North America,”refers to Canada and the UnitedStates, countries that share many commoncultural, economic, and political features.e.g. common western European roots,similar democratic systems and legalsystems. suburbs and cities look quitesimilar and share similar patterns of ethnicdiversity.But the pop of U.S. is about 10 times ofCanada’s. is culturally diverse. The textbookuses the term Hispanic to refer to all Spanish speakingpeople from Middle and SouthAmerica, When writing about the Southwest
where Latino is the preferred term”