US states: Students PPT 1

2. • Population: 38,041,430
• Area: 423,970 km2.
• Capital: Sacramento
• Largest city: Los Angeles
Languages English 60,5%
Spanish 25,8%
Chinese 2,6%
Tagalog 2%
Other languages 9,1%

3. Mammals: California grizzly bear
Insect: California dogface butterfly
Minerals: Gold
Tree: Sequoia
Motto: Eureka

4. •There are 58 counties.
•California became a state in 1850. The
first Spanish missionaries arrived in
California in the 1700s, but California
didn't become a U.S. territory until
1847, as part of the treaty ending the
Mexican-American War.
•By the turn of the century the discovery
of oil, industrialization resulting from the
increase of hydroelectric power, and
expanding agricultural development
attracted more settlers.
•San Francisco, which suffered greatly after
the great earthquake and fire of 1906
which killed around 3000 people and 80%
of San Francisco was destroyed.

5. Topographical facts
•Higher point: Mount
Whitney
14,505 ft (4,421.0 m)
•Lowest point: Badwater
Basin in Death Valley
−282 ft (-86m)

6. California is the USA's most populous state with
almost 40,000,000 residents, more than Canada
as of 2008. One of eight United States residents
live here.
California is a "minority majority" state, with 58%
of its population Asian, Hispanic, Native American
or other groups. 26% of its people were born
outside the U.S.

7. Native American and Native Alaskan: 1%
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders: 1%
White: 41%
Latinos: 38%
Asian: 13%
Black: 6%
Races
Protestant 36%
Roman Catholic 31%
Jewish 2%
Hinduism 2%
Muslim 2%
Non-Religious 21%
Other Religion 4%
LDS 2%
Religions

8. • California's economy is the 12th largest economy in the world (if the states
of the U.S. were compared with other countries).
• Agriculture is the major California industry.
• It is the world's fifth largest supplier of food and agriculture commodities.
Gross Domestic Product of
California by sector for 2008

9. • Yosemite National Park
 It is located in the Sierra Nevada mountains in east-central California.
 It is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite
cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves, and biological
diversity.
• Channel Islands National Park
 It is located in the Southern California coast.
 Half of the Channel Island National Park is underwater and it is the home
of 2,000 species of plants and animals.
• Death Valley National Park
 It is located in the east of the Sierra Nevada mountains
 It has diverse desertic environments of salt-flats, sand
dunes, badlands, valleys, canyons, and mountains.

10.  Hollywood
 It is a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
 Hollywood is the mecca of movie studios and stars
and a destination for nightlife, shopping and tourism.
 In 1903 it became an official municipality
Golden Gate Bridge
 Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge started in 1933.
 It is a suspension bridge of 1970 metres.

11.  San Diego Zoo
 The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California housing
over 3,700 animals of more than 650 species and subspecies.
 The Zoo has the largest population of the critically endangered giant
pandas.
 Alcatraz Island
 Because of its isolation from the outside by the cold, hazardous currents of the
waters of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was used to house Civil War prisoners as early
as 1861.
 Home to some of America's most notorious criminals, the federal penitentiary that
operated here from 1934 to 1963 brought a dark mystique to the Rock.

12. • Fast Food
• Latin Influences: Spicy food. (Tacos, burritos, nachos)
• Asian and Oceanian influences. (Sushi and dungeness
crabs)
• Chinese restaurants, Mexican restaurants, Italian
restaurants, Filipino restaurants, Vietnamese
restaurants, Indian restaurants

13. • National Basketball Association:
Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers
• Major League Baseball:
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
• National Football League:
San Francisco 49ers
• Major League Soccer:
Los Angeles Galaxy

14. • California Institute of Technology
 It is a private research university located in Pasadena, California.
 It has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and
engineering.
• Standford University
 It is an American private research university located in
Stanford, California
 Stanford was founded by Leland Stanford, an United States
senator
Stanford University

15. • Silicon Valley is the southern region of the San
Francisco Bay Area in Northern California.
• It is home of many of the world's largest
technology corporations (Apple
Inc., Google, Ebay, Facebook, Adobe
Systems,Nvidia,etc.)

16.  58 counties!!!
 Bad Water basin in Death Valley!!
 38,041,430 inhabitants!!
 Silicon Valley
 The Giant Panda!!
 In the National Football League (American
football)
• How many counties does California have?
• Which is the lowest point of California?
• How many millions of inhabitants does California have?
• Which is the home of many of the world's largest technology
corporations ?
• For having what animal is San Diego zoo important?
• In which sport does the San Francisco 49ers team participate?