Houston

English-speaking cities

CPI Tino Grandío

2015

Óscar Pérez- 3º ESO1

Location

• Houston is a large city in the United State. It is in the state of Texas. It is the fourth largest city in the U.S

• South Side• Southwest• Southeast• Northside• Energy Corridor• Midtown• Uptown• Texas Medical Center

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Location

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Texas in the U.S.

• Continent: America• Houston is the largest city

in the Southern United States

• Population: 2.19 million • Language: English • Government: Federal

presidential constitutional republic

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Population

• Mention how large the population of your city is and how it is distributed:– Languages: English– Religions: Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist,

Hindu

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Cultural aspects• Speak about the most important places or

people connected with culture:– Museums: The Museum of Fine Arts, Caroline Wiess Law Building,

Audrey Jones Beck Building, Glassell School of Art.

– Historical places: Sam Houston Park, San Houston Monument,

Museum of Fine Arts, The Houston Fire Museum. – Monuments: Originally known as the Manned Spacecraft Center, it

grew out of the Space Task Group formed soon after the creation of NASA to co-ordinate the US manned spaceflight program.

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Imágenes skyscraper

Images Houston

The Museum of Fine Arts Caroline Wiess Law Building

Audrey Jones Beck Building Glassell School of Art

Sport

• What are the most popular sports? National Hockey League, National Hockey League, Major League Baseball

• And the most important teams or sports people? *

* Basketball: National Basketball Association, NBA Championships

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Images Sports

NRG Stadium is the home of the Houston Texans

Minute Maid Park is the home of the Houston Astros

Places to visit

• What are the most relevant places that tourists shouldn’t miss? Skyscrapers, basketball, etc.

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Reference

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Houston• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Houston

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson_Space_Center

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Houston_County.svg/2000px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Houston_County.svg.png

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA_orthographic.svg• http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centro_Espacial_Lyndon_B._Johnson

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