A Day In A Country
By: Keanna Lacey, Miranda White,
Tim Kennedy, Michael Gonzalez
A Day in Taiwan Q&A
• Q: Where is Taiwan
• A: It is an Island in the Pacific Ocean, just off
the east coast of China.
• Q: Does Taiwan have any nicknames?
• A: It is sometimes called the “Ida Formosa
which means beautiful island in Portuguese.
More About Taiwan
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Location
Taiwan is located in the middle of a chain of islands in the West Pacific
stretching from Japan in the north to the Philippines in the southwest. It
lies off the southeastern coast of China and is separated from it by the
Taiwan Strait.
Size
Taiwan is 394 kilometers long and 144 kilometers broad at its widest
point. It is approximately 36,000 square kilometers (14,000 square miles)
and is slightly smaller than Holland.
Population: 22,370,461 people (July 2001).
Languages
Mandarin – the official language
Taiwanese (i.e., Southern Fukien's) – the most common dialect
Hakka – spoken by over one fourth of the population
Nine indigenous languages (Proto-Austronesian languages) – spoken by
the aborigines
Pictures of Taiwan
More Pictures Of Taiwan
China
Michael Gonzalez
China and USA similarities
• They have nuclear
big nuclear arsenals
• Strong military
• They have high
technology as USA
does
• Their flag have stars
as the USA’s flag
• Both the nations are
the member of
security council of
UN
China and USA differences
• In china people speak Chinese and in the USA
people speak English.
• China is communist and USA is democratic.
• Their culture is more ancient than the USA’S
• They main religion is Buddhism.
Russia
• There are 139.4 million people in Russia.
• Their capital is Moscow.
• Their schools are 3+ stories. While the U. S. ‘s schools are 2 or one
story.
• Their Christmas is in January. While our is in December.
• There full name is Russian federation. While our is the United
State.
More Information
• They love to play chess.
• The grandmas are big part of families.
• 1.8 times bigger then the U. S.
South Korea
• I ‘ll talk about be talking about how we’re alike and
different from korea.
• Religion
• Foods
• Schools
• Transportation
• And show pictures.
Pictures of Korea
Religions
• Religion- Buddhism is the most prevalent religion in South
Korea.
• About 27.3% of the entire population in South Korea
adhere to Buddhism in South Korea, while Christianity in
South Korea accounts for about 25.3% of the populace.
• To elaborate, 16% of the population follow Protestantism
and 5% are Roman Catholics.
• Some Korean's believe in shamanism.
Schools/Transportation
• Education in South Korea is viewed as being crucial for success and competition is
consequently very heated and fierce.
• A centralized administration oversees the process for the education of children
from kindergarten to the third and final year of high school. Mathematics, science,
Korean, social studies, and English are generally considered to be the most
important subjects.
• Sometimes physical education is not considered important as it is not regarded to
be education and therefore many schools lack high-quality gymnasiums and varsity
athletics.
• mid-February to early March is there break, like our summer vacation is ours.
Foods
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Foods- Korean food is usually seasoned with sesame oil, doenjang (fermented soybean
paste), soy sauce, salt, garlic, ginger and gochujang (red chili paste).
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Some foods Kimbap (or Gimbap,"seaweed rice"):
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Rice and strips of vegetables, egg, and meat, rolled in seaweed and sliced into bite-sized
pieces. Unlike Japanese futomaki sushi rolls, rice is seasoned with salt and sesame seed oil.
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Mandu :
A dumpling typically filled with pork or beef, vegetables, special noodles, tofu and kimchi.
These can be prepared boiled, pan-fried, or steamed.
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Pajeon :
Pancake made mostly of eggs and flour, with green onion, oysters, or fresh baby clams
cooked on frying pans
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Bindaetteok :
Pancake made of ground mung beans, with green onions, kimchi, or peppers cooked on
frying pans.