Differences and Similarities of Taiwan and America ?????

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Differences and Similarities
of Taiwan and America
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Monetary System ??
Taiwan and America use both coins and notes.
Listed below are the commonly seen
ones. ?????????????.????????? Currency exchange
rate US dollars NT dollars 1 29 (September
2, 2011)
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Taiwan U.S.A.
Coins 1 5 10 50 1 cent 1?? 1 nickel ( 5 cents) 1 dime ( 10 cents) 1 quarter ( 25 cents)
Notes 100 New Taiwan dollars 200 (rare) 500 1000 2000 (rare) 1 dollar/buck ( 100 cents) 5 dollars/bucks 10 dollars 20 dollars 50 dollars 100 dollars
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Geography ??
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Geography??
Taiwan U.S.A.
Location ?? East Asia ?? North America???
Borders ???? None Taiwan is an Island. North Canada ????? South Mexico ?????
Area ?? 36,188 km² 9,826,675 km²
Capital ?? Taipei ?? Washington, D.C. ???D.C.
Time zone ?? Single time zone GMT 8 4 time zones (eg. New York GMT -5 Los Angeles GMT -8)
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Language ??
Taiwan U.S.A.
Official language ???? Mandarin ?? English/American English ??/????
Other important languages ?????? Taiwanese ?? Hokka ?? Indigenous languages/dialects ????/?? Spanish ???? Languages of immigrants ?????? Native American languages ?????(????)??
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Population ??
Taiwan U.S.A.
Population ?? 23 million people Han peoples 97-98 Indigenous peoples 2 foreign immigrants/spouses 1 313 million people English 82.1 Spanish 10.7 other Indo-European 3.8 Asian and Pacific island 2.7 other 0.7
Culture ?? monocultural ???? multicultural ????
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Climate ??
Taiwan U.S.A.
Climate subtropical??? (northern area) Tropical (south) ?? monsoon ?? Due to its large area, America almost contains(??) every global climate from tropical, Mediterranean (????) to polar(???) climates.
Common natural disasters typhoon ?? flood ?? tornado/twister ??? hurricane ?? tsunami ?? forest fire ????
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Refereces

• https//www.cia.gov/index.html
• http//www.gio.gov.tw