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Artifact #5: Image from Aztec Codex Magliabechiano, circa 1600s Response: People want history to give them the answers that they want to hear. They want history to be told in a way that praises their society, benefits their community, and removes all wrong that they otherwise may have felt if their history was interpreted in a different way. Those who want their history to be told ideally are those who are in power, those who have control over what can and cannot be documented; officials, leaders

Puerto Rico’s absolute location is 18.2208” N, and 66.5901” W. Puerto Rico’s relative location is East of Dominican Republic, & bordered by the Caribbean Sea –which it is in the northern part of the Caribbean Sea- along with bordering the Atlantic Ocean. This Caribbean Island is located in the Western & Northern hemispheres of the world. This Island has many physical and human characteristics. Of course as you can tell by this islands name their languages are Spanish & English. Though their culture

Do you know about a country in the western hemisphere that had revolutions for slave freedom, was discovered by Christopher Columbus, makes trades with the U.S.A, and has a primary religion that is voodoo? Well if you don’t that country is Haiti. Well Haiti has a very interesting and sad background, wars, hunger, natural disasters, and many more things. You will learn more if you read this. Haiti has experienced some pretty hard times. The day was December 4th 1492. The locals were going about their

History Activity 77 In 1898, the Americans won the Spanish American War, and signed the Treaty of Paris, which ceded both Cuba and the Philippines, among others, to the US for the sum of 20 million dollars. The two countries, which are both islands, have a tropical climate almost all-year round. They were both part of the Spanish empire for almost 400 years. Both Cuba and the Philippines have the natural resources nickel, cobalt, timber, salt, copper, and petroleum. Additionally, these nations are

people from Spain came to Latin America, everything changed. The only reason they came was for three things, gold, god and glory. The native americans saw what they brought like horses and guns. Not only did they came with these new goods the natives never saw before, the spaniards decided to treat them as slaves and take their goods to Spain. This was known as the Columbian Exchange since the natives would give their goods to Spain, and Spain would bring their goods to Latin America. During this Columbian

Throughout the years, there have been many rises to power and dictators. Some of them being good and some of them being bad. Everyone remembers the bad ones such as, Hitler or The Roman Empire. But, there are some that go unrecognized such as, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. Rafael Trujillo rise to power and dictatorship over the Dominican Republic brought on many people to rebel against him and eventually take him down. Trujillo grew up in a normal middle class family with ten other siblings. He went

Located approximately 1,000 miles southwest of Miami, Florida, USA, Honduras is a tropical paradise nestled along the coast of the Caribbean. Officially declared open for business by President Lobo in 2011, Honduras is now one the fastest growing destinations for international investment. This means that Canadian's now have the ability to invest in NJOI Trujillo's Honduras real estate, and own their own slice of Paradise. Home to the world's second largest rainforest, and second largest barrier

Everyone has heard of the term Native Americans at least once, but have you ever heard of the Inuit and Innu people? I did some research on the Innu and Inuit people and there were a lot of things they had in common and things they didn’t. So, today I will be teaching you about the similarities and differences between the Innu people and the Inuit people! You might be thinking to yourself, the Innu and Inuit people MUST be the same since they have the “same” name but the Innu people are different

In the novel, Prayers for the Stolen, the author shows her concern for Guerrero, Mexico in 2014 by using elements of voice to demonstrate the problems with the authority and those who have been kidnapped by authoritative figures. In Guerrero, Mexico 2014, many children who go to school were hijacked in their busses and attacked. In one senario, the bus was hijacked by the students’ own police and were taken away and were never seen again. People had also been found dead showing signs of torture

Tango was founded the people in Buenos Aires who were often forgotten and disregarded. Immigrants, former slaves, and lower class workers in the 18th century began having musical and dance gatherings called tango or tambo. The tango spread rapidly to Africa, Europe, and South America. In 1789, the country of Argentina placed a ban on tango and the word took almost 100 years to gain popularity again. The Original Argentinian Tango was danced with two men before being introduced to brothels. The danced