USA

There are fifty states in the United States of America. The US covers a huge area of the North American continent.Two states are geographically separate from the others. These are Alaska, snowy region to the northwest of Canada, and Hawaii, a group of beautiful tropical islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Black, white, rich, poor, Jew, Christian, Muslim, Irish, Italian, Chinese, Hispanic, Russian, German, Japanese, African-The great American idea has always been that all these people should become something new. They should leave their old lives behind and become American.They share the ideas, experiences, and feelings that make up the American culture. But new questions are now being asked. Some people wonder if too much has been lost. They are becoming more interested in the countries their families once left. They are not sure if new immigrants should try to forget their own languages and cultures so completely.