1. Differences

2. Differences in food ● Russia: ● We prefer soups and home made food. ● We like to eat soups ● America: ● American people prefer eat out because they very busy. ● American people don't like to eat soups.

3. National cuisine ● Russia: ● Soup ● rossolnik ● Uha ● Botvina ● cottage cheese ● Cheesecakes ● Pancakes ● Pelmeni ● Rolls ● Honey-cakes ● America: ● American cheese ● Peanut Butter ● Brownie ● Banana split ● Banana bread ● Beygl ● Barbecue ● Steak ● Hamburger ● Gumbo ● Mashed potatoes ● Maple syrup ● Ham ● Corn Dog ● Corn Bread ● Cornflakes ● Pekanovy pie ● Doughnuts ● Popcorn ● Waldorf Salad ● Caesar Salad ● Sandwiches ● Sauce "Tabasco" ● Sauce Thousand Island ● Clam Chowder (seafood soup) ● Taco ● Pumpkin Pie ● Cheesecake

4. Education levels ● Russia: ● Preschools: ● Preschool ● nursery ● Kindergarten ● Educational institutions: ● establishment of primary general education ● Elementary School ● institutions of basic education ● School ● gymnasium ● lyceum ● the educational complex ● External studies ● institutions of secondary (complete) general education: ● school with in-depth study of subjects ● profile school ● institution of higher education: ● Academy ● Institute ● University ● Federal University ● America: ● The education system as a whole at the present stage in the U.S. is a multilevel coderzhatelnuyu structure, built on the age concerning the principles and includes 4 levels: preschool (pre- school education), primary school (elementary education), secondary school (secondary education) and higher professional professional (higher education) education. ● - Pre-school education consists of 2 stages: nursery (nursery school) and kindergarten (kindergarten). ● - School education comprises two levels: primary and secondary education (elementary and secondary education). Primary schooling (Elementary education) includes a first step, an elementary school and start an elementary school (1st grade, primary school and elementary school). S.pedney schooling (Secondary education) in the U.S. are usually divided into two levels - junior (junior high school) and stapshuyu (high school) school in each of them learn to three years. ● - School education as a whole (schooling) includes 12 academic classes (grade) of the first - first grade to 12 - twelfth grade, each of which lasts one academic year. ● - S.pedney schools are Dažādi types: "academic", "ppofessionalnye" and "mnogoppofilnye. In multi- school, from grade 9, there VARIOUS Branch (profiles of), most of which paspostpanennye "academic", "common", "kommepchesky", "industpialny", "agricultural". ● - School programs in the U.S. a lot. A single curriculum (unlike in Russia and most European countries) is absent, due to the autonomous status of each state. ● - Higher education in the United States can be obtained at colleges, universities and academies. Higher education institutions will assign a bachelor's degree graduates (bachelor's degree), Master (master's degree) and Doctor (doctorate).

5. Art crafts ● Russia: ● Matryoshka - Russian wooden toy in the form of hollow painted doll, inside which are similar to her dolls smaller. Traditional painting dolls often portrays peasant girls in traditional costumes. Recently, the possible range of those paintings is unrestricted, from the fairy-tale characters and ending with the Soviet leaders. This symbol of Russia was born not in ancient times, as is commonly believed, but only in 1891 Abramtsevo [123]. Today matryoshka is one of the most popular souvenirs for foreign tourists in Russia. ● Khokhloma is a decorative painting wooden utensils and furniture in black and red (and, occasionally, green) color of the golden background. In a tree when the painting is not applied gold, silver and tin powder. After this product is varnished and three or four times treated in a furnace, thus achieving a unique honey-gold color, which gives a light wooden bowl effect of massiveness. ● Orenburg shawl - knit shawl of Orenburg goat down and the base (cotton, silk or other). Puhovyazalny fish originated in the Orenburg region in the XVIII century. Gossamer and stole - are very thin, like a cobweb, shawls. Thin webs are usually complicated pattern and are used as decoration. Subtlety products are often determined by two parameters: whether the product passes through the ring and placed in a goose egg. ● Vologda lace - Russian lace, plaited bobbin (wooden sticks), distributed in the Vologda region in XVI-XVII century. All the main images in the coupling Vologda lace hold tight continuous, equal in width, gradually winding braid, they are clearly silhouetted against patterned lattices decorated nasnovkami in the form of stars and rosettes. ● Dymkovo Toys - Russian clay toy, schedule, and baked in the oven. The name comes from the place of manufacture - Sloboda Dymkovo Vyatka province (now the Kirov region). Along with other products handicrafts is one of the symbols of Russian handicrafts. ● America: ● I don't know :)