Victoria Rodriguez
World Cultures
Canada and Mexico
Canada
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Population – The estimate is 33,504,700 people
Sex Ratio (male to female at birth) – 1.06 females/males
Life Expectancy – 78 years men, 83 years women
Ethnicity – British 28%, French 23%, European 15%, Amerindian 2%, Asian, African,
Arab, 6%, Mixed Backgrounds 26%
Fertility – The number of children per woman had gotten to1.59 in 2006.
Major Religions – Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism
Important Holidays – Canada Day, Saint Jean Baptist Day, Remembrance Day, Great
Northern Arts Festival, Calgary Stampede, New Years Day, Heritage Day, Good Friday,
Easter, Victoria Day, Saint Georges Day, British Colombia Day, Labor Day, Find a flag
and map Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day
Capitol – Ottawa
Largest City - Toronto
Music – Classic Music, Celtic Music, Canadian Rock, Canadian Blues, Canadian Hip
Hop
Main Import and Export – Machinery and equipment, automotive products, mettles,
plastics, forestry products, agricultural and fishing products, and energy products.
Main Industry – Farming, Fishing, Forestry, Mining
Government Type – Canada’s Government type is a constitutional monarchy that is also
a democracy and federation.
 Find two customs different than ours for Canada – link –
o http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/symbl/df1-eng.cfm
o http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/ca.htm
 Example of local architecture – link –
o http://www.geocities.com/ronrina/Famous_architect/regionalism_expressionism/c
anada2.jpg
 Number of states – Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia,
Ontario, Quebec, Yukon, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories,
Nunavut
 Number of – and list of – specific geographic regions – Pacific, Mountain, Central,
Eastern, Atlantic, Newfoundland
 Major Rivers – Athabasca, Columbia, Fraser, Mackenzie, Nelson, Ottawa, St. Lawrence,
Saskatchewan, Yukon
Victoria Rodriguez
World Cultures
Canada and Mexico
 Major mountain ranges – Torngant Mountains, Mealy Mountains, Kaumajet Mountains,
Long Range Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, Cariboo Mountains,
Purcell Mountains, Monashee Mountains, St. Elias Mountains, Mackenzie Mountains,
Franklin Mountains
Mexico
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Population - 107,449,525 people
Sex Ratio (male to female at birth) – 1.05 males/females
Life Expectancy - 68.73 male, 74.93 female
Ethnicity – Mexicans, Europeans, French, Italians
Fertility – 2.37 children born
Major Religions – Roman Catholic, Protestant
Important Holidays – Day of the constitution, Day of the national flag, Birth of Don
Benito Juarez, Labor day, Cinco de Mayo, Day of the Presidential State of the Union
address, Independence day, Columbus day, Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, Ash
Wednesday, Easter Sunday, Saint Isidro the farmer, Corpus Christi, Saint John the
Baptist, Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Our lady the sacred rosary, Day of all the saints,
Day of the dead, Christmas Eve
Capitol - Mexico
Largest City – Mexico City
Music – Norteno, Banda, Cumbia, Classical Music, Rock, Electronic Music, Latin
Alternative Rock
Main Import and Export – Oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton
Main Industry – Food and beverages, tobacco, iron and steel, mining, clothing, motor
vehicles, tourism
Government Type – Federal Republic
 Find two customs different than ours for Mexico o When the USA has Halloween Mexico has the Day of the Dead and while we go
out in customs they pray for their lost loved ones.
o While we have turkey on thanksgiving Mexico has a lot Mexican food.
 Find a flag and map – link
o http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co
mmons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/800pxFlag_of_Mexico.svg.png&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_M
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Victoria Rodriguez
World Cultures
Canada and Mexico
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 Example of local architecture – link –
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 Number of states – 31/ Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche,
Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo,
Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro,
Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala,
Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas
 Number of – and list of – specific geographic regions – Yucatan Peninsula, Chiapas
Highland, Southern Uplands, Pacific Northwest, Gulf Coastal Plain, Mexican Plateau
 Major Rivers – Usumacinta, Grijalva, Panuco, and Lyrma
 Major mountain ranges – Sierra Madre Occedental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre
Del Sur