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xploration the New Continent was adventure. At that time all things were uncertain. They took a risk in immigrating to the New World and living there. This spirit was handed down to the following generations. This spirit also makes Americans curious about something uncertain and brave to start their own business. If someone gets success, he will be thought as a hero. All people will respect and admire him. It also makes Americans have the heroism. Westward Movement is the best example. Today Americans also like adventure. Adventure may take them new opportunities or challenges. H. Diversity of Names America has many immigrants from different nations. It makes names of Americans multifarious. The most difficult thing is to remember somebody’s name. Besides the traditional English names, there are also other names from many nations, many regions, and even every corner of the whole world. There are names of a rich variety. Some names are so long that they cannot be completely written down in the blank. In colleges, when Principal issues graduate certificates to students, he needs several assistants to help read students’ names correctly. I. Various Languages In the United States, besides English, you can hear various kinds of languages such as Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Arabic and so forth. Newspapers, magazines and journals printed in main popular languages of the whole world can be found everywhere. Any influential minority community or religious organization has its own journals printed in its own languages. If linguists want to seek materials of a rare kind of language or dialect, they can come to America. For the most part they can find the materials they want. Conclusion The United States has become a highly developed country since it won its independence. Many sociologists and economists have done strenuous work in trying to analyze the contributing factors to the success, but their conclusions often vary greatly because they view the problem from different perspectives. This thesis analyzes this matter from the historical point of view. The USA is the only Superpower in the whole world. Mostly, it may be contributed to the rootlessness of Americans. And it is closely related to the history of America. Americans are rootless because most of present American people have their roots in their mother countries. They are comparatively rootless. This thesis mainly has three sections in total to talk about this subject. Referring to the rootlessness of Americans, it is necessary to discuss their rootedness first. The United States is an immigration country and also is a nation of over 100 ethnic groups. There are many resources of immigrating, such as Europe, Asia, and Africa. These immigrants stream into America for different reasons. Most of them migrate there for wealth or for escaping from religious persecution, or for freedom. At the same time, these immigrants from different nations bring their cultures and carry them forward. Yet, American people are rootless, because their motherlands are not America. And they just live there. They have no roots in America. Meanwhile, rootlessness also means openness. Immigrants bring many different cultures to America. In broad sense, American culture refers to everything to American people and society- arts, literature, education, values concept, religion, mode of production, social system and way of life. American culture emerged with the English colonies in