Republic ¡Bienvenidos a la Republica Dominicana! Home to nearly 10 million people‚ with 1 million living in its capital‚ Santo Domingo‚ the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation. It shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti‚ and lies 947 miles from the state of Florida. It is a popular tourist destination‚ and is in fact is the most popular in the Caribbean. But beyond the tourism and attractions‚ there are millions of citizens with health concepts nobody
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occupied by both Tainos and Kalinagos. In time‚ the Kalinagos came to control the islands of the Lesser Antilles‚ for example Dominica and St. Vincent while the Tainos who had fled further upwards came to control the Greater Antilles‚ Jamaica‚ Cuba‚ Hispaniola and the Bahamas. Both groups shared the island of Puerto Rico. Now that we know what islands they settled on let us look at the areas on these islands that they concentrated on. The Tainos settled near the coasts or streams and rivers‚ for example
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AP UNITED STATES HISTORY‚ 2013-14 EUGENIA LANGAN‚ TEACHER SUMMER ASSIGNMENT This summer assignment is due on the first day of class of the 2013-14 school year. It will count as a test grade. Failure to turn the assignment in on time may result in your being booted out of AP.Your answers must be typed.Be sure to read the questions carefully and answer all subquestions within each question. 1. Read 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann‚ then write the answers
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and Kalinagos were two different indigenous groups which inhabited the islands of the Caribbean. The Tainos were generally characterised as a peaceful people. They resided on the islands of the Greater Antilles such as Cuba‚ Jamaica‚ Puerto Rico‚ Hispaniola‚ and the Bahamas. The Kalinagos‚ who were far more hostile than the Tainos ‚lived in the islands of the Lesser Antilles such as St.Kitts and Nevis ‚Grenada‚ St. Vincent‚ St. Lucia and Dominica. Although the Tainos and the Kalinagos were indigenous
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to their differences in physical characteristics‚ Whites considered them an inferior race and therefore treated them as property‚ disregarding their human rights. After many years of exploitation and abuse‚ in 1791‚ slaves on the small island of Hispaniola revolted against French rule and successfully gained their freedom in 1804. It gave hope to African American slaves who‚ in turn‚ decided to stand against their masters and gain their freedom. Every one of those rebellions was extremely violent
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US I AP Chapter 1 Study Guide The fall of Rome and the Dark Ages The Dark Ages: * Dark Ages: the time period in Western Civilization that began after the fall of Rome to the Goths in 476 CE * Life during the Dark Ages * Violent * City life withered * Sewage systems stopped working * People lived in shacks and struggled to get food * Literacy is almost 0% * Bubonic Plague appears People and the Roman Catholic Church: * The only saving grace during this time
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by the French Revolution of 1789‚ which would come to represent a new concept of human rights‚ universal citizenship‚ and participation in government. Saint-Domingue was France’s richest overseas possession. The western half of the island of Hispaniola‚ Saint Domingue accounted for one-third of French foreign trade. It housed a half a million
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Paleo-indians: These were the first Americans‚ nomadic hunters and gatherers‚ they dispersed throughout N and S America after crossing Beringia. By 11‚500 years ago‚ they were making stone tools. By 900 years ago‚ they began to cultivate crops. Some began to establish permanent settlements. They reached their peaks of success after they mastered agriculture. Mayans: The Maya established an empire about 2000 years ago in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Their city‚ Teotihuacan housed 100‚000 people
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Brazil in 1500. The Spanish‚ who were jealous of the Portuguese success in the Spice Islands‚ were furious at the Portuguese exploring the Americas. The Spanish had begun their exploration of the Americas with Christopher Columbus’ discovery of Hispaniola in 1492. To prevent conflict between Spain and Portugal Pope Alexander VI authorized the treaty of Tordesillas‚ which split the world outside of Europe between the Spanish and the Portuguese along a north-south meridian approximately 1000 miles
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Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Vocabulary 1. Marco Polo: Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who spent several years in China. When he returned in 1295‚ there became a sudden interest in finding a quicker route to Asia. Polo‚ along with father Niccolo and his uncle Maffeo‚ was among the first westerners to travel the Silk Road. 2. Francisco Pizarro: Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who conquered the Incas located in Peru‚ in 1532. He claimed land from Panama to Peru for
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