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Unit 4

POPULATION OF THE USA

1. Read and memorize the following words, word-
combinations and word groups:

minority - меншість
to comprise - містити в собі, охоплювати
to represent - представляти
origin - походження
rural - сільський
urban - міський
violence - насильство
to amount - нараховувати
to constitute - складати

2. Read and translate the text:

At the and of the War of Independence (in about 1780) the
United States had a population of between 2 and 3 million, of
whom about 90 % were of Anglo-Saxon origin, most of the rest
were of negro origin. 1920 well over 30 million immigrants
entered the country. They came from different European countries.
In 2002 the total population amounted to 264 million.
The following ten states have the largest population:
California, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Illinois, Ohio,
Michigan, New Jersey, Florida, and Massachusetts.
The percentage of urban population is overwhelming. Over the
last 20 years more and more of the population have concentrated in
about 10 great centers that embrace old cities and new suburbs.
Those urban regions with less than a million residents grow more
slowly than those with more than a million.
The most highly populated cities of the USA are: New York,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, Houston, Baltimore,
Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Indianapolis.