Chapter 14: The Southwest Border Area: Tricultural Development

Key Features:

1. The Southwest is dominated by three coexisting cultures: Spanish American, American Indian, and European American.
2. Native American populations in the region are large and diverse, but less integrated into the American melting pot than other ethnic groups.
3.  The Hispanic presence in the region dates back over 400 years, but populations have increased dramatically in recent decades because of immigration and higher than average rates of natural increase.
4. The economy of the region is highly integrated with the relatively poorer areas on the other side of the border with Mexico.
5. Population in the Southwest Border Area has exploded in recent decades.

San Francisco does not fall into this area but they do have something in common, both have a very diverse cultural background and it is also seen in the food.