DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FAST FACTS.

• David Ortiz is from the Dominican Republic
• It is connected to Haiti
• Capital = Santo Domingo de Guzman
• Population = 9,183,984
• Religion is Roman Catholicism

AMERICA FAST FACTS

• 50 states
• Motto is "In God we trust"
• Population = 313.9 million
• Connected to Mexico and Canada
• Independence Day is July 4th

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND AMERICA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

• SPORTS
• Baseball, basketball, volleyball,
• Boxing, soccer, Olympics,
• Sailing, windsurfing, swimming
• And golf

AMERICAN SPORTS

• Football, baseball, soccer,
• Boxing, basketball, volleyball,
• Oilyimpics, wrestling, hockey,
• Golf, sailing, windsurfering,
• Swimming, biking ect.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MUSIC

• West African, Spanish, native
• Taino, rap, rock, jazz, bachata,
• Cuban, reggae, guitars and drums.

AMERICAN MUSIC

• Country, rap, rock, jazz, hop
• Techno, dub step, oldies, classical
• Justin bieber, Taylor swift, One Direction
• Guitar, drums and piano

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOOD

• Similar to Cuban and portico
• Modongo = beef soup
• Yaniqueques = bread
• Champrea = meat stew made
• In the poorer parts.

AMERICAN FOOD

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CLOTHING

• Dresses, skirts, t-shirts, jeans
• Swim suits, light weight, button down
• Pants are pretty, they take great pride in
• Their clothing.

AMERICAN CLOTHING

• Shorts, t-shirts, jeans
• Hats, basically anything

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SCHOOL

• Preschool, primary, secondary, high school
• Start mid august, 2 terms, winter break
• Easter break, 2 week long summer

AMERICAN SCHOOL

• Preschool, primary, secondary, high school
• College, thanksgiving break, winter break, Easter break,
• 2 terms, start in September, 8 week long summer
• Ends in June

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FAMILY LIFE

• Grandparents live with family
• Kids don't have house keys
• After dinner everyone stays home to spend time with family
• Have large family's
• Small homes

AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE

• Mixed up
• Some grandparents live with family
• Travel with family
• Holidays with family.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TEEN LIFE

• The teens enjoy dancing, hanging out
• With friends, going to the mall and on
• Hot days they liked going to the beach.

AMERICAN TEENS

• We like to go shopping,
• Hang out, play video games,
• Sleep over! Watching
• Movies, going to each other's
• House.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEOGRAPHY

• Desert plains, lush forests, beaches, forests,
• Mountains, hills, rivers and lakes.
• Lake Enriquillo it is 148 feet below see level
• Pico Duate it is 4511.154 feet above see level

AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY

• Moutians, forest, deserts, grass plains,
• Hills, swamps rivers and lakes.
• Death valley it is 282 feet below see level.
• Mt. McKinley is an Alaskan mountain it is
• 20,320 feet above see level.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MOVIES

• Pirates of the carribiean was filmed
• There.
• Andrés García – actor
• Francis Capra - actor
• Chocolate Country, Princesas .

AMERICAN MOVIES

• Disney, Dream Works, Pixar,
• WarnerBrothers. Hunger Games,
• Cars, titanic Happy Gillmore, Adam Sandler, Jennifer
• Lawrence, Ben Stiller, Will Smith,
• Robin Williams and Brad Pitt.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ETHIC GROUPS

• 73% mixed race
• 16% white
• 11% black

AMERICAN ETHNEC GROUPS

• 79% white
• 12% black
• 4% Asian
• 0.97% Amerindian, Alaska and native
• 0.18% Pacific Islander

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FAMOS PEOPLE

• David Ortiz-MLB player for the Red Sox
• José Reyes-MLB player 2011 national
• Batting title.
• Adrian Beltre-4 time golden glove award
• Danilo Medina-president

AMERICAN FAMOUS PEOPLE

• Obama, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber,
• Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Walt Disney,
• Oprah Winfrey, Chuck Norris, Elvis,

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LANDMARKS

• Playa Madama, beautiful beach
• National Palace, government buildings
• La Obeliska, statue/pilar
• Tower of homage,1600 statue

AMERICAN LANDMARKS

• Statue of Liberty
• Grand Crayon
• Hollywood sigh
• Yellow Stone
• White House

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