The difference between United States of America and United Kingdom

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1 The difference between United States of America and United Kingdom

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3 Surface The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states. Is a sovereign state located off the North-western coast of Continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the that shares a land border with another sovereign state the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.

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5 Culture The culture of the United States is a Western culture originally influenced by European cultures. It has been developing since long before the United States became a country with its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect, music, arts, social habits, cuisine, and folklore. Today, the United States of America is an ethnically and racially diverse country as a result of large-scale immigration from many different countries throughout its history. The culture of the United Kingdom refers to the patterns of human activity and symbolism associated with the United Kingdom and its people. It is informed by the 's history as a developed island country, major power, and its composition of four countries England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each of which have preserved distinct customs, cultures and symbolism.

6 Languages Although the United States has no official language at the federal level, 30 states have passed legislation making English the official language and it is considered to be the de facto national language. According to the CIA, the following is the percentage of total population's native languages in the United States: English (82.1%) Spanish (10.7%) Other Indo-European languages (3.8%) Other Asian or Pacific Islander languages (2.7%) Other languages (0.7%) However, individual countries within the have frameworks for the promotion of their indigenous languages. In Wales, all pupils at state schools must either be taught through the medium of Welsh or study it as an additional language until aged 16, and the Welsh Language Act 1993 and the Government of Wales Act 1998 provide that the Welsh and English languages should be treated equally in the public sector, so far as is reasonable and practicable. Irish and Ulster Scots enjoy limited use alongside English in Northern Ireland, mainly in publicly commissioned translations.

7 Religion Among developed countries, the U.S. is one of the most religious (primarily Christian) in terms of its demographics. According to the CIA, the following is the percentage of followers of different religions in the United States: Christian: (80.2%) Protestant (51.3%) Roman Catholic (23.9%) Other Christian (1.6%) Mormon (1.7%) Jewish (1.7%) Buddhist (0.7%) Muslim (0.6%) Other/Unspecified (2.5%) Unaffiliated (12.1%) None (4%) The United Kingdom was created as an Anglican Christian country and Anglican churches remain the largest faith group in each country of the.

8 Education Students have the options of having their education held in public schools, private schools, or home school. In most public and private schools, education is divided into three levels: elementary school, junior high school (also often called middle school), and high school. In almost all schools at these levels, children are divided by age groups into grades. Post-secondary education, better known as "college" or "university" in the United States, is generally governed separately from the elementary and high school system. England has many prominent private schools, often founded hundreds of years ago, which are known as public schools or independent schools. Eton, Harrow, Shrewsbury and Rugby are four of the better known. Most primary and secondary schools in both the private and state sectors have compulsory school uniforms. Allowances are almost invariably made, however, to accommodate religious dress including the Islamic hijab and Sikh bangle.

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10 Races people Today the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of the Census recognizes four races, Native American or American Indian, African American, Asian and White (European American). According to the U.S. government, Hispanic Americans do not constitute a race, but rather an ethnic group. During the 2000 U.S. Census Whites made up 75.1% of the population with those being Hispanic or Latino constituting the nation's prevalent minority with 12.5% of the population. African Americans made up 12.3% of the total population, 3.6% were Asian American and 0.7% were Native American. The 's population is now more ethnically mixed than ever before. But until recently, there have not been precise figures for who lives where, and how many of each group there are. Well, now the Office for National Statistics has come up with an experimental set of figures. Their interactive population pyramid is worth checking out too. These figures show the population of England, by sex and ethnic mix. It has every single category you could imagine, and then some more, all divided up by local authority area. It's a huge set of data.

11 The most important National Holidays January 1, New Year's Day. January 16, Martin Luther King Day. February 20, Presidents Day. November 22, Thanksgiving Day. December 25, Christmas Day. January 1, New Year s Day. March 17, Saint Patric s Day. April 6, Good Friday. April 9, Easter Monday. December 25, Christmas.

12 Cuisine The cuisine of the United States is extremely diverse, owing to the vastness of the continent, the relatively large population (1/3 of a billion people) and the number of native and immigrant influences. Mainstream American culinary arts are similar to those in other Western countries. Wheat is the primary cereal grain. Traditional American cuisine uses ingredients such as turkey, whitetailed deer venison, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, squash, and maple syrup, indigenous foods employed by American Indians and early European settlers. Slowcooked pork and beef barbecue, crab cakes, potato chips, cotton candy and chocolate chip cookies are distinctively American styles. British cuisine is the specific set of cooking traditions and practices associated with the United Kingdom. British cuisine has been described as "unfussy dishes made with quality local ingredients, matched with simple sauces to accentuate flavour, rather than disguise it". However, British cuisine has absorbed the cultural influence of those that have settled in Britain, producing hybrid dishes, such as the Anglo- Indian chicken tikka masala.

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14 Rok szkolny 2011/2012 Projekt edukacyjny z języka angielskiego pt. The difference between United States of America and United Kingdom Opracowały uczennice kl. II C: Dominika Hickiewicz Klaudia Hickiewicz Klaudia Jakób Monika Kochan Marta Piętka Opiekun projektu: p. Ewelina Trybuś