Washington D.C. Flashcards
1
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Inhabitants
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640000, mostly black
• the capital
2
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Who chose it for the capital?
A
George Washington (1st president)
• named after him
3
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Where it is situated?
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In an independent area on the east coast of the Potomac River, named district of Columbia (named after Christopher Columbus) and it was planned by a French artist and architect who had fought in the Revolutionary War - Pierre L’Enfant
4
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The conception, the look of it
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- French
* long wide avenues, gardens, beautiful parks, no skyscrapers
5
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The climate
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- one of the worst in the US
- very hot and muggy - summer
- not to cold but dump - winter
6
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What it contains?
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- the White House
- the president’s residence
- the capitol
- on Capitol hill, the seat of the American Congress
- the headquarters of the FBI
- the Pentagon
- the offices of the Defence department
- Arlington Cemetery (John Kennedy, assassinated by a mad man in Dallas in 1963)
7
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Place of culture
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- Georgetown university
- George Washington university
- Howard university
- National Gallery of arts
- National Portrait Gallery
- the Smithsonian institution (arts, space, natural history museums)