Please write down a word/brief phrase that you associate with america (whatever comes to mind first)
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For many people outside the United States (unless they're from Russia, Canada or China, because they're bigger), the first word that comes to mind about the USA is big.
The United States alone is bigger than three whole continents: Antarctica, Australia, and Europe.
According to the 2010 Census, there are more than 6.3 million different last names in the United States.
The Census Bureau reports that 350 different languages are spoken in American families. That's more languages than the number of countries in the world!
Another important word for America is diverse. American Indians were here first, but everyone else in America was an immigrant from somewhere else. That has made the United States a cultural melting pot, a place where people from all over the world come, connect, and create things that couldn't have happened anywhere but America. Here is a list of words that describe society in the United States:
African American
Ambitious
American dream
American Indian
Cajun
Citizen
Colonial
Democrat
Hillbilly
Hipster
Hispanic
Immigrant
Manifest Destiny
Optimistic
Patriot
Redneck
Republican
Voter
WASP
Music, Arts, and Entertainment
The United States celebrates its immigrant origin in music and the arts. With music styles as diverse as bluegrass, jazz and heavy metal, based on rhythm and instruments from all over the world, American music expresses the diversity of the country. Even more than music, television and Hollywood movies present an image of America to the whole world. American cinema is the oldest and most successful in the world, and American TV shows are watched by billions of people. Here is a list of words that describe the music, art, and entertainment of the United States:
Beadwork
Blockbuster
Bluegrass
Blues
Broadway
Dramedy
Heavy metal
Hollywood
Improv
Jazz
Punk
Quilting
Ragtime
Rhythm and blues
Rock and roll
Sitcom
Zydeco
Geography and Weather
Honestly, it'd be easier to list the kinds of geography and weather America doesn't have! In a country that ranges from the Arctic Circle to the Caribbean, from the flat swamps and hurricanes of Louisiana to the mountains and blizzards of the Rockies, almost every kind of geography and weather can be found. Still, even when they occur in other places, some phenomena are classically American:
Appalachia
Bayou
Cactus
Deep South
Denali
East Coast
El Niño
Flyover state
Grand Canyon
Great Plains
Kudzu
La Niña
Mammoth Cave
Midwest
Mississippi River
Pacific Northwest
Redwood
Rocky Mountains
Tar pit
Tornado
West Coast
Government and Symbols
The United States is a democratic republic. That means every American adult gets a vote, and those votes choose people to represent the voters in government. The government is based on the US Constitution, which guarantees Americans legal rights enforced by the courts. America also has lots of symbols for itself. Here are a few of those symbols:
American Bald Eagle
Great Seal
Liberty Bell
Lincoln Memorial
Mount Rushmore
Statue of Liberty
US Capitol
Washington Monument
White House Here are some other words that describe American government:
Congress
Constitutional
Democracy
Governor
Legislature
Party politics
President
Republic
Senate
Supreme Court
E Pluribus Unum
The motto on the Great Seal of the United States sums up the country. It means "out of many, one." Not only that, but the motto is in Latin, a language from Italy that not one American ever spoke natively! That's America. The United States is made up of countless parts, most of them from other places. Some are good, some bad, but all of them are part of what makes the country. These words represent that.
The Statue of Liberty in New York City