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    1) What does it mean to be a “mestizo”? a. “Mestizo” means to be of mixed ancestry. 2) What were some of the main food contributions from the New World to the Old World? Name at least 7. a. Some main food contributions from the New World to the Old World are corn‚ potatoes‚ tomatoes‚ peppers‚ different types of beans‚ sweet potatoes‚ chocolate‚ peanuts‚ and sugar. 3) Before contact‚ which average person was better off‚ according to the video: The one from Europe or the one from the Americas? Why

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    A Raisin in the Sun /Lorraine Hansberry ——“Historical achievement” by James Baldwin Historical and cultural contexts: 1. Lorraine Hansberry‚ the youngest American playwright at her 29-year-old‚ and she is the first black writer and the fifth woman who won the price. 2. This play brought African American into the theater and onto the stage 3. The play reflected a historical and cultural reality previously ignored by dramatists‚ and the things happened in the play were like many ordinary African

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    Most people who lived in America knows about the story about Christopher Columbus‚ who found America in 1492 by accident. Where he led his three ships to out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3‚ 1492. He was mainly looking forward to sail all the way to Asia‚ where they had goods such as riches of gold‚ pearls‚ and spice waiting for him when he reaches the west. What they don’t know is that there was a tale that was told when he found America. There were a few people that sailed on the seas

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    Voyage with Christopher Columbus It was the year of 1492‚ when I heard the news from my brothers‚ Martín Alonso Pinzón and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón‚ that Christopher Columbus will be leading a voyage to find a faster route to the East and that he will be recruiting sailors to help him on the voyage. My brothers volunteered for job; with the long years of experience Martín became the captain of the Pinta‚ and Vicente captained the Niña. These two ships is out of three ships and my brothers had the honor

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    (Hemingway 46) However‚ this just Bill’s negative influence on Nick in two ways: (1) causing Nick to end his relationship with Marge because of selfish reasons‚ and (2) assuring Nick’s actions just to benefit himself and his personal agenda. In the prequel to this story‚ “The End of Something”‚ we are introduced to Bill‚ as Nick‚ who wants to be alone after Marge had left the beach‚ sends him off. We find out that breaking up with Marge was a premeditated move that was conspired between Bill and Nick

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    Movie Review: The Da Vinci Code By Robin J. Sharpe 30 January 2008 Director: Ron Howard Star Cast: Tom Hanks - Robert Langdon Audrey Tautou - Sophie Neveu Ian McKellen - Sir Leigh Teabing Jean Reno - Police Captain Fache The movie version of Dan Brown’s best selling novel arrived in the theatres with a huge amount of fanfare and high expectations‚ which could arguably be considered as unworthy and unfounded. Anyone who actually read the book will realize that it consists mostly

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    friends as they try to get to their friend stuck in her apartment building‚ and then getting out of the city while trying to avoid whatever is terrorising the city. 10 years later‚ The Cloverfield Paradox was released. This movie is meant to be the prequel to Cloverfield and sets up how the entire incident in New York happened. Within the movie we see that a group of scientists from around the world board a spacecraft and head to space. There‚ they try and figure out how create a sufficient unlimited

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    My Romeo and Juliet designs are set in the Star Wars Universe‚ roughly taking place around the time period of “The Phantom Menace”‚ if not a few years prior. Because of this‚ their outfits‚ particularly Juliet’s‚ follow most of the ‘uniform’ guidelines set around their respective factions‚ with some minor liberties taken that would be appropriate within the context of the setting. Juliet is a Jedi Padawan and Romeo is a Sith Apprentice‚ which reflects both their young ages in the original play and

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    colonists have discovered these lands‚ it has been unclear as to which group of natives has been affected the most due to the arrival of the Spanish. As historians and their books have recorded‚ Columbus “discovered” the West Indies and its inhabitants in 1492. These natives were called “Indians” by Columbus. The native groups that the colonists have initially encountered were the Taino who inhabited what is now known as Haiti and Dominican Republic and the Mexica (Aztecs) who lived in the valleys of Mexico

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    Trade Network (including Atlantic Slave Trade) Exploration European Colonization of the Americas Columbian Exchange Must-Know Dates 1450-1750 1453 1453 Ottomans capture Constantinople 1488 1488 Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope 1492 1492 Columbus sails the ocean blue. 1502 1502 African slaves begin to arrive in the Americas. 1517 1517 Martin Luther writes the 95 Theses 1521 1521 Cortez conquered the Aztecs. 1533 1533 Pizarro conquered the Incas. 1571 1571

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