Spanish and Hispanic Culture Trivia 1. The name Mexico comes from the Aztecs; it was related to the Aztec Mexica tribe. 2. The president of Mexico is Enrique Peña Nieto 3. The river that borders Texas and Mexico is the Rio Grande. 4. Mexico’s Independence Day is September 16. 5. Pancho Villa is made fun of in the song La Cucaracha 6. The official languages that are spoken in Spain are Galician‚ Catalan‚ and Basque. 7. The Mediterranean Sea is the body of water that borders Spain to the southeast
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A famous Spanish scientist Santiago Ramon y Cajal 1852-1934 He was one of the greatest Spanish scientists of the 19th and early 20th centuries. His study of the brain and nerve cells laid the groundwork for neuroscience. He was not a man who kept his studies to one specific field‚ but rather made lasting important contributions to several fields. He was highly rewarded not only for his laboratory work‚ but also for his scientific writings and illustrations. Cajal tells his
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had been a member of the 1898-1899 US Congress I would have supported both our war with Spain and our annexation of its territories. The Spanish-American War served to end Spain’s colonial power in the western hemisphere. In the time leading up to the war there was three years of turmoil in Cuba‚ where Cuban revolutionaries were locked in battle with the Spanish in an attempt to gain independence from their mother country (history.state.gov 1). For most of the Cuban revolution the US‚ particularly
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Have you ever wondered the methods in history‚ to wipe out a powerful empire? Hernan Cortes‚ the Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire and claimed Mexico for Spain‚ in the 16th century. The Aztecs were a Nahuatl speaking nation of central Mexico‚ in MesoAmerica. They were very powerful and wealthy in natural goods‚ in addition to creating their own weapons and techniques. When Hernan Cortes came to the land of the heart of the Aztecs‚ he had brought unknown weapons and diseases to the Aztecs
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IB HOTA 3rd period English vs. Spanish Colonization From 1500 to 1700‚ the English colonization of the Chesapeake region and the Spanish colonization of the Central/South American region varied greatly in their primary motivations for settlement and the lasting effects imprinted into both societies. The English motives in settling the Chesapeake region were more economically-based‚ seeking greater economic opportunity and employment‚ while the Spanish effort took on a more religious approach
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Unit 7- Essay: The Americas The Aztecs and Inca people had many issues and concerns when they came in contact with the European people. In this essay I will be comparing the issues‚ and concerns of Aztec and Inca cultures to their contacts with the Europeans. Some of the issues that I will be discussing are from the time period that covered roughly the 1400’s to roughly around the 1500’s. The Aztecs were American Indian people who ruled a mighty empire in Mexico from the 1400’s to 1500’s. In
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The Civil War of Spain lasted from 1936 to 1939 is considered as the prelude to World War II being the testing ground for the Great Powers in such great war. The country had considered certain challenges revolving around political‚ economic‚ and social domains during the first few years of the twentieth century. Undoubtedly‚ the factors leading Spain to such war depends on the reasons for the emergence of conflicting aspects that evolved. It is not appropriate to comment that civil wars are equivalent
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Tpubbdjk@aol.com First of all‚ when it comes to making crunk beats‚ the Roland TR-808 Drumkit and Parametric EQ is your best friend. Start up Fruityloops with the 808 drumkit‚ and put the Tempo at 80 or 160 BPM (got this tips from Dirty States Of America dvd). Making your drum pattern then do the following: 1. Put a compressor on your Bass Kick (BD_2 on FruityLoops)‚ with a ratio of 2.5:1‚ the gain 5.0‚ the threshold -10 db‚ the attack 2.5‚ the release at 200ms‚ and the type on vintage. 2. Put
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in the Spanish Civil War? (10) The Spanish Civil war was a very important event that happened in 1936 between the Republicans and the Nationalists‚led by General Francisco Franco. Although it did not make World War II inevitable‚ it increased the likelihood of a general war a great deal. The war had a tremendous impact on Spain itself‚ leaving much of the state’s economic and social infrastructure in ruins and leaving thousands dead. There were varies foreign interventions in the Spanish Civil
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the government was the only one who can transact business and having the exclusive right to purchase‚ classify and sell all the products locally or even abroad made the people poorer. 3. Why were the Spanish authorities in the Philippines opposed to the education of the Filipinos? The Spanish authorities opposed the education of the Filipinos because as they feared it‚ Filipinos will come to learn about their rights of equality. 4. Explain how the middle class arose. Who composed the middle
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