What are facts about the United States of America?

Answer 1

TEN INTERESTING FACTS:

1: composed of 50 states and several territories in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean;

2: Gained independence from from being a colony of Great Britain in 1787;

3: Third largest country in terms of area (about 100,000 km less than Canada, the 2nd largest)

4: Third largest country in terms of population (about 314,000,000)

5: Country closest to in relationship is either Canada or the UK

6: Largest economy of any other nation (about $15trillion) [US economy is smaller than the European Union economy, however the E.U is not a nation]

7: population: about 75% white, about 11% hispanic, about 10% black, about 3% asian, about 1% other.

8: the US armed forces are the strongest in the world (second largest in size too)

9: the US is the only world superpower to date

10: the US is the 2nd country (tied with Russia) with the most time zones. (includes territories)