World Cultures Research Paper
World Cultures: Comparing China and the United States
Skyler Ditchfield
Religions are very different in both countries. In the US most people are Christian, but there is a freedom of religion so you have the right to practice any religion that you want to. In China they are against religion, because it brings people away from communism, they want communism to be the official religion of China. Status symbols of living in the US are things that you can buy, cars, houses, clothes etc
. In China everyone is given an equal amount of money because of the communist society, so it is much harder to have these sort of things. US people value money, the next thing they are saving up for, a new boat, or something else of value. But in China their values are …show more content…
Americans love sports, sporting events draw huge crowds and millions of people watch them on TV. During the super bowl one billion people watch it. The most popular American sports are Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Hockey. One of the biggest sports in China is ping pong. Not many people own their own ping pong tables, but they can play ping pong in local rec. centers. The geography of China is very diverse, China has the tallest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest. It also has several of the other tallest mountains around the world. There are over 1 billion people in China, and it is the largest country in the world. 72% of China is rural because of the many mountains people have less area to live. The US has 275million people and is the third largest country in the world. The United States is the richest country in the world, and has an average income of $14,000 per year.
Problems in the US are solved mostly by the courts, if they are between people or businesses inside the United States. People that live here them self usually fight when they are mad about something. Everyone always says to,
"talk it out" but it never really happens. In China when there is a problem
Skyler Ditchfield
Religions are very different in both countries. In the US most people are Christian, but there is a freedom of religion so you have the right to practice any religion that you want to. In China they are against religion, because it brings people away from communism, they want communism to be the official religion of China. Status symbols of living in the US are things that you can buy, cars, houses, clothes etc
. In China everyone is given an equal amount of money because of the communist society, so it is much harder to have these sort of things. US people value money, the next thing they are saving up for, a new boat, or something else of value. But in China their values are …show more content…
Americans love sports, sporting events draw huge crowds and millions of people watch them on TV. During the super bowl one billion people watch it. The most popular American sports are Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Hockey. One of the biggest sports in China is ping pong. Not many people own their own ping pong tables, but they can play ping pong in local rec. centers. The geography of China is very diverse, China has the tallest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest. It also has several of the other tallest mountains around the world. There are over 1 billion people in China, and it is the largest country in the world. 72% of China is rural because of the many mountains people have less area to live. The US has 275million people and is the third largest country in the world. The United States is the richest country in the world, and has an average income of $14,000 per year.
Problems in the US are solved mostly by the courts, if they are between people or businesses inside the United States. People that live here them self usually fight when they are mad about something. Everyone always says to,
"talk it out" but it never really happens. In China when there is a problem