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England has a long history of independence, of the love of liberty, of free

thought, of the right of the individual to live according to his own vision. Of

course, England is not the only country to have such a libertarian tradition. It

has been a characteristic of Europe as a whole. But England's geographic

isolation, and the fact that apart from the period when it was part of the

Roman Empire, England has never been under the control of any

Europe-wide or world-wide Empire, has sharpened such feelings.

But which is it? England or Britain? In the broader world these two names

are often used interchangeably. 'Britain' usually refers to England, Scotland,

Wales, and Northern Ireland, or the 'United Kingdom' to give it its political

title. But, as England has been the dominant part of the Kingdom for so long,

many British people still think of 'England' in terms of the whole United

Kingdom, although this attitude seems to be changing very rapidly.

The USA extend over one third of the North America continent. The USA has an area over 9 631 418 km² and population is about 300.000.000 inhabitants. The population consist of many nationalities. 80% of inhabitants are white, 12% African –Americans, 3% Asian/Pacific islanders, 1% Eskimo and about 9% Hispanics. The capital is Washington D.C. and national currency is American Dollar. The official spoken language is the English and the nonofficial the Spain.

         The USA is the fourth largest country of the world after Russia, Canada and China.

The USA is bordered by Canada in the North, by Mexico in the South, by The Pacific Ocean in the west and by The Atlantic Ocean in the east. The country is divided into four main areas. The Appalachian Highlands are geologically the oldest.  It is situated in the east south part of continent. The Interior Plains also called The Mississippi Basin can be found to the west form The Appalachian Highlands. It includes Lowlands, Central Plains and Great Plains. Cordilleras occupies about half of continent in the west. They can be divided into the several parts: The Rocky Mountains, Great Basin where is the lowest point in the USA-Death Valley (85 metres below sea level). The Colorado Plateau with famous Grand Canyon is also part of The Rocky Mountains. In the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada there is situated the highest peak of the continental USA Mt. Whitney (4418m) but the highest point of USA is Mt. McKinley in Alaska (6194m).