美国文化英文版.doc

PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 1 American Culture Theme 1 Brief introduction The?culture of the United States?is primarily? HYPERLINK /wiki/Western_culture \o Western culture Western, but is influenced by HYPERLINK /wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States \o Native Americans in the United States Native American,? HYPERLINK /wiki/African_American \o African American African,?Asian, Polynesian, and? HYPERLINK /wiki/Latin_America \o Latin America Latin American?cultures. A strand of what may be described as American culture started its formation over 10,000 years ago with the migration of? HYPERLINK /wiki/Paleo-Indians \o Paleo-Indians Paleo-Indians?from? HYPERLINK /wiki/Asia \o Asia Asia, as well as from Oceania and Europe, into the region that is today the? HYPERLINK /wiki/Contiguous_United_States \o Contiguous United States continental United States. The United States of America has its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as? HYPERLINK /wiki/American_English \o American English dialect,? HYPERLINK /wiki/Music_of_the_United_States \o Music of the United States music,? HYPERLINK /wiki/Visual_art_of_the_United_States \o Visual art of the United States arts,? HYPERLINK /wiki/Society_of_the_United_States \o Society of the United States social habits,? HYPERLINK /wiki/Cuisine_of_the_United_States \o Cuisine of the United States cuisine, and? HYPERLINK /wiki/Folklore_of_the_United_States \o Folklore of the United States folklore. The? HYPERLINK /wiki/United_States \o United States United States of America?is an ethnically and racially? HYPERLINK /wiki/Multiculturalism \o Multiculturalism diverse?country as a result of large-scale migration from many ethnically and racially different countries throughout its history as well as differing birth and death rates among natives, settlers, and immigrants. Its chief early European influences came from English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish settlers of? HYPERLINK /wiki/Colonial_history_of_the_United_States \o Coloni