Lecture 11 Sports and Scenic Spots in America

Sports

• 3 Main Ball Games in America:• The American Football• Baseball• Basketball (created by James

Naismith)

NBA

• NBA stands for National Basketball Association.

• Founded in 1950.• It is the association of professional

teams in the US.• It has 2 divisions: the Eastern Division

and the Western Division.

Map of the US

Scenic SpotsYellowstone National Park

• It is located in the western state of Wyoming, near the Canadian border.

• It was established in 1872.• It is the oldest of the national

parks and also one of the largest.

• It is one of the most unusual places in the world. Extremely hot water shoots out of the ground in several hundred places. Small lakes contain water that is so hot it is dangerous to come too close.

Scenic SpotsThe Grand Canyon National Park

• It was established in 1908.• It is America’s most famous

scenic wonder. It is a huge gorge slowly carved away for nearly 6 million years by the waters of the Colorado River. The Canyon is so deep that there 4 distinctive zones of climate from top to bottom.

• Located in Arizona, it attracts over millions of visitors from all over the world each year.

Scenic SpotsMountain Rushmore

• It is located in the state of South Dakota.

• The enormous portraits of four famous US Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.