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Introduction U.S.A

United States of America has an area of around 378,695 square mile, 18 times the size of Thailand, population of 300 million (2007).)

Geography
          America is a country with various geography, whether its rain forest, desert, mountains, highland and lowland. America has a wide land space because it consists of 48 states, including Alaska in the North of Canada and Hawaii in the Pacific, 3200 kilometers away from the mainland. North connected to Canada, South connected to Mexico and Mexico bay, the East connected to the Artic Ocean and the West is connected to the Pacific Ocean.

          America consists of 50 states and one controlled area, which is Washington DC, having Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean and Alaska in the North of Canada, other 48 states have been separated into the following 7 areas:

Climate
          America has all the conditions imaginable, from the 45 degree desert to snowing, tornado, bush fire and earthquake.
There is a total different in the center of the country between the summer and winter season, the coldest will be in January, and the hottest will be in July.
In the East, there is also a difference between summer and winter; however, it is not like in the country’s central location.
Along the seashore of the West and the West, in winter is not so cold, in the summer however, the weather is like in the equator.

The American 4 seasons
Winter : December – February
Spring : March –May
Summer : June – August
Fall : September - November

Time zones
Eastern Time Zone (ETZ): 12 hours behind Thailand, but between March – April, the time will be 1 hour faster, called Daylight Saving Time making it 13 hours slower than Thailand. States within this area are: Boston, New York, Washington D.C., Miami and Cleveland.
Central Time Zone (CTZ): 13 hours slower than Thailand, during Daylight Saving Time it will increase to be 14 hours slower. States within this area are: Chicago and New Orleans.
Mountain Time Zone (MTZ): 14 hours slower than in Thailand, during Daylight Saving Time it will increase to be 15 hours. States within this area are: Denver and Phoenix.
Pacific Time Zone (PTZ): 15 hours slower than in Thailand, during Daylight Saving Time it will increase to be 16 hours. States within this area are: San Francisco, Seattle, Hawaii.

Population
          America has been known as the “Melting Pot”, meaning people from different backgrounds coming together as one. The natives are Red Indians; afterwards the English and Netherlands traveled looking for opportunities. Nowadays, American populations are 75% white, moreover, there are black skinned people brought from Africa for slavery. African-American people in the early days lived in the South of the country, nevertheless, as time moved on they are living all over the country for instance Washington D.C., Chicago and especially in New York. There are 13% of Hispanic or Spanish descent, and 4% of Asians, including one third of Hawaiian population are Japanese.

Religio
          American’s have the freedom to choose which ever religion they desire; they in fact do not have to choose any religion at all. Christian Protastance has been mostly chosen.

Economy
          The American economy is a freedom system, most American’s are in the middle class, there are very little population on the high or low end. The government has a strong influence same as other countries. The government supports exporting, electricity and scientific advice to farmers and insure the low cost of crops, responsible for food and medicine quality control, insure deposits and loans, support education and natural resources. One third of the country is forest, making it beneficial for commerce and flooding protection. The land is filled with lots of minerals like iron, coal, oil field, natural gas, zinc, copper, silver and phosphate.