VY_32_INOVACE_15 -03 NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON History Geography

VY_32_INOVACE_15 -03 NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON History Geography Sights Culture and Sport

NEW YORK Autor: Bleff, Název: NYC Montage 2011. jpg Zdroj: http: //cs. wikipedia. org/wiki/Soubor: NYC_Montage_2011. jpg

HISTORY OF NEW YORK 1524 – G. Verrazano - landed 1609 – H. Hudson - explored 1614 – Dutch – colonized Wall Street New Amsterdam 24 $ from Indians 1664 Charles II gave it to brother Duke of York, 1669 – English N. York the largest US city the first capital after the Constitution was accepted a seaport, financial, business and cultural centre 4 airports (JFK, Newark…), the largest subway system

GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK The City of New York (state New York) north – east of the USA ‘between’ Washington and Boston Hudson, East and Harlem Rivers environmentally friendly city: public transport modern ecological buildings and skyscrapers 5 areas: Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island (Richmond) Long Island, Liberty, Ellis, Roosevelt Islands more than 8 mill. inhabitants

SIGHTS OF N. Y. Manhattan ‘Heavenly Land’ oldest, most important part, tallest build. , expensive shops, schools, financial and cultural centre, streets and avenues Wall Street: 1792 open-air money market 1929 – WS Crash 1930 s Great Depression – Washington Bridge, Chrysler, Empire State Building, … WWII – refugees: Einstein, Chagan 1953 United Nations, 1973 WTC- 09/11/2001, Ground Zero Times Square, Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick´s Cathedral Central Park, Lincoln Center, Statue of Liberty, New York Stock Exchange Harlem – poor, unemployed people

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING Autor: David Shankbone, Název: Empire State Building by David Shankbone. jpg Zdroj: http: //cs. wikipedia. org/wiki/Soubor: Empire_State_Building_by_David_Shankbone. jpg

CULTURE AND SPORT IN N. Y. Columbia and N. Y. Universities Broadway, Carnegie Hall, Rockefeller Center Metropolitan Museum of Art Guggenheim Museum Metropolitan Opera House, NY State Opera Stadiums: Yankee, Shea, Madison Sq. Gardens

ROCKEFELLER CENTER Autor: Bruin, Název: Rockefeller-ice. jpg Zdroj: http: //cs. wikipedia. org/wiki/Soubor: Rockefeller-ice. jpg

HISTORY OF WASHINGTON D. C. from 17 th cent. first settlements as the capital chosen in 1790 (planned and built) – by G. Washington destroyed during Br. – Amer. War A. Lincoln assassinated here named after the first American president no skyscrapers

WASHINGTON - MAP Autor: U. S. Census Bureau, Název: Washington, D. C. locator map. svg Zdroj: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Washington, _D. C. _locator_map. svg

GEOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON on the Potomac River eastern coast of the USA District of Columbia legislative, administrative, judicial center 600, 000 inhabitants 4 sections: NE, NW, SE, SW from the Capitol: NS – numbers, avenues EW – letters, streets

WASHINGTON Autor: Epicadam, Název: DCmontage 4. jpg Zdroj: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: DCmontage 4. jpg

INTERESTING PLACES IN WASHINGTON The White House The Capitol The Mall – a 2 mile park line Capitol Hill Seat of Congress, House of Representatives, the Senate Library of Congress Pentagon The Capitol – Washington Monument 170 m high obelisk, the tallest structure, 50 flags around panoramic view The Supreme Court, the Arlington National Cemetery Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, American soldiers` memorials

THE WHITE HOUSE Autor: Matt H. Wade, Název: White. House. South. Facade. JPG Zdroj: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: White. House. South. Facade. JPG

CULTURE IN WASHINGTON many museums: National Air and Space Museum Br. Wrights, Ch. Lindberg, moon rocks… JFK Center for Performing Arts Opera House, Concert Hall, Am. Film Institute Theatre Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institute National Gallery of Art West and East Potomac Parks, Constitution Gardens

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová