The following presentation was elaborated by students of 6 °, Section: C, of the Institute Emiliani Somascos, to make known the culture of the United States
4. AFRICAN AMERICAN
MUSIC
Also called black music: They are blues, ragtime, jazz, gospel,
soul or hip hop.
Have been very influential across different socioeconomic and
racial classes internationally
5. BLUES
The origin goes back to the folk songs of Africa and the
Christian religious music .
The first great voices:
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey
Bessie Smith
In modern blues is played by the most popular musicians:
MuddyWaters
BB King
6. JAZZ
One of its vital characteristics is improvisation.
The most influential of the first jazz musicians was
trumpeter Louis Armstrong, the first famous singer of
this genre and creator of the scat.
Duke Ellington From the 40s came a style,
bebop, by "Dizzy" Gillespie and Charlie Parker
the greatest jazz improviser.
7. SOUL
A musical genre that combines elements of gospel, doo-
wop and rhythm and blues.
Characteristics:
The catchy rhythms, accented by palms and
spontaneous body movements, are an important element
of soul.
Are the call and answer between the soloist and the
choir, and a particularly tense vocal sound.
8. Hip-Hop
It originated within a marginal subculture in the
South Bronx and Harlem in the 1970s.
It is characterized by four elements:
Rap, recite or sing
Turntablism or "DJing", auditory or musical
Break dance.
Graffiti, painting
This genre offers a reactionary outlet for the
inequalities and hardships lived in urban areas of
scarce resources, as a form of self-expression that
would propose to reflect
9. CLASSICAL MUSIC
Aaron Copland: His work exemplifies
the tendency of many modern
composers to write music for a wide
range of purposes
John Cage: is remarkable because he
leaves some elements of his works at
random
10. POP MUSIC
A body of music, which is distinguishable from
folk music, jazz and folk music .
That has popular appeal.
For a young market
11. ROCK AND ROLL
Popularized in its beginnings by white
musicians.
Elvis Presley was the first "king of rock
'n roll", and the first rock musician to
whom his young admirers around the
world gave him an almost mythological
level.
46. American football is played
by two teams, so 11
offensive players from one
of the teams play against
11 other team defensive
players. The attacking team
tries to carry the ball either
by means of the race or by
the pass, towards the zone
of annotation and thus to
score points.
American football was born more than 100 years ago in the United States
of America as a modification of English rugby. It is one of the most
competitive contact sports in the United States and currently practiced in
more than 60 countries
47. Basketball is a handball team usually played by two teams
of five players. The objective is to get the ball through a
hoop mounted high up on a backboard at each end. It is a
very popular sport worldwide, played with a round,
orange ball that bounces.
The game is played between men's teams or between women's
teams.
The score of the first
game of basketball
ever played was 1 - 0.
79. 6TH BACH. “C”
STUDENTS
ERICK HERRERA
WILSON
HERRERA
CRISTIAN LOPEZ
JOSUÉ LOPEZ
VICTOR LOPEZ
KEYS:
6
7
14
15
17
19DANILO LÓPEZ
80. LANGUAGES IN THE UNITED STATES
No rule at the federal level has
declared the official language to be
English; However, it is the
language in which the Constitution
and laws are written and in which
the tasks of government are
carried out. Also some federal
laws implicitly standardize the
English language.
Various languages are
spoken in the United
States; However,
English predominates in
public use as well as the
majority mother tongue
of the country.
82. Indian reservations in
the United States,
where more than a
hundred indigenous
languages are still
spoken.
83. “Before the settlement of Europeans in North America, a large
number of
languages were spoken in the territories that would later
become part of the United States.
These languages have been spoken profusely for at least
two centuries, most languages have been
losing speakers and many have become extinct (only a few
have more speakers today than at the beginning
of the nineteenth century).
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84. Main indigenous languages
According to the 2000 census and other
linguistic surveys, the indigenous
language with the highest number of
speakers currently in the United States is
the Navaho. The other languages in
order of numerical importance are the
Cherokee and the Choctaw.
United States English.
85. Apache languages
The Apachean languages are
a group of the branch of
atabascanas languages of the
linguistic family na-dené. They
are also known as the
southern atabascan
languages. The group is
subdivided into two branches:
Apache-Kiowa and Apache-
Navajo.
86. Navajo language
The Navajo language is
an American Indian
language spoken by
more than 170,000
Navajo natives in the
United States, Arizona,
New Mexico, Utah, and
Colorado.
87. Cherokee language
The Cherokee is an
American language
of the Iroquois family,
spoken by the
Cherokee people. It
is characteristic its
lack of the labial
stops p and b. Is
written.
88. Iroquois languages
The Iroquois languages are
a group of several
indigenous
languages spoken in North
America, forming a linguistic
family. Several of the
Iroquois languages are
among the first
autochthonous languages of
the United States to be put
in writing by Europeans.
91. 1. What is the predominant
language in the public use of the
country?
English Italian
Spanish French
92. 2. What is the indigenous
language with the highest
number of speakers currently in
the United States?
The NavajoChoctaw
Cherokee
93. 3. Why another name do you
know the Apache languages?
Southern Athabasca.apache-navajo
apache-kiowa Na-dené
94. 4. In what states do the
Apache languages speak?
Arizona, New Mexico
Sonora Coahuila. Chihuahua,
95. 5. Are states using the
Navajo language?
In the states of Arizona, New
Mexico, Utah and Colorado.
mexico
new york
Los angeles
96. 6. Are the Hokana languages the
hypothetical grouping of small
language families spoken in?
California and Mexico
new yorkUtah and Chihuahua
Arizana and Mexico
97. 7. How many languages are
the Hokana family formed?
15 and 40
10 and 25
15 and 30
20 and 50
98. 8. Is Cherokee an American
family language?
Iroquois family,
FAMILY Chihuahua,
FAMILY Utah
99. 9. How many languages does
the Iroquois family make?
11 languages
9 languages20 languages
15 languages
100. 10. What are the main
indigenous languages in the
United States?
Iroquois languages,
Hokana languages,
Apache languages
Algonquian languages,
Hokana languages,
Penurious languages,
Sioux languages
Uto-Aztec languages,
Musk-language
languages
115. The history of American barbecue is strongly rooted in its sociological
history. The word barbecue brings our mind to the USA simultaneously.
and vice versa. But barbecue is more a passionate factor in the southern
US states. Than any other place. Its origin goes back to the times of the
Civil War, and even before it. Therefore, the history of American barbecue
is almost the history of the United States itself.
116. The US recipe consisted of dried meat, butter, dry chile
(usually chile piquín) and salt, which were mixed and allowed
to dry in bricks, and then boiled in saucepans on the train
tracks. An alternative and more accepted theory holds that
chili con carne was born in Ensenada (Baja California),
Mexico, in the 1880s as a means of extending the duration of
the little meat available in the food of low-income Texans
118. PAELLA
Is a recipe of cuisine base don
rice, originating in the
Valencian Community and
nowadays very popular in all
Spain and also in other
countries; in this recipe the rice
is cooked along with other
foods in a wide frying pan,
commonly called paella.
119. ROAST LAMB
The roasted lamb is a variety
of roasted (Castilian Roast)
of a lamb still without
weaning; hence his nickname
as a lamb traditionally it is
made to the Wood-fired
oven, in pots of mud and
served to the diners hot, with
the external meat crusty.
121. PIZZA
• Pizza is a baked flat bread made with wheat
flour, salt, water and yeast, and topped with
tomato sauce and other ingredients such as
cheese, salami, mushrooms, onion, ham or
olives. Originally from Neapolitan cuisine (Italy),
it has become very popular all over the world
and presents many different variants. However,
Neapolitan pizza has been the only one for
which a European Union denomination of
origin, known as Traditional Specialty
Guaranteed (STG, Specialist Tradizionale
Garantita) has been recognized.
122. Lasagne
Lasagna (Lasagna) is a type of pasta that
is served in slices, as well as a dish that
has pasta in slices interspersed with meat
(ragus or bolognese sauce) and bechamel
called baked lasagna (Lasagna al forno ).
It is a dish of Greek / Italian origin.1 Baked
lasagne can also be made with vegetables
(spinach, aubergine, etc.) or fish.2 It is
finished with béchamel and plenty of
grated cheese to gratin it in the oven. Both
dishes have origin as Italy.
123.
124. Chow mein Chow mein is an
eponym of Chinese that refers
to a dish based on stir-fried
noodles, of which there are
hundreds (or thousands) Of
variants. The pronunciation of
"mein" is Cantonese "mian" is
Mandarin. The character for
"mian" / "mein" means "wheat
noodles"
125. Is a dish of Japanese origin based on rice that is
usually accompanied with: sesame, salmon or
trout, depending on the tastes can be raw or
cooked marinated with rice vinegar, sugar, salt
and other ingredients such as vegetables, fish or
seafood . 3 4 5 This dish is one of the most
recognized in Japanese cuisine and one of the
most popular internationally. Although sushi is
usually associated with fish and seafood, you
can also carry vegetables or eggs, or even any
other companions. In addition, the traditional
fresh products that accompany the rice do not
have to always go raw (mostly grilled).
preparations also boiled, fried or marinated
included.
127. The taco is a prepared food of Mexican origin that consists of
an omelette (generally of maize, although also they are used
to the ones of wheat flour).
The tacos usually contain some dressing inside the tortilla that
can be from a simple sprinkled of salt, a taco with salt, 1 to
the more complex preparations like the tacos al pastor or the
flutes that are fried tacos. The tacos of this class are usually
accompanied by some sauce.
Normal taco.
Today tacos have spread worldwide as a type of fast food.
The tacos that make transnational chains of fast food, many
of them based in the United States, correspond to the Texan
variant of Mexican food, also known as Tex-Mex.
128. In Mexico, a flour tortilla or wheat tortilla is a flattened wheat flour
preparation, unleavened, similar to the roti of India. It is part of the
daily dietary repertoire in the north of the country, unlike the center
and the south, where corn tortillas are more accustomed. In spite of
this, flour tortillas are consumed throughout the Mexican territory,
commonly in regions where corn tortillas are used to eat, flour
tortillas are used to prepare quesadillas The name of tortilla for the
potato also comes from the form, and has nothing to do with the
egg as an ingredient. The flour tortilla is an adaptation of the corn
tortilla made by the Sephardic Spaniards, who were not accustomed
to the consumption of corn. The flour tortilla is probably best known
in the United States as the tortilla to make burritos, an original dish
from northern Mexico, especially in the state of Chihuahua.
147. INDEPENDENCE DAY
• AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY: ON JULY 4,
COMMEMORATIVE PARADES ARE STAGED WITH
BREATHTAKING FIREWORKS. STARTING AT 9:00 P.M. IN
RIVER SIDE PARK (NEW YORK), ALL FIREWORKS ARE LIT
TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT INDEPENDENCE DAY.
• IT IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
CELEBRATIONS OF THIS COUNTRY AND THEREFORE THE
FESTIVITIES ARE USUALLY VERY SPECTACULAR AND
GREAT, THE ARTIFICIAL GAMES AND THE PARADES OF
AIRPLANES ARE PART OF THESE CELEBRATIONS.
149. PRESIDENT DAY
•
IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY HELD ON THE THIRD MONDAY IN FEBRUARY. THE
PRESIDENTIAL JOURNALS OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING GEORGE
WASHINGTON, THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
• MANY BUSINESSES ARE OPEN LIKE REGULAR STORES AND MANY HOLD SALES ON
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. MANY DELIVERY SERVICES, EXCEPT FOR THE POST
OFFICE
• THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL HOLIDAY IS THE THIRD MONDAY IN FEBRUARY OF
EACH YEAR, BUT RECORDS SHOW THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY IS
FEBRUARY 22.
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154. ¿WHAT DOES HALLOWEEN MEAN ?
Halloween means "All hallow's eve", word that
comes from old English, and that it means "all the
saints' eve", since refers at night of October 31, eve
of the Party of All the Santos.
155. BRIEF HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN.
The celebration of the Halloween began with the
Celtic, old residents from Oriental Europe.
They believed in the immortality of the soul,
which said was introduced in another individual
when abandoning the body; but October 31
returned to their old home to request food to their
residents who were forced to make provision for
her.
156. When the Celtic towns were
Christianized, not all gave up the
pagan customs. That is to say, the
conversion was not complete.
The chronological coincidence of
the pagan party with the Christian
party of All the Santos and that of
the deceaseds that is the following
day, made him to mix.
163. ¿WHAT DOES NEW YEAR MEAN?
• The new year is since one of the events for the
North Americans with different activities they say
goodbye to the old year and they receive a new
year with 365 opportunities but!
2017