NORTH AMERICA

LANGUAGES

• The major languages include English 80%, spanish 12.4%, European 3.7%, and Asian and pacific island 3%

GOVERNMENT

• US has a federal republic with a president, vice president, and speaker of the house.
• Right to bear arms, freedom of speech, freedom of press, right to own private property, ect.

RELIGIONS/BELIEF SYSTEMS

• Most of North America is Christian Hinduism Buddhism and Islam
• They share the belief of a god and they have certain rituals

URBAN/RURAL

• Most people live in cities and towns but people live in many different locations.
• In cities people live in apartments and in other places people live in many different sizes and styles of houses.

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

• A typical family includes a mother, father, and 1-3 kids.
• Most parents work and kids go to school.
• They mostly live together under one roof.

SOCIAL STRUCTURE/WEALTH

• rich class, middle class, and rich class
• it is concentrated in major cities but the cities are more spread out

FASHION, LITERATURE, ART, AND MUSIC

• fashions include a wide range of clothing depending on the climate where people live or the occasion (ex: shorts, t shirts, jeans, dresses).
• Some famous literature include the scarlet letter, Moby-Dick, and to kill a mocking bird.
• Popular music in North America is country, pop, rock, and rap.
• some famous artists in North America are Norman Rockwall, Andrew Wyeth, and Jackson Pollock

EDUCATION

• most parents send their kids to school (public or private) but some choose to homeschool their kids or choose another school option (going to school that is mostly focused on a specific sport).
• in school children typically study different types of math, science, English, and history along with many other class options (sports, foreign languages, health, debate, arts, and many others)

Land use

• most people buy or lease land to live on or for other uses (farming ect.) but a lot of the land is owned by the government (national parks, roads, cities, ect.)
• epending on the location land is used for many different things including farming, livestock, and manufacturing.

TRADING NETWORKS

• people exchange many things in North America such as (food, furniture, communication, technology ect.
• goods ect.

Diversity

• Asian, European, African American
• women and men are treated about equally and it is getting more equal in North America