the Anglo-American culture regiona culture region, or culture area (or Global Village)Â is an area where common cultural components, traits, or characteristics have developed over time, and are shared among various societies, due to a variety of causal factors such as immigration, war, colonialism, forced acculturation, technology and travel advances, etc. is all of North America plus Alaska and Iceland and the included islands in the region, such as the Baffin Island of Canada – and excludes Mesoamericathe Southern portion of North America that was occupied anciently (before Columbus) by people known as the Olmecs, the Maya, and the Aztecs who shared many cultural features below the Mexican-American border