What I think of America

Fast food, movies, music, marks and technology are themes my mind slips on when I think about America. MC Donalds, Subway, Burger King and more are all restaurants in Norway which got inspired by America. I like how this continent inspire other countys. As a child, I always saw America as my dream place to live. This is because everything seems bigger and better in America, options and possibilities are better to be found in a continent like this.





Also, I very much enjoy the streets and the nature in America. In Los Angeles, where I have been many times, everything seems more fresh and beautiful. Unlike Norway, most of the days are filled with sunshine, which makes your day even better and worthful. America consist of so many breathtaking places, like Los Angeles(as earlier mention) California, Navada(Las Vegas), New York and more. Great celebrities are most likely to be found in this parts of America, and many people like me wish to visit these places to catch the celebrities I look up to.





So celebritis are most likely to be found in America, and we would love to travel out there to meet them. But people in general who live in America are also a bless to get to known. Americans are known as being very polite, and kind to whoever they speak to. After my opinion it is the good weather that causes this. However, one can easily get friends with someone in America because it is quite normal to talk to strangers. This is why I would like to live there; everything is bigger and greater in America, compared to Norway.

But America has also downsides. I hate the fact that many people own guns, and that it is allowed to carry them around in public places. This is one of the reasons why there is so much criminalty and accidents in America, which also is a huge downside. I dont think I would feel safer in America as here in Norway. Nonetheless, I would still manage to built a better life there than here in Norway.

To conclude, everything seems more alive in America. There are more opportunities and selections in America, greater food and more public places which include more activity. I think one can experience and create beautiful memories in America. I think it is extremely sad that so many people in our world does not have the opportunity to visit America, which after my opionion is something everyone should experience. I will definitely visit this continent after school, even maybe move to America. I think many people will get happier there than anywhere else in the world.

- No Sources(google for pictures)

England

Along with Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, England is a huge part of the United Kingdom. The country has an extensive coastline, in addition to be situated to the west of Eurasia. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of Great Britain. England also includes over hundred smaller islands such as the Isle of Wightand, and the Isle of Scilly.


England's flag is called the St Georges Cross. The red cross appeared as an emblem of England, and is one of the earliest known emblems representing England.

The capital city of England, London, is the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom. It also appears to be the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. In Mars, there will be around 57 million people living in England, according to the World Population Rewiev. This consists to be around 84% of the United Kingdom's population. 

The English language originated in England, and is today the official language spoken by the habitants. However, the language also consists to be the official language of many other countries. Originally, old English was spoken back in time. But by the 1600's, English turned to be the main language spoken by most of the country's inhabitants. 

Parts of England who appear to be closest to the Atlantic Ocean experience the mildest temperatures, although these experiences wind the most. Areas in the east, on the other hand, consist to be less windy and continue to display cooler temperatures. Generally speaking, England is warmer and sunnier than any other country along the United Kingdom. The month July is the month with most sunshine, and is also England's driest month. 

However, England's climate is expected to change over time, due to pollution and global warming. Summer highs are expected to soar by three digress after 30 years, while annual temperatures are expected to rise by two degrees Celsius. Moreover, winter rainfall and rainfall in general will increase. 

 

The Department for Education and the Department for Business are sharing the power of England's education system. Local authorities are taking responsibility for implementing policy for state schools and public education. The system of education is divided into nursery(ages 3-4), primary education(ages 4-11), secondary education(ages 11-18) and tertiary education(ages 18 and over). On the other hand, full-time education is compulsory for all children ages between 5 and 16 years old.

Higher education consists of a three-year bachelor's degree. Postgraduate in general include master's degrees, and the doctorate (a research degree that usually takes at least three years). 

England itself is defined to be a major constituent of the United Kingdom. As such, it is under the basic political system, so it is political structure comprises a constitutional monarchy and a parliament. Since 6. February of 1952, Queen Elizabeth II has been ruling the country. She represents the Commonwealth of Nations, and is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Besides of that, she currently also rules over 16 other Commonwealth Realms. 

 

Over to important major industries in England, the country is a leader in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors, in addition to technical industries such as aerospace, the arms undustry and manufacturing software industry. All in all, their major industries are iron and steel productions, banking and finance, chemical, tourism, military hardware and more to come. England import things like fruit, vegetables, toys, gas and oil. When it comes to export, it goes in things such as meat, fish, weapons, building materials, skin and more. 

