1. Philippines History, Culture,and People

2. Geography The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands. It stretches from the south of China to the northern tip of Borneo. http://www.middleeastnews.com/MapofPhilippines.html

3. People Filipinos are of Indo-Malay, Chinese and Spanish ancestry. Population of the Philippines (July 2005) – 87,857,473 (88 million) Population of Filipino – Americans living in the United States 1,850,314 Filipino – Americans in NYC 62,058

4. Climate The Philippines has a tropical climate with relatively abundant rainfall and gentle winds. There are three pronounced seasons: the wet or rainy season from June to October, the cool, dry season from November to February, and the hot, dry season from March to May.

5. Beaches Boracay Island's White Beach

6. Dances

7. Filipino – American Movies Tia Carrere Rob Schneider

8. Fashion/Traditional Clothing Barong Tagalog Baro’t Saya

9. Transportation

10. Filipino- American History 1 st Filipinos to come to America did so in the 16 th century. 1898, Philippines became a US protectorate as a result of the Spanish – American war. 142,000 Filipinos fought in WWII with US forces. July 4 th, 1946 Philippines was freed!! Immigration bumps up to 100 per year and those who served in WWII were allowed to bring their dependents (1942 – 1946).

11. Filipino- American History 1906 – 1934 Filipinos came to California and Hawaii as agricultural workers. 500 pensionados came to the US. 1965 Quota increased to 20,000. 1967 – all anti- miscegenation laws in the US were removed. 1986 – illegal Filipino aliens pardoned. 1990 – pardoned aliens get to bring their families over to the US.