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Differences and Similarities of Taiwan and America 台美大不同
Monetary System 幣制
Taiwan and America use both coins and notes.
Listed below are the commonly seen ones.
台灣跟美國都使用硬幣與紙鈔 . 以下列出為常見種類
Currency exchange rate: US dollars: NT dollars = 1: 29
(September 2, 2011)
Taiwan U.S.A.
Coins 1
5
10
50
1 cent 1 分錢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
Geography 地理
Geography 地理Taiwan U.S.A.
Location地點
East Asia 東亞 North America 北美洲
Borders接境國家
None
Taiwan is an Island.
North: Canada 北鄰加拿大South: Mexico 南鄰墨西哥
Area 面積 36,188 km² 9,826,675 km²
Capital 首都
Taipei 台北 Washington, D.C. 華盛頓 D.C.
Time zone 時區
Single time zone
GMT +8
4 time zones
(eg. New York GMT -5
Los Angeles GMT -8)
Language 語言Taiwan U.S.A.
Official language
官方語言
Mandarin 國語 English/American English
英語 / 美式英文
Other important languages
其他重要語言
Taiwanese 台語Hokka 客語Indigenous languages/dialects 原住民語 / 方言
Spanish 西班牙語Languages of immigrants 外來移民語言 Native American languages 美國原住民 ( 印地安人)語言
Population 人口Taiwan U.S.A.
Population
人口
23 million peopleHan 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
文化monocultural 單元文化 multicultural 多元文化
Climate 氣候Taiwan U.S.A.
Climate subtropical 亞熱帶(northern area)
Tropical (south) 熱帶monsoon 季風
Due to its large area, America
almost contains( 包含) every global
climate from tropical, Mediterranean
( 地中海型 ) to polar( 兩極的 ) climates.
Common natural disasters
typhoon 颱風flood 水災
tornado/twister 龍捲風hurricane 颶風tsunami 海嘯forest fire 森林大火