For a few years now‚ it has been a personal goal of mines to become bi-lingual in a foreign language. Learning Spanish is the language that I always wanted to learn. In the past when I took lessons in High School‚ after passing Spanish 101 class‚ I had no intentions of registering to take Spanish 102. Continuing to take lessons was not on the top of my list as a teenager. I did not put any value in learning a second language. But as I became of age and traveled to Spain while enlisted in the military
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Europe which inludes Spain‚ Netherlands‚ Milan‚ Burgundy * Portugal (after 1580) * Hapsburgs try to increse empire’s wealth but people are against absolutism Philip II * Ruled from 1556 to 1598 * Most powerful monarch in Spanish History * Devouted Catholic * Saw himself as the defender of faith * His efforts against Protestantism made him an enemy of the Protestants * Son of: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal * Wanted to increase
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Knowledge This category is telling you a little bit about the knowledge part of worldview for the Spanish. The first artifact is a torture tool from the Spanish inquisition or the reconquista the torture tool I am using is the rack the Spanish were really knowledgeable when it came to this. The rack consists of a rectangular‚ wooden frame‚ slightly raised from the ground‚ with a roller at one‚ or both‚ ends‚ at one end a fixed bar to which the legs are fastened‚ and at the other a movable bar to
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Something as old as bullfighting might seem out of style but it is quite a prominent sport. The show of bullfighting has been around for a long time and was a popular spectacle in ancient Rome. It was fully developed in the Iberian Peninsula. The North African Moors changed this sport from a “formless spectacle practised by the conquered Visigoths to a ritualistic occasion observed in connection with feast days on which the conquering Moors‚ mounted on highly trained horses‚ confronted and killed
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Spanish Cuisine The earliest settlers of Spain include the Iberians‚ the Celts‚ and the Basques groups. Then the Phoenicians came‚ who were later followed by the Greeks‚ who ruled Spain until they were defeated by the Romans. The last of the settlers to arrive were armies of Arabs and Berbers‚ whom were called Moors. Fascinated with water‚ they developed irrigation systems and planted citrus and almond trees in eastern and southern Spain. The Phoenicians arrived from the Mediterranean and brought
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Bullfighting is certainly one of the best-known-although at the same time most controversial-Spanish popular customs. This Fiesta could not exist without the toro bravo‚ a species of bull of an ancient race that is only conserved in Spain. Formerly this bull’s forebears‚ the primitive urus‚ were spread out over wide areas of the world. Many civilizations revered them; the bull cults on the Greek island of Crete are very well known. The Bible tells of sacrifices of bulls in honour of divine justice
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and Useful Cognates and False Cognates 1. Select the response that best answers the question. Which of the following is a word borrowed from the Spanish language and used in the English language? A. El poncho B. El sándwich C. El champú D. El zíper 2. Which of the following is a word borrowed from the English language and used in the Spanish language? A. El poncho B. El sándwich C. La salsa D. La piñata 3. Identify the cognate in the following passage. Hola‚ Silvia. ¿Dónde estás
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Spanish Empire The Spanish had little respect for Indian culture. As soon as their boots hit the ground‚ they set about subverting and destroying every aspect of the Indian way of life. The Aztecs attempted to befriend the Spanish explorers‚ but when Hernan Cortez heard his capitol of Vera Cruz had been plundered‚ he capture and killed their leader Montezuma II. The Incas didn’t fare any better. Francisco Pizarro‚ driven mad with greed‚ kidnapped the Incan king‚ Atahualpa and forced his people to
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about this‚ you must had seen that Japan and Norway hunted lots of whale every year. And the numbers of Japan’s whale hunting are almost thousand a year. On the other hand‚ bullfighting is a very popular activity in Spain. You can find that there have bullfighting in Spain everyday and every year in March to November is Spanish bullfight festival. Some individuals‚ organizations or countries‚ like WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals)‚ call these activities should be stopped. But
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name of art and entertainment. Bullfighting is the most obvious example. To be honest it is extremely disturbing that such cruelty is still carried out in modern society. Animals should be treated as companions‚ but this so called ‘sport’ is an abuse to animals in perhaps every possible way! Simply for the purpose of generating profit. It’s quite appalling to realize that each year over 40‚000 bulls are killed during the barbaric‚ meaningless parade of bullfighting. Such performances inflict pain
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