• Melting pot representing the entire world o Influenced by Europe‚ Spain‚ Portugal‚ United States o Africans and Asians brought over to work on the sugar cane plantations • Brazil most diverse o Whites‚ Black‚ Mestizos and Mulattos‚ Middle Easterns and Asian • Catholicism is the most dominant religion (over 80%) • Portuguese and Spanish are the primary languages o English‚ Dutch‚ French‚ Italian‚ German
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Columbus and de la Casas make two very different observations of the new world. Columbus made many detailed descriptions in his letter to the King Ferdinand‚ who had financed his journey with the intentions of completing three very clear goals. The first‚ “to procure riches for the Spanish empire‚” the second‚ “to find a new route to the East Indies‚” and lastly‚ “to convert native peoples to Christianity (Casper et al.‚ 4).” de la Casas had a much different intention than Columbus for why he journeyed
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Christopher Columbus - 1492 Sails to the New World. Amerigo Vespucci - 1502 American continents named after him. Vasco de Balboa - 1513 Discovers the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean. Hernando Cortez - 1521 Defeats Aztec Empire. Francisco Pizarro - 1533 Defeats Inca Empire. Hernando De Soto - 1539 Explores the southeastern US. Francisco de Coronado - 1540 Discovers the Grand Canyon Christopher Columbus - 1492 Sails to the New World. Amerigo
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Document Based Questions: Civilization of the Americas Document 1: 1) Describe the significance of Mayan architecture evidenced in this temple at Tikal? Answer: This pyramid temple is evidence of the architectural skills of the Mayans. The significance of Mayan architecture evidenced in this temple at Tikal is that they were able to build monumental temples of stone‚ which they dedicated to both the gods and important rulers. The Maya Architecture‚ as well as their Art‚ has been called the richest
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In the book Evo Morales: The Extraordinary Rise of the First Indigenous President of Bolivia by Martin Sivak‚ he accounts the trials and tribulations of the rise of one of Latin America’s most fascinating hero and political leader. The book focuses on Morales’s political journey to the presidency seat‚ analyzing the political and social changes of Bolivia and surrounding countries. The book is an account of how down to earth Evo Morales really is‚ and how effortless he fought for the survival of
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Geographical and ecological factors‚ such as mountains‚ swamps and desert have also made living conditions horrible in many places. This is why some natural areas are poorer than others‚ even in the same country. For instances‚ poverty in the Andes‚ Peru is six times higher than communities in the Amazonian region. In other example‚ some people are cut off from the main economic centers of the country. They find themselves located so far from the roads‚ markets‚ health services‚ schools and economic
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Peru extends for nearly 1‚500 mi along the Pacific Ocean‚ in western South America. To the North is Colombia and Ecuador‚ to the East is Brazil and Bolivia‚ and the south is Chile. Five-sixths the size of Alaska‚ Peru is divided by the Andes Mountains by three separate zones (Peru‚ Infoplease). The sacred city of Caral-supe‚ a few hours north of Lima‚ is speculated to be the oldest site engaged by humans discovered in the Americas. Its 1‚546-acre site dates back 5‚000 years‚ and is now considered
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Case Study Analysis of Mount Everest-1996 MOUNTAINS ARE NOT MOLEHILLS Scot Crenshaw‚ Ph.D. Nicie Murphy‚ Ph.D. Michael Sturdivant Harding University Abstract If Mount Everest were an empire‚ its motto would undoubtedly be “I shall not be conquered”. However formidable‚ this giant which stands over 8000 meters above sea level into the sky‚ did not seem to intimidate the owners of the commercial guide companies‚ Adventure
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Advantages the Spanish had over the Incas The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire is one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. This operation‚ although carried out by Spanish conquistadors and their native allies‚ took decades of fighting to subdue‚ one of the mightiest empires in the Americas. One may ask‚ if the Incas were so powerful‚ how could they possibly have fallen to the authority of the Spaniards? Did they not have a strong enough army? Were there
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Nazca Lines and its Mistery. Nazca Lines‚ one of the greatest mysteries of Latin America‚ are a series of geometrical shapes‚ and animal figures‚ none of which is repeated and some as long as two hundred meters in length‚ occupying about some 500 square kilometres of bleak‚ stony is situated in desert of Peruvian desert along the coastal plain‚ approximately four hundred kilometres south of the capital city Lima. The knowledge of these lines came into being accidentally from an aero plane
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