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    The original people of the Americas and Oceania lived in societies that were considerably smaller than those of the eastern hemisphere. Long before they entered into sustained interaction with European and other peoples, they built complex societies and developed sophisticated cultural and religious traditions. In Mesoamerica and Andean South America, they built imperial states that organized public affairs on a large scale. The cultural and religious traditions of these imperial societies reflected

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    film and the insight he gained into the lives of his fellow South Americans transformed him into a completely different person with new beliefs and goals This new person would later be known around the world as Che. Guevara's compassion for the less fortunate was evident in his early life, in which he pursued a medical career with a focus in providing aid to those with leprosy. His compassion was amplified through his trip across South America where he was able to interact

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    Amerigo Vespucci Essay

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    Vespucci was the one person for whom North and South America was named after. Vespucci had a wonderful life and found many things on his voyages. Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence, Italy in March of 1451, and grew up in a considerable mansion near the river. As a young boy, Amerigo's happiest moments studying the stars. He excelled in mathematics and his hobby was copying maps. His dream as a young boy was to travel and get a better picture about what the Earth looked like. Amerigo spent half

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    In 1983, a disease known as CNSB-1 was spotted in South America. By 1985 the disease has traveled to north america by airplane. When 1990 came around, every major city has been affected. Quarantine zones were established in the poorest parts or town. The disease was cured in 1995 but it still claimed the lives of 49,920,000 people in america. Progress had slowed down to a crawl and the economy was left in shambles after the U.S government put all of it’s resources in destroying CNSB-1 before it destroyed

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    Brazil's Geography

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    Brazil, is in East South America and has many neighboring countrie. Brazil is located East of Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, ect. And West/Southwest of Argentina, Uruguay, and the Atlantic Ocean. “Brazil is as large as the whole of Europe” (Richard 7). Brazil has a great geography, a tropical climate, Federal government, growing economy, diverse culture, and interesting facts that are fun. Brazil's geography is a fantastic thing to learn about, it tells you all sorts of things, here are three facts about

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    in two totally different continents. Brazil is a country in South America which is the 4th largest continent and Mexico is in North America. North America makes up of great countries has great countries such as the U.S, it is only the third largest continent. People migrate from all over the world to go to the U.S., but South America also has good tourist countries such as Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Machu Picchu and more. North America only has three countries such as U.S.A, Canada, and of course

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    some less common languages stretching across the border of country. The estimated population as of July 2014 was 202,656,788 with the majority of the population below the age of fourteen. Today Brazil is recognized as a big industrial factor for South America. Culture

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    Pacific World Barbaric

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    Islands and in the Americas, they enslaved and exploited the locals. The Portuguese were another European power that conquered nations in the Pacific World such as Brazil. This reality shows that the Pacific World is a realm of anarchy where the powerful civilized nations rule over and exploit the barbaric weak nations. The Spanish Empire was a civilized nation that ruled over and

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    The country of Brazil is located in Eastern South America and boarders the Atlantic Ocean. The climate is mostly tropical everywhere except in the southern part of the country where it is more temperate. The land in Brazil is mostly flat containing some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belts. The country is a little bit smaller than the US, size wise, and is the largest country in South America with the highest population consisting of 204,259,812 people who mostly speak Portuguese.

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    Southern Brazil Culture

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    portrays. They showed part of the land, but the land is so large that it covers the majority of South America. Argentina is one of the many places to border Brazil as well as the Atlantic Ocean. Well, to go with all of this land that they have population and it is through the roof. Southern Brazil is one of the most populated areas it is just behind Tokyo. It is more populated than most of Latin America and accounts for most of the Latina community. This is interesting considering that approximately

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