In 2008 I was lucky and got a unforgettable trip to England. We started by staying some night in London, and experienced a lot during that time. Of course we had to shop at Oxford street, at we spend many hours at that special street. Unfortunately, my father wanted us to go to a museum so we did. But this was not any museum; it was the British museum which is world known. Actually, it turned out to be a successful visit. At the end, we went to the University of Oxford. This university was huge, and I dream about going study there later in life. Oxford is one of the leading universities in the world; also it is a vast architectural museum which dates back to the arrival of the Saxons.

I would like to conclude this post by adding some fun facts about England: 

• The first public theater built in England was called The Theatre.

• Beef is one of England’s biggest exports.
• British police do not carry guns except in emergencies.
• The treasures contained in the British Museum span two million years of world civilization.
• An Englishman drinks more tea than any person of any other nation.
• In Chester you can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.
• A law says that any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked mannequin.
• London is the world's largest financial centre.
• Windsor castle is the oldest and largest royal residence in the world still in use.
• French was the official language of England from 1066 to 1362.

Sources:

http://www.england.org.za/englands-climate.php#.UPZtJB2CAZk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_England

http://www.10-facts-about.com/England/id/26

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/britain/england_facts.htm

http://worldpopulationreview.com/population-of-england/    <- Population fact

http://www.england.org.za/englands-climate.php#.UPaAjB2CAZk

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/climate.html

http://uk.weather.com/weather/today-London-UKXX0085

http://www.wearetheenglish.com/aboutengland.html

http://www.uk.filo.pl/england_introduction.htm

http://www.royal.gov.uk/hmthequeen/hmthequeen.aspx

The Midwest

About the Midwestern

The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S geographic regions. The area is referred to as the Midwest throughout the Untited States. The region cosist of 12 states in the north-eastern and north-central United States, and are named: Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. 

Focus on Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state on May 11, 1858. Known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", the state's name comes from a Dakota word for "sky-tinted water". Those waters, together with forests, parks, and wilderness areas, offer residents and tourists a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities.

Minnesota is the 12th most extensive and the 21st most populous of the U.S. states. Nearly 60% of its residents live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area (known as the "Twin Cities"), the center of transportation, business, industry, education, government and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now cleared, farmed and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation.

Population

The population in the Midwest is about 65,377,684 people, according to a raport from the United States Census.

Important industry

The Midwest Region could be named as the "Land of Farms". That is because its one of the most important farming areas in the United States. Along all the farming, the Midwest has a huge manufacturing industy. The Midwest Regions climate and natural resources are important to its economy.

Climate of the Midthwest

The Midwest’s climate is shaped by the presence of the Great Lakes and the region’s location in the middle of the North American continent. This location, far from the temperature-moderating effects of the oceans, contributes to large seasonal swings in air temperature from hot, humid summers to cold winters. In recent decades, a noticeable increase in average temperatures in the Midwest has been observed, despite the strong year-to-year variations. The largest increase has been measured in winter, extending the length of the frost-free or growing season by more than one week, mainly due to earlier dates for the last spring frost.

Some interesting facts about the Midwest

These interesting Midwest facts revolve around the fascinating states of Michigan and Wisconsin:
If you stand anywhere in the state of Michigan, you'll be within 85 miles of at least one of the Great Lakes.
The Grand Hotel, a popular tourist lodge on Michigan's Mackinac Island, has 385 guestrooms—each one is decorated completely differently. During each of the Grand Hotel's tourist seasons, more than 50,000 Grand Pecan Balls are made and eaten—by far the most popular dessert on the menu.
The minute Prohibition was over—12:01 AM, January 1, 1934—the city of Milwaukee, a.k.a. Beer City, shipped 15 million beer bottles!
Milwaukee is also known as the host city for popular TV shows, including "Happy Days" and "Laverne and Shirley."
Racine, Wisconsin became well-known when the Racine Belles, the city's women's baseball league, was featured in "A League of Their Own."


Typical for people in the Midwest

The Midwest is described as a place where its filled with Rednecks and farmland. Rednecks is when a someone acts like a hick, but is decribed less offensive. But people living in this actual areas disagree. They mean that the Midwest has far more to offer than just farmland and rednecks. There are large Asian, Black, and Latino populations there. Made up of twelve states: 1) Region that the U.S. Census Bureau claims is comprised of these twelve states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, and Missouri. Here are som typical living standards of the Midwest:

• Home of 
• deep-dish pizza, 
• motown music, 
• cheese, 
• friendly faces, 
• a bangin' theatre scene, 
• corn, 
• the gateway to the west, 
• affordable living, 
• and a hell of a lot of lakes. 

