ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN AMERICA NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE

VOCABULARY WORDS ETHNIC GROUP – IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SHARES THE SAME CUSTOMS. LANGUAGE, AND CULTURE. RACE - A GROUP OF PEOPLE IDENTIFIED AS DISTINCT FROM OTHER GROUPS BECAUSE OF SUPPOSED PHYSICAL OR GENETIC TRAITS SHARED BY THE GROUP. MIGRATION – LEAVING THEIR COUNTRY FOR MANY REASONS. INVASION – THE ACTION OF ENTERING A PLACE BY FORCE. LATIN – CULTURES FROM COUNTRIES CONQUERED BY SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. MULATTO – PERSON WHO HAS PARENTS OR ANCESTORS THAT ARE OF AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN DESCENT. MESTIZAJE – MIXING OF CULTURES.

NATIVE AMERICANS

NATIVE PEOPLE OF NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES NATIVE AMERICAN THERE ARE NOW AROUND 5 MILLION. 560 TRIBES STATES WITH BIGGEST NUMBERS ARE NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA AND ALASKA. SOME LIVE IN RESERVATIONS, WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THEIR OWN LAWS, SCHOOLS AND PROVIDE THEIR OWN SECURITY. PROBLEMS FACED BY NATIVE AMERICANS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT POVERTY RACISM MEXICO AND CANADA MEXICO – THERE ARE AROUND 12 MILLION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. CANADA - 800,

NATIVE PEOPLE OF CENTRAL AMERICA THEY HUNT FISH, FARM AND GATHER FRUIT. SURVIVED BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN A PLACE DIFFICULT TO REACH BUT MINING AND DEFORESTATION IS CHANGING THEIR WAY OF LIFE. GUATEMALA HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. 43% OF THE POPULATION FOLLOWED BY BELIZE AND PANAMA.

THE NATIVE PEOPLE OF SOUTH AMERICA BRAZIL AND BOLIVIA ARE THE COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST NATIVE AMERICANS BOLIVIA – 66% OF THE POPULATION. ABOUT 5 MILLION INDIGENOUS IN 33 ETHNIC GROUPS. BRAZIL – 400,000 NATIVE PEOPLE AND MORE THAN 11O DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. SOME TRIBES SUCH AS AWA AND MAKU, HAVE NO CONTACT WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.