Dakota Holgard APUSH Columbus Questions 1. In 1492‚ Ferdinand and Isabella had just ended a war with the Moors‚ otherwise known as Muslims‚ and conquered Granada. In the same year‚ Jewish people were expelled from the Spain‚ and Columbus was granted passage to India via a western route. 2. The King of India is referred to by Columbus as the Great Can‚ meaning the King of Kings. 3. Columbus seeks out India in order to “learn their disposition and the proper method of converting them to
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In the painting Las Meninas it displays Infanta Margarita‚ daughter of King Philip IV and Queen Mariana‚ as the center of the painting. You can see the King and Queens reflection in the mirror as if you are in there point of view. Surrounding the princess there are two maids on both sides of her‚ a dwarf‚ a dog‚ a little girl‚ two women off to the side behind the maid on the right‚ and a man in the background that looks like he is about to leave the room or is passing by. Velazquez is also in the
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Nous quels sont? D’où sommes-nous venus? Où allons-nous? Ils sont les questions nous devons nous demander constamment. The La Belle Époque era erupted a series of self-reflecting questions such as the ones mentioned above. A prominent symbol of the La Belle Époque era‚ mirrors sought to bring forth the answers. Mirror is defined as an object with a surface that has good specular reflection; that is‚ it is smooth enough to form an image by Wikipedia. A simple‚ straight forward approach to a very
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Q2 STUDY GUIDE LA Claude McKay (Tropics in New York) From rural Jamaican to world traveler The 11th child of peasant farmers Born and raised in Jamaica Moved in 1912 to the US to attend college Published two volumes of verse in Jamaican dialect He moved to New York in 1914 By the early 1920’s he had emerged as one of the first inspirational voices of the Harlem Renaissance. Traveled widely as a poet‚ novelist and journalist. Langston Hughes (Theme for English B) Spokesman for common people Born
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The LA Riots of 1992 The United States has faced many obstacles when it comes to growing and prospering as a nation‚ especially in regards to the issues of racism and police brutality. These issues led to one of the most historical events to ever take place in the USA. In April of 1992‚ after four white Los Angeles Police Department officers were acquitted of all charges they faced for beating an unarmed‚ black motorist named Rodney King in March of 1991. The people of South Central Los
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"A Las Flores de Heidelberg" (To the flowers of Heidelberg) Jose Rizal April 22‚ 1886 Go to my native land‚ go‚ foreign flowers. Sown by the traveler on his way. And there‚ beneath its azure sky. Where all mu affections lie; There from the weary pilgrim say‚ What faith is his in that land of ours! Go there and tell how when the dawn‚ Her early light diffusing‚ Your petals first flung open wide; His steps beside chill Neckar drawn‚ You see him silent by your side‚ Upon its Spring perennial musing
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La Quinceañera a Rite of passage. A quinceañera is a tradition in Mexico‚ it is the most awaited birthday‚ and the rite of passage for teenage girls turning 15‚ and a very important presentation to society. It will be a fairy tale celebration‚ probably the largest birthday gathering a woman has throughout her life‚ that day the teenager will feel like a princess‚ she will also look like one. It is the time where she no longer will be seen as child‚ on that day she becomes a woman. Traditionally
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It was enlightening to see the field of dancing and entertaining from the male and female perspective. Overall‚ both genders work hard in their profession‚ but in different aspects. I found it fascinating that in the documentary “La Bare‚” one of the dancer’s points out that “male entertainers work harder than the female entertainers. All the females have to worry about is having nice titties and they are good to look at.” I disagree with his statement. Though the males put a lot more “stage antics”
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Las Ferreterías De México Comments Who Makes the recurring Key Decisions in Las Ferreterias? Mr. Gonzalez makes some of the global decisions but the store managers make a lot of the recurring key decisions. Person(s) Responsible Key Recurring Decisions for Making the Decision Order right items in the right quantities S Staffing with right numbers of good people S Pricing S Granting credit S (with corporate check on large decisions) Selling S‚ R (large contractors
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Fire has a long history of forcing changes in the United States and around the world. On November 21‚ 1980‚ the MGM Grand Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas had a fire that resulted in the death of eight-five individuals. According to the incident report from the fire‚ it was started by an ungrounded electrical circuit in a section of the main level of the casino called “The Deli”. It was discovered that the heat caused by the ungrounded wire heated enough to ignite the surrounding area. The fuel source
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