Guam

Joshua F. Mendiola EN—102 Professor J. Wyble Final Research Paper History of Influences on Guam “Guam is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States” (World Atlas). The island has been around for a very long time and has been through two wars, Spanish-American War and World War II, involving the United States Military. Although this island is just 30 miles long and 12 miles wide, it has been claimed and conquered by three different nations Spain, United States, and Japan. Guam’s

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, Guam is an unincorporated territory of the United States, which is controlled under the Organic Act of Guam, and this passed by the U.S. Congress, and which was approved by the president on August 1, 1950. Guam is an island that is in Micronesia that’s on the Pacific Ocean. There is only one big island of Guam, and it is surrounded by several tiny islands. Hagåtña is the capital of Guam, and the native Guamanians are called the Chamorros. The climate there is

Guam Snake Problem Guam is formed by one large island that is 214 square miles large and is 13 degrees north and 144 degrees east. Guam is humid and warm because it is a tropical island. The culture of guam reflects on traditional Chamorro customs in a combination of indigenous pre-Hispanic forms, as well as American, Filipino, Spanish and Mexican traditions such as the latte stone and celebrating the feast day of the patron saint. Chamorro people are also sometimes called Guamanian and speak Chamorro

The Guam Rail or Ko’ko bird is a flightless bird which was endemic to Guam. The Guam Rail is mostly brown with white stripes on its stomach. It grows up to a height of 30cm and is omnivorous. There used to be as many as 10,000 Guam Rails on the island and they were easily spotted. However, during World War II, the Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis) came to Guam and devastated native bird populations. The Guam Rail was one of the native birds that were annihilated. In just 30 years, the Guam Rail

in the Western Pacific Ocean, between the Philippines and Hawaii, Guam is a U.S. island territory in Micronesia with an estimated population of 171,761 as of 6 September 2015 and a population density of 309,444. The land area of Guam is 212 kilometers, divided into a limestone plateau coralline to the north and a chain of volcanic hills to the south. U.S. Naval and Air Force bases occupy one-third of the land. The capital of Guam is Hagåtña, pronounced Agana, and is the second smallest village with

Following are the internal constraints that Guam Visitor’s Bureau faced, * Guam as an organization had a large size of Board of Directors, i.e. 13 to be precise; * This huge size of the committee and formal lines of communication resulted in slow decision making. * Lot of external factors determined the selection of members in the Board of Directors, i.e. GHRA(Guam Hotel and Restaurant Association), GTF (Guam Tourist Foundation), JGTA (Japan Guam Travel Association), etc. * GVB had a huge

Rico could not vote in presidential elections, following a previous decision in Sanchez v. United States, which similarly denied Puerto Ricans presidential voting rights. Similarly, in Attorney General of the Territory of Guam v United States, the court also denied the people of Guam the right to vote in presidential elections. Electoral College. The Courts based all three decisions on the application of an electoral college, where electors?not the public?have the right to elect the President of the

the Marina Islands and by many Chamorro’s in the western states of the United States and has been a powerful symbol of cultural identity for more than three hundred years. In my first research paper, I focused on the present-day Chamorro language and Guam. Throughout this research I will dive into globalization and revitalization of the Chamorro language as a whole. We will take a step back into time and develop an understanding of where the Chamorro language thrived from and how to keep it alive.

Every year the human population on Earth increases by approximately 1.12%, or 80 million, according to the United States Census Bureau. This drastic increase in population has created a big strain on the environments around us. As the population increases, so does the amount of fossil fuel consumption, greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, deforestation, and other detrimental impacts on the environment. This, in turn, causes the extinction of at least 10,000 species per million per year and pushes

funding is produce through taxes. The executive branch of the agency is located in Washington DC and is headed by Secretary of Veteran Affairs. There are Veteran Affairs Offices located in all 50 states, including American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, North Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. It ranks number two in the United States federal department with over 200,000 employees. Originally, assistance for veterans began in the 1600 where the colony passed laws where soldiers that