INTRODUCTION The old Peru was sustained in an economy based on agriculture as it was incumbent upon all pre-modern States. The displacement of this activity by mining during the colonial period and the later development of the cities with the Republic led to a redistribution of the population that took us from being a predominantly rural country prior to the 1950s to a country with urban population at the beginning of the 21st century. In 2002‚ a 28.8 per cent of the population was rural and
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Biru or Peru? Peru’s territory is bordered by Ecuador and Colombia on the north‚ Brazil and Bolivia to the east‚ and finally Chile and Bolivia to the south and to the west lies the Pacific Ocean. In Peru you can find anything from steaming jungles to creeping glaciers‚ Peru‚ hugging South America’s west coast‚ wraps its borders around dramatically varied geography with elicits varied cultures. A little smaller than Alaska‚ Peru has coastal deserts so dry that no one there has ever recorded rain
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Introduction Tourism is the largest foreign currency-earner in Peru‚ which affecting the lives of million people. Tropical rainforests and jungles are always important ecosystem in the world‚ but now most of them are damaged by people. In Peru‚ many rainforests were demolished by humans‚ thus‚ Peru government has made numerous methods to save the current environment‚ and one of the methods is ecotourism. In order to protect Peru’s nature based environment‚ generate money for local economic‚ achieve
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People and Culture Peru represents a unique lifestyle that incorporates the rich historical influences of numerous cultures around the world. Peru lies on the site of the ancient Inca civilization‚ a highly skilled empire who ruled for over 300 hundred years until the early 16th century. The Inca civilization eventually fell to Spanish conquest which then introduced European influences to the area as well. Eventually‚ the Peruvians gained independence by defeating Spanish forces in the 1820’s
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communication between Peru and the United States. Some topics it will talk about are tone and volume‚ space‚ eye contact‚ gestures‚ and professional courtesies. The reason Peru is so different is because they speak Spanish and they have a different style of living. I will be comparing the United States and Peru for cultural differences. Peru is a country in South America that has a population of over 30 million. There capital is Lima. The one thing that Ithink of most when looking at Peru is what language do
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From Old to Modern Peru Latin America’s wars for independence during the 1800s weakened its connection with Spain through political affairs that changed after years of an unbalanced economy and unstable rule. While Latin America was negatively impacted by the violence and instability‚ it went through its own Industrial Revolution which gave Latin America the power and reputation it needed to be one of the world’s main producers for raw materials. In many Latin American countries‚ racial discrimination
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Peru Peruvian Culture The Nazca people were the architects of the Awesomeness that is the Nazca lines. The lines are a series of drawings across over 50 miles of the southern Peruvian desert‚ called geoglyphs. They are sort of like hyrogliphs but massive These drawings include the famous monkey‚ spider‚ bird‚ and waving human figure‚ as well as several other smaller lines and drawings. The drawings are huge‚ large enough that they can only be made out vaguely from viewing towers. They are best
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and his pay is very low. “Why don’t we help him? This weekend‚ we are going to collect rubbish and scrap as usual. This time with the money raised we can buy some tools for this boy‚ for example‚ we can buy him some hammers.” A few weeks after collecting rubbish‚ we got a letter of appreciation from the Japanese Embassy in Peru. In the letter they thanked us very much for our support. With a big smile‚ our teacher said to us‚ “Can you see how great the work you did is? Your work changed
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This research document is a general over view of Peru with emphasis on Politics‚ Economy‚ Social‚ and Technology of the country. In researching Peru‚ I have found many interesting facts and have learned many fascinating things about this country’s deep heritage. Peru is a country with a lot of potential when it comes to the business world‚ in this document I hope to show that. The History of Peru The United States Government has this to say about the Peruvian history‚ “When the Spanish landed
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Final Paper: Peru GEO 102 [pic] (fig. 1) Machu Picchu is the site of an ancient Inca city‚ high in the Andes of Peru. The Republic of Peru‚ (Spanish: República del Perú)‚ or Peru‚ is a country located on the western edge of South America. It borders Ecuador and Colombia to the north‚ Brazil to the east and Bolivia and Chile to the southeast. Peru has a complex geography dominated by the high and rugged Andes and the Pacific currents‚ which create climates and landscapes as
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