Who I am My dad: David My brother: Shaun Me: Kevin My Mom: Tammy
Where do I come from? Born in Illinois January 23, 1981 Family lives in Raleigh, North Carolina
Where do I come from? I currently live in Newcastle, England
About me I graduated from NC State University in 2004 in engineering I worked for 3 years at Advanced Energy in their electric motors test lab I then worked for an industrial construction company for 6 months I currently attend Northumbria University studying medicine
What I like to do -Work on cars -Woodworking -Metalworking -Construction
Sports in America -Baseball -Football -Basketball -Hockey -Auto racing -Soccer -Tennis
Who lives in the USA? My friends here represent 6 different races (white, chinese, indian, black, latin & muslim) Also pictured is a special person from the “south”, we call: redneck Redneck
Who lives in the USA? America has a very diverse population and is made up of people from all around the world
Where do most people live? Blue: heavily popluated Green: populated Yellow: not very populated White: not many people at all
Major cities in the USA -New York City -Los Angeles (the city of angels) -Chicago (the windy city) -Dallas -Miami -San Francisco -Detroit -Philadelphia -Washington D.C. (capital of the USA)
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Regions of the USA The West Coast--^ Southwest desert -> <-Midwest praries Appalachian mountains Rocky mountains
Major Farming -Midwest: corn, soybean, wheat -South: tobacco, cotton, -Northwest: trees (for logging) -West: some vineyards
Typical American Meals We normally eat 3 meals a day. Dinner is normally eaten at home with your family (except on saturdays and sundays when most meals will be eaten together) Breakfast Most people eat fast food, others bring their lunch from home Dinner
How is the educational system setup? Pre-school: kids around 4 years old (optional) Kindergarten: 5 years old Elementary School: Grades 1-5 (can also be 1-6) Middle School: Grades 6-8 (can also be 7-8, then called junior high) High School: Grades 9-12 (you can “drop out” of school when you are 18 years old) College Level: Associate’s degree: 2 years of college Bachelor’s degree: 4 years of college Master’s degree: additional 2 years of college Doctorate degree: another additional 2 years of college
All about North Carolina -Major crop: tobacco -Major industries: cigarette companies-state built upon “tobacco money” High Point NC-furniture capital of world Textiles-decline due to offshoring -Major Universities: NC State University, UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, Wake Forest
Regions of North Carolina Smokey Mountains Piedmont Coast
North Carolina Sports Teams Carolina Panthers Carolina Hurrincanes Charlotte Bobcats
Other major North Carolina Sports Minor League Baseball: the Durham Bulls Stock car racing originated in north carolina with “rum- running”
What is North Carolina known for? Many famous lighthouses First airplane flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903 Cigarettes/tobacco The Biltmore House