Major racial groups in North America

This is a native American. Distributed in North and South America. It belongs to the American branch of Mongolian race. Up to now, there is no recognized classification of Hindi, and others have their own characters. Inheriting primitive religious beliefs, shamanism, totem worship, patron saint worship, sun worship and star worship prevail. Most people believe in Christianity now.

Eskimo

This is the indigenous people in the northeast corner of Asia and the Arctic region of America. According to 1978, there are about 97,000 people. Distributed in the former Soviet Union, the United States, Canada and Denmark. There are dozens of branches, all of which belong to Mongolian arctic type. Physical characteristics are similar to those of North Asians, with thick black hair and light brown skin. Use Eskimo language, belonging to Eskimo-Aleutian language family. There are two kinds of characters, those spelled in Latin letters and those spelled in Slavic letters.

Mexican

This is a general term for Mexican residents in southern North America. According to the statistics of 1982, * * there are 730 10000 people, half of whom live in the central plateau. The urban population accounts for 53%. Common Spanish, belonging to the Romance family of Indo-European languages. About 30 million people use Hindi. Most people believe in Catholicism.

Americans in America

This is the main ethnic group in America. According to the statistics of 1978, there are about 1.7 1 100 million people, accounting for 78.4% of the national population. Another 1.2 million people live in Canada, Mexico and other countries. From the17th century, with British immigrants as the core, they have been mixed with other European immigrants, indigenous Indians and blacks from Africa for a long time, and gradually formed modern Americans in the second half of the18th century. Americans use English as the lingua franca, but it is obviously different from British English in vocabulary and pronunciation. The most popular dialects in American English are the central and western dialects, which have now formed the basis of the standard language. The vast majority of Americans believe in Christianity, and a few believe in Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity and Judaism. Whether Americans have formed a unified nation because of different beliefs, languages and sources is still controversial in academic circles.