Cultures of North America

Culture: Shared, learned behavior common to a specific group

Culture attributes: Religion, language, food, housing, art, music values etc.

North America: American south, French quebec

French Quebec Is trying to break away from canada

South starts to lose cultural uniqueness: virginia, florida, and texas

Ethnicity: identify with a group of people

Race: Identify with a group of people who share a physical trait

Nationality: citizenship

Forced migration of africans: trans-atlantic trade, they went mostly to south america

Brazil, the Caribbean, and the southeastern US share historically similar migration rates from both Africa and Europe

French- is the language used in west Africa

Swaheely- East African coast

English- south Africa

Major Difference between latin America and north America- The language and denomination of christianity.