Philippines

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Philippines

• History, Culture,and People

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Geography

• The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107
  islands. It stretches from the south of China to
  the northern tip of Borneo.

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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

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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.

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Beaches

• Boracay Island's White Beach

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Dances
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Filipino American Movies
Tia Carrere
Rob Schneider
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Fashion/Traditional Clothing
Barot Saya
Barong Tagalog
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Transportation
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Filipino- American History

• 1st Filipinos to come to America did so in the
  16th 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 4th, 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).

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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.