1. Who I am My dad: David My brother: Shaun Me: Kevin My Mom: Tammy

2. Where do I come from? Born in Illinois January 23, 1981 Family lives in Raleigh, North Carolina

3. Where do I come from? I currently live in Newcastle, England

4. 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

5. What I like to do -Work on cars -Woodworking -Metalworking -Construction

6. Sports in America -Baseball -Football -Basketball -Hockey -Auto racing -Soccer -Tennis

7. 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 

8. Who lives in the USA? America has a very diverse population and is made up of people from all around the world

9. Where do most people live? Blue: heavily popluated Green: populated Yellow: not very populated White: not many people at all

10. 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)

11. Famous sites in the USA

12. More Famous sites in the USA

13. Regions of the USA The West Coast--^ Southwest desert -> <-Midwest praries Appalachian mountains   Rocky mountains

14. Major Farming -Midwest: corn, soybean, wheat -South: tobacco, cotton, -Northwest: trees (for logging) -West: some vineyards

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Regions of North Carolina Smokey Mountains Piedmont Coast

19. North Carolina Sports Teams Carolina Panthers Carolina Hurrincanes Charlotte Bobcats

20. Other major North Carolina Sports Minor League Baseball: the Durham Bulls Stock car racing originated in north carolina with “rum- running”

21. What is North Carolina known for? Many famous lighthouses First airplane flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903 Cigarettes/tobacco The Biltmore House