walked into the first class that I have ever took and confronted chaos. The four students in my Spanish class were engaged in a heated spitball battle. They were all following the lead of Andrew‚ a tall eleven-year-old African-American boy. Andrew turned to me and said‚ "Why are we learning Spanish if no one speaks it? This a waste of time." I broke out in a cold sweat. I thought‚ "How on Earth am I going to learn this?" It was my first day of Winterbridge‚ a nationwide collaborative of thirty-six
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I have chosen this object as I am Spanish and I feel it is close to my heart.‚ Consequently‚ I would like to share with you its importance and use. This type of comb is a woman’s hair decoration; it has a convex body with some teeth at the end so it can grab into the chignon. As explained in the comb’s definition‚ in order to wear this ítem‚ the woman’s hair has to be tied up into a bun. In this essay I am going to talk about this hair accessory‚ how it is‚ its origin and its use and importance
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early as 1533‚ a debate arose in Madrid‚ Spain’s capital‚ over whether or not descendants of Spanish men and Indian or African women should be acknowledged by the Crown and educated as servant of the empire. Skin color mattered to the Spanish. There was no word for mixed-race people in the Spanish language in the mid-sixteenth century‚ there was only an official measurement of blood mixture‚ the Spanish based their definitions of race and social belonging to Limpieza de Sangre‚ the purity of
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instruments or dance. In the spanish culture music is expressed both with instruments alone or dancing. The spanish have groups of people playing many different caustic instruments these bands are known as meriachy bands. A group of usually men stand around in a half circle playing violins‚ trumpets‚ Spanish guitar‚ a vihuela (a high-pitched‚ five-string guitar) and a guitarrón (a small-scaled acoustic bass) these bands can be up to 20 people. As well as a meriachi band the spanish culture celebrates through
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Mexican pre-conquest world consisted of several different civilization‚ the Maya and the Aztec being the two most prominent. The Maya and the Aztec‚ while very similar‚ both dominated Mesoamerica at a certain time. The Maya dominated from 600 B.C. to A.D. 900‚ the Aztecs ruled from 1345 to 1521. These pre-conquest civilizations have developed political‚ economic‚ and social structures that will be compared. The Aztecs are considered Mesoamericans strongest civilization. The Mayas political rulers
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our earth? Well‚ the “Aztec Creation Story” describes how our planet Earth was “supposedly” created: two Aztec gods (Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl) transformed into serpents and attacked the hideous Earth Goddess‚ ripping her in two. The upper half of her body became the ground and the lower half became the heavens. There were two other very significant Aztec “gods” in the story that deeply affected the outcome of planet Earth: Tecuciztecatl and Nanahuatzin. After the two Aztec gods‚ Tezcatlipoca and
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Daisy Paridon 24 October 2014 Group B: Question 2 Before the American Revolution‚ men monopolized the political and government realms while women were denied this right. Furthermore‚ in the existing social hierarchy women were viewed as subordinate to men and not considered independent legal individuals. As women grew tired of their inferior legal status and inequality to men‚ some began to express interest in politics. However‚ they were unable to have any substantial influence‚ as they were unable
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death of Mary Queen of Scots‚ religion‚ refusal of marriage‚ Dutch revolt and the French civil war. But even before the Spanish set sail like in 1587 Drake attacked a large number of ships at the Cadiz harbour‚ then the barrels of food and drink went mouldy and sour because the barrels were made from new wood and were still damp which made them mouldy and sour. Then the Spanish tried to pick up some Dutch soldiers but there was confusion on where they’d be picked‚ because communication was very poor
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The Aztec Empire began in 1330‚ with the founding of Tenochtitlan. This empire was at its most hit‚ when Moctezuma II ruled. But this fierce and powerful empire came to its end when Hernan Cortes conquered the empire in 1521. There are four factors which caused the demise of the Aztec Empire. They are: Alliances (The conquistadors made alliance with tribes who didn’t like the Aztecs) Weapons (Spaniards had advanced weaponry and horses‚ to their advantage) The Spaniards had advanced weaponry and
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The Spanish Empire I. The Conquistadors A. Hernando Cortés (1485-1547) 1. All of the New World was Spain’s‚ except Brazil (ignoring English claims). Cristobo Columbo and his brother had established a handful of small colonies (including Cuba)‚ but in the first 15 years or so of the 16th Century Spain didn’t control much territory; this would soon change. 2. In 1519‚ Hernando Cortés landed in Mexico at Vera Cruz (which he founded). He had 600 men. His orders were to establish a colony;
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