied by mountains and plateaus, with vast arid and desert areas, the central-eastern part is mostly flat or covered by hills and low mountains, and its climate is generally more humid and rainy. Given the vastness of the territory, the climatic differences are remarkable here as well.
- In the central-eastern part, clashes of air masses are remarkable and frequent, making the climate unstable in most of the territory, and meteorological phenomena may be violent (storms, hail, blizzards, tornadoes). Air masses coming from Canada are cold and dry (but pick up moisture when passing over the Great Lakes), while those from the Gulf of Mexico are warm and moist.
- The Great Plains experience higher temperature variations, but are also less humid and rainy than the East Coast, especially in winter.
Language
- The official language of the United States of America is there is no official language.
Fun Facts
- The current U.S. flag was designed by a high school student – Robert G. Heft.
- The geographical center of the 48 contiguous U.S. states is located at 39°50′N 98°35′W. However, the geographic center of the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) is located at a point northeast of Belle Fourche, South Dakota.
- Americans eat about 100 acres of pizza each day, with about 3 billion pizzas sold annually in the USA.
- There are 182 places in the U.S. that have the word “Christmas” in their names.
- Georgia is the birthplace of miniature golf.
Is it safe?
- I’ll let you decide that!
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