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Culture of United States
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General Informations
Location: North America, bordering both the North AtlanticOcean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico.
Area: 9,826,675 km2 (3rd largest country in the world after Russia and Canada).
Climate: Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest.
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General Informations
Independence Day: 4th July 1776
Capital: Washington, DC
President: Barack Obama
Currency: US Dolar
Government: Constitution based federal republic
Crowded Cities: California, Washington, Texas, New York
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General Informations
Population: 320,760,000 (2015)
Religions: Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other 4.5%, none 16% (2015).
Ethnic Make up: white 81.7%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2% (2015).
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50 states of United States
The 50 Stars on the flag represent the 50 States of the United States of America.
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Some Statistics
• Travel & Tourism directly supported 5,434,500 jobs (3.8% of total employment).
• Travel & Tourism indirectly supported 14,120,500 jobs (9.8% of total employment).
• Travel & Tourism industry accounted for 2.7% of gross domestic product (GDP).
• The total contribution accounted for 8.4% of GDP.
• International Tourist Arrivals counted for 84.7 million.
• International Tourist Receipt accounted for $139.6 billion.
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Meeting and Greeting Etiquettes
• Greetings are casual.
• A smile and a “hello” are needed.
• Prefering handshake as a first greeting. Hugging is suitable for family and friends.
• Kissing in greeting is warm, and it is usually done only in the context of relatives, lovers, and friends.
• Prefering to be called by their first name, and by their title (Mr, Mrs and Miss).
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Gift Giving Etiquettes
• Americans give gift for anniversaries, birthdays, and at Christmas. While gifts are given, they are not to be expected by recipient.
• Simple card with handwriting, and personal note that should prepare as elaborated.
• When invited to someone’s home for dinner, guests can bring a small box of chocolate,
a bottle of wine, a potted plant or flowers for hostess.
• A gift must be open when its receiving.
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Dining Etiquettes
• Americans meet in their home and yard, or in restaurant and in public places.
• Table manners are relaxed.
• The folks are important.
• They have does and don’ts.
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Business Etiquettes
• Dress are formal.
• Casual attire is common on Friday in many companies.
• The handshake is common greeting.
• Eye contacts and appels are important.
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Communication Styles
• Americans have direct, logic and linear thinking.
• Honesty and trueness are important.
• ‘’Short-hand’’ talking is typical.
• Compliments are sought and disered.
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Business Meetings
• Arrrive on time is important. • Meetings appear relaxed, they are taken seriously.
• If there is an agenda, it will be followed.
• Americans affect by datas and evidences.
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Life Styles
• Quality of life in America is higher
• Average households’ income is 42.148.
• %89 of households have motor vehicle, %99 have refrigerator, %76 have washing machine, %43 have air-conditioner, %98 have television, %34.5 have cooler and %28.5 have barbeque.
• In 2001, %68.1 of total American population has their own apartments, flats or houses.
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Life Styles
• %80 of American people lives in city centers.
• Most of people live in buildings building in a large area near the big city suburbs.
• In America, everything is bigger than Europe.
• The most important problem of the city is high rate of using drugs.
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Life Styles
• American people are friendly, cheerful, and sympathetic.
• It is really important to obey public rules.
• Private life is important for Americans.
• It is so important to wear suitable.
• Smoking is a dying habit.
• Americans are the society of ‘do your own job’.
• Respect is at the forefront everywhere.
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Eating Habits
• American eating habits are really different than other societies.
• They always prefer fat, fried, canned foods.
• The breakfast can include everything but especially fried eggs and omelets.
• General American breakfast menu includes.
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Eating Habits
• Lunches changes person to person.
• Generally teenagers use hamburgers, French fries, fried onions and donuts, desserts.
• Adults and young adults have lunch with lighter, fresher foods. They generally eat sandwiches, salads, tortilla bread, and sometimes fruits.
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Eating Habits
• Prayer ‘blessing’ at a meal is important.
• Guests not start to eat until your hosts start
• Table manners are typical.
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Eating Habits
• Americans love to eat snacks and pizza while watching movies, football matches and their free times.
• They generally drink soda- it is not mineral water, coke and beer.
• Their meals generally are fast foods.
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Time
• Be on time!
• Classes, appointments, work, group meetings
Being late = sign of disrespect Arrive early
• Social Settings
More flexible “fashionably late”
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Recreational
• Holidays
Independence Day (4th of July), Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas, Labor Day, Memorial Day
• Sports
Football, Soccer, Hockey, Lacrosse, Baseball
Basketball, NBA! Nascars
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Recreational
• Films
“Hollywood” Oscar Nights and Western
Gunslingers
• Musics
Ragtime, blues, jazz, big band “Swing”, country western, rhythm & blues, rock & roll, hip-hop & rap.
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Dos and Don’ts of the Country
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