Where does the name "redneck" come from?

The origins of the term redneck actually go back to the 1930's in a number of disputes in West Virginia. A large group of unionized miners marched south to Logan County, to pressure the mine owners there to allow their miners to become unionized. To identify themselves, the miners all wore red bandannas around their necks. The publicity associated with the battles and the subsequent court cases created the term red-necks, and at that time they were viewed as the good guys in the conflict. 

Originally, the term came from the later 1800's in southern Georgia and Alabama to refer to sharecroppers who worked in the fields thus getting a sunburned neck. They were called 'rednecks' as a term meant for hard working people. Today, the term is used by comedians and commentators to refer to people who are uneducated, close-minded and racist individuals.


Sources:

• http://www.tripcart.com/Midwest-States,Fun-Facts-Index.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States
• http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=midwest
• http://englishrepublic.ru/Topics/AmericanRegions.pdf
• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_the_name_'redneck'_come_from
• http://globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/full-report/regional-climate-change-impacts/midwest

About USA + funfacts

I will take the time to write about USA, and add som fun facts in the end.

 The United States of America (commonly called the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.

At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 314 million people, the United States is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area, and the third-largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries.

Paleoindians migrated from Asia to what is now the United States mainland around 15,000 years ago. The descendent and isolated Native American population was greatly reduced by European contact, primarily by disease after European colonization occurred, beginning in the 1500s. The United States itself was initially derived from thirteen British colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard. On July 4, 1776, delegates to the Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed their right to self-determination and establishment of a sovereign union. The rebellious states with direct help from France and several other European powers, defeated the British Empire in the American Revolution, the first successful colonial war of independence.

 The current United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787; its ratification the following year made the states part of a single republic with a stronger central government. The Bill of Rights, consisting of ten constitutional amendments guaranteeing many fundamental civil rights and freedoms, was ratified in 1791.

Fun facts:

 The United States is divided into 50 states. However state each varies in size considerably. The smallest state is Rhode Island with an area of just 1,545 square miles (4,002 sq km). By contrast the largest state by area is Alaska with 663,268 square miles (1,717,854 sq km).

 Alaska has the longest coastline in the United States at 6,640 miles (10,686 km).

Bristlecone pine trees, believed to be some of the world's oldest living things, are found in the western United States in California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. The oldest of these trees is in California. The oldest living tree itself is found in Sweden.

 The only royal palace used by a monarch in the U.S. is located in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the Iolani Palace and belonged to the monarchs King Kalakaua and Queen Lili'uokalani until the monarchy was overthrown in 1893. The building then served as the capitol building until Hawaii became a state in 1959. Today the Iolani Palace is a museum.

 Because the major mountain ranges in the United States run in a north-south direction, they have a large impact on the climate of the country's various regions. The west coast for example has a milder climate than the interior because is moderated by its proximity to the ocean, whereas places like Arizona and Nevada are very hot and dry because they are on the leeward side of mountain ranges.

 Although English is the most commonly spoken language used in the U.S. and is the language used in government, the country has no official language.

 The tallest mountain in the world is located in the United States Mauna Kea, located in Hawaii, is only 13,796 feet (4,205 m) in altitude above sea level, however, when measured from the seafloor it is over 32,000 feet (10,000 meters) high, making it taller than Mount Everest (Earth's tallest mountain above sea level at 29,028 feet or 8,848 meters).

 The lowest temperature ever recorded in the United States was at Prospect Creek, Alaska on January 23, 1971. The temperature was -80°F (-62°C). The coldest temperature in the contiguous 48 states was at Rogers Pass, Montana on January 20, 1954. The temperature there was -70°F (-56°C).

 The hottest temperature recorded in the United States (and in North America) was in Death Valley, California on July 10, 1913. The temperature measured 134°F (56°C).

 The deepest lake in the U.S. is Crater Lake located in Oregon. At 1,932 feet (589 m) it is the world's seventh deepest lake. Crater Lake was formed via snowmelt and precipitation that gathered in a crater created when an ancient volcano, Mount Mazama, erupted about 8,000 years ago.

Pictures from: www.google.no, unknown photographer

Sources: www.wikipedia.org, www.geography.unknow.com