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    SOUTH AMERICA

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    SOUTH AMERICA The planet’s 4th largest continent‚ includes (12) independent countries and (3) major territories; the Falkland Islands‚ Galapagos Islands and French Guiana. The continent contains the world’s highest waterfall‚ Angel Falls in Venezuela; the largest river (by volume)‚ the Amazon River; the longest mountain range‚ the Andes‚ and the driest place on earth‚ the Atacama Desert in Chile. In addition‚ it includes the largest rainforest‚ the Amazon Rainforest; the highest capital city‚ La

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    Digging to America

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    Anne Tyler’s Digging to America truly embraces the true values and unique attributes of America. As an American 20th century writer‚ Tyler explores the modern American culture and what it means to live in such a vast and diverse country. In the story‚ she lets us in on the lives of different characters from two separate American families‚ who struggle with their identities and try to find a sense of belonging. The story starts in an airport in Baltimore‚ where two families‚ the Yazdans and the Donaldsons

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    "Child of the Americas"

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    call it home. How does the speaker describe herself? Throughout "Child of the Americas" the speaker describes herself as many different nationalities. She uses the metaphors “I am not African‚ Africa is in me…Spanish is in my flesh…I am not European‚ Europe lives in me…” to show us that because she identifies herself as american she can also be seen as all these different nationalities because America is a country in which many different cultures have settled down and started to fuse together

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    Motives of European conquest to America- land‚ trade‚ missionary: A series of wars began between Christians and Muslims. They were fighting for control of the area of Southwest Asia called Palestine. This area contained Christian shrines and holy places. Land: each noble ruled a piece of land and hoped to rule more. Strong rulers were able to unify nearby lands. Purpose of the American colonies in eyes of Europeans- Mercantilism: mercantilism is guided by economic principles. Governments held

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    from 1607–1781 and marked a period when European nations were eager to try different methods to explore and conquer the New World. Before the British settled Jamestown in 1607‚ the only lasting colonies had been Spanish colonies in southern parts of America. Unfortunately‚ as was the case in many of the early British colonies‚ the settlers of Jamestown were so focused on finding gold and treasure‚ they didn’t create an actual society‚ and the settlers were not able to sustain themselves. After overcoming

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    A New Old World The discovery of the North America is viewed as one of the major turning points throughout the history of man. This seemingly separate‚ and new world opened the minds of many‚ and provided endless possibilities for the bold. However‚ although the newly discovered North America was brand new to the European explorers‚ North America had been there and thrived for thousands of years while isolated from the Easter Hemisphere. Similar to every region‚ North America’s regions had distinct

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    These people were uncivilized and loyal to their Indian masters. The Indians believed the Spaniards were sent by God‚ they trusted them and were determined to serve them in the same way they did with their Indian masters. Spain’s conquest of the Americas was an outright tragedy because of the massive amount of Native deaths and the Spanish idea of cultural superiority and destruction of native culture. Europeans believed that their culture was superior to that of the native. They were as ravening

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    The documentary‚ America Before Columbus‚ discussed the desires of Christopher Columbus wand the result of his actions. Christopher Columbus’s vision was to sail west to the riches of Asia but before that he had to have funds. In order to revive finance for his voyage‚ he had to convince the most powerful woman of Europe queen Isabella. After five years of persuasion‚ queen Isabella finally comes around and finances Columbus’s voyage. Europe was thirsty for more power and riches beyond their land

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    mass immigration began‚ there were no Italians in America. In point of fact‚ Italians were coming to these shores hundreds of years before the immigration depot at Ellis Island was built. The very name America is attributed to Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci‚ whose voyages to Brazil and the West Indies established the existence of a second super continent‚ the New World. As early as 1507‚ European mapmakers were beginning to call the continent America‚ the feminine derivation of Americus‚ Latin for

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    Over the years many historians have recorded findings of various places such as the Americas‚ but the first known European recording belonged to Christopher Columbus an Italian-European explorer who sailed the ocean blue in 1492. “Journey of the First Voyage to America” is an explorative narrative by Christopher Columbus about his journey to the west and reports on what he had discovered to the Spanish Royals. In 1492‚ Columbus attempted to reach India by sailing through the Atlantic Ocean as opposed

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