Newyork City U.S

The greate Culture Mart

Many people describe New York City as the centre of culture in the United States. That's because no matter what you are interested in, You will find it in New York. Whether it 's thetre, music, ballet, or museums, the city has some of the very best offer.

The street called Broadway in New York became the centre of American theatre in the mid-19th centuary. The number, size and fame of the Broadway theatres grew A nEW yORK cITY GREW, iN THE 1890S THE BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED STREER BECAME KNOWN AS 'the Great White Way'. Beyond these theatres the city offers free performances of the plays of William Shakespeare in Central Park. Operas and concerts are also held in the park.

New York city has a number of famous entertainment venues for performances of all kinds. The city's concert halls include those at the Lincoln Center for the performing Arts as well as Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall. The group that perform in these halls include the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, and the New York Philharmonic. The New York City Ballet also performs at Lincoln Center, in the NewYork State Theater.

Museums are another important part of New York City's cultural life. The Metropolitan Mueseum of Art, the Meuseum of Modern Art., and the Guggenheim Museum are among the city's art meseums. You can also spend many hours in the American Museum of Natural History and its Rose Center for earth and Space Science. With all of these resources, there is always plenty to do in New York City.

DID YOU KNOW...???

The Brooklyn Children's Museum was one of the world's first museums designed specifically for children. It was also one of the firdt to offer interactive activities for children.

Land of Plenty

North America is the third largesr continent. Three countries - Canada, the United States, and Mexico - make up most of it. The countries of Central America are also usually considered part of North America. They occupy a narrow of strip of land that connect North America to South America. Several islands, including Greenland in the north and the West Indies in the south, are part of North America too.

Because it's so large, the continent has many different types of climate. Most of Greenland is covered with ice all the time - even in summer. But the southern islands and countries are usually hot and humid. In between there are both deserts and rainy areas, but most places have warm summers and cold winters.

North America is rich in natural resources. Forests cover a large part of the land. The fertile soils of Canada, the United States, and Mexico produce large amounts of maize, cotton, soybeans, tobacco, wheat, and other crops. The continent is also rich in minerals such as coal., iron ore, copper, natural gas, oil, and silver.

The history of the continent goes back thousands of years. Scientists believe that people from Asia crossed over to Alaska more than 20,000 years ago and then moved southward. Their descendants eventually established great civilizatiions, such as that of the Maya in Central America and Aztec in Mexico. The first Europeans in the regions were the Vikings, who settled in Greenland in about the 900s. It wasn't until 1492 that explorers from other parts of Europe began to arrive.

DID YOU KNOW?

More dinosaur fossils have been found in North America tha on any other continent.

COUNTRIES OF NORTH AMERICA

1. Canada

2. Greenland

3. Mexico

4. United States

5. West Indies

6. Centra America