美国历史文化作文

America is the world's most developed countries, this article to describe its geographical features and cultural symbol.

As for geographical features, the United States is a country in the Western Hemisphere.It consists of forty-eight contiguous states in North America, Alaska, a peninsula which forms the northwestern most part of North America, and Hawaii, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. There are several United States territories in the Pacific and Caribbean. The term “United States”, when used in the geographical sense, means the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. The country shares land borders with Canada and Mexico and maritime borders with Russia, Cuba, and The Bahamas.

And as for American culture,there are five famous symbols of it.

The first one is Statue of Liberty,which is also called Liberty Enlightening the World. Her right hand hold a torch,the torch up to 12 meters,the left hand hold”The Declaration of Independence”,she symbolizes freedom,break the constraints of tyranny.

Next, barbie dolls is the most famous and best-selling doll in 20th century, and now barbie dolls has been made a series of movies and also adapted to a collection of small games.

American Gothic, whether we see it or not,there is no doubt that it is the only one which has been cultural label in many American paintings, it strongly reflect the American national spirits -- dare to explore and stand buffer!

Buffalo Nickel print two images which was close to extinguish in American westward movement to commemorate.

The last one is Uncle Sam.The artwork was created in 1917 as a recruiting poster for the U.S. Army. It was officially recognized by American congress as American national symbol in ter Uncle Sam was used to be on half America or American gorvernment, it was widely used in press.