1. Taiwan and America

2. Government USA: the federal government: carries out the role assignment to the federation of individual states. Taiwan: the national government, with head offices located in the capital city of Taipei

3. Family Structure USA: small family, parents and the children. Taiwan: small family, parents and the children.

4. Meal Times and Etiquette USA: Prefer the convenience of eating in front of the TV. Fast food, very popular. Taiwan: formal dinner

5. Shops USA: Big Stores: Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe’s---What the customers need available I one place. Taiwan: Small to big stores.ex:7-11,cosco

6. School Requirements USA: 13 years. Taiwan: 12 years

7. Money USA: Dollar bill, coins(quarter, dime, nickel,penny) Taiwan: Dollar bill, coins

8. Language USA: English Taiwan: Chinese

9. Sports USA: Have five major sports: Baseball, Hockey, and Car Racing. Taiwan: Different kinds of baseball, basketball,swimming, surfing, and so on.

10. Cooking USA: All variety and excitement from all over the countries. Taiwan: Stir fry, boil, and so on

11. Self USA: Individualism. Taiwan: Individualism and team work

12. Face/Reputation USA: Come and go overnight and in the end usually does not matter. The end result is more of the focus. Aperson is more likely to overlook a reputation to get the job done. Taiwan: Save face is important

13. Recognition of the Dead USA: Most Americans are immigrants who either have lost the information on grave locations or the locations are in foreign countries. Taiwan: Tomb sweeping every year

14. Sneezing USA: “God bless you” Taiwan: “take care”

15. Burping USA: “Excuse me” Taiwan: No response

16. Superstition,bad number USA: 13 Taiwan: 4

17. Major Holidays USA: Major holidays: Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Independence Day. Taiwan: Chinese New Year Mid-Autumn

18. Lost Tooth USA: Tooth fairy. Taiwan: Put it on the roof or floor

19. Clothes USA: Not specific traditional clothes. Taiwan: Not specific traditional clothes, people wear modern clothes.

20. Meal Custom USA: Change their menu for each mealtime. Eat a variety of foods each day. In particular, they eat pizza, sandwiches, pasta or noodles, and sometimes meat for dining. Taiwan: Change the menu for each mealtime. Eat a variety of foods each day. In particular, we eat rice.

21. School days USA: Eight hours a day, and five days a week. Taiwan: Eight hours a day, and five days a week.

22. Classroom atmosphere USA: Informal, and they don’t stand up when teacher enters the room. Taiwan: Formal, we stand up when teacher enters the room.

23. Discussion in Classroom USA: Almost all have discussion in school. Taiwan: Seldom discuss in school.

24. Morality Lesson USA: Morality, like good thinking or good behavior for people are learned from their parents of school in the USA. Taiwan: Morality, like good thinking or good behavior for people are learned from their parents or school in

25. Relationship between teachers and students USA: -Very friendly attitudes -No uniforms unless private, -Not many rules of formality in public school. For example, the students never stand up when the teachers enter the room. Taiwan: Students respect teachers.

26. Extra Activities in school USA: Numerous activities like clubs, sports, and student council available. Taiwan: Numerous activities like Taekwendo clubs, sports.

27. Vacations USA: Three months of vacation in summer, and almost two weeks in Christmas. Taiwan: Two months of vacation in summer and three weeks in winter.