Spanish II Midterm Exam Score: ______ / ______ Andrea Schumann Name: ____________________________ JM1213517 Student Number: ___________________ Directions: Type your answers in the submission box in the course. Use complete sentence (when applicable)‚ correct grammar‚ and correct spelling. All answers should be written in Spanish. 1 Srta. Nuncio’s class has written some classroom rules. Complete the sentences with the appropriate word or words. Modelo Para
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1. Was the Spanish American War in fact a "splendid little war"? What was splendid about it? Yes it was in fact a “splendid little war”. There were a few things that made the Spanish American Was receive that nickname. The war lasted only 115 days and the death outcome was far less than any other war. The United States gained Puerto Rick as well as Guam and other islands in the pacific. In the book it stated that “If ever there were a good war‚ it was the Spanish-American war. The war ended with
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of all possessions and inherited freedoms‚ and sometimes even death. The Spanish Jews who selected to depart Spain instead of changing religions‚ scattered through the area of North Africa known as the Maghreb. In that area‚ they often interacted with the already present Mizrahi Arabic or Berber language communities‚ becoming the descendants of the Moroccan‚ Algerian‚ Tunisian and Libyan Jewish populations. Numerous Spanish Jews also escaped to the Ottoman Empire‚ where they were given sanctuary
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Government During the Spanish Period The Philippines was under the Spanish government for more than three centuries. Without any freedom and independence‚ Filipinos had to adjust and adapt to the new form of government as well as to different culture and traditions. The laws implemented in the country were all from the King of Spain passed through his representative who was called the Governor-General‚ “who was the source of civil power for the various levels of administration” (Agoncillo‚ 2008
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The Spanish influenza plagued Alaska from 1918 through 1919. The origin of the illness is unknown‚ but thought to be caused by the overcrowding in many army boot-camps or in the crowded trenches on the battlefields. This deadly strain of influenza was known to cause death in as little as 48 hours‚ and left thousands in Alaska dead. The first cases were reported in October 1918 and by Halloween there were 200 cases in Ketchikan. Many smaller communities had few medically trained people like nurses
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In a spanish christmas they don’t belive in santa claus .They belive that the 3 wiseman.Kids leave there shoes out side and believe that the 3 wiseman will come and fill there shoes up with presents.Most people in Spain go to Midnight Mass or ’La Misa Del Gallo’ (The Mass of the Rooster). It is called this because a rooster is supposed to have crowed the night that Jesus was born. Most families eat their main Christmas meal on Christmas Eve before the service. The traditional Spanish Christmas
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Chesapeake and New England Colony DBQ The Crusades of the middle ages introduced much innovative and formerly unheard of merchandise into Western Europe; however the scarcity of these luxury goods instilled Europeans with drive to find easier access to the Far East. Although desired “Northwest Passage” never was found‚ joint-stock companies‚ like the Virginia Company of London‚ settled colonies in the New World for untapped resources such as silver and other tradable goods. Many more corporations
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arise‚ as well as political and social organizations. Now fast forward four-and-a-half thousand years. The date is 1500 AD. Many monumental developments and changes have occurred. As time passes by‚ many changes occur throughout the world. In Southwest Asia and Asia‚ many changes and continuities in society and life occurred. An important change was that of gender affairs. Near the foundations of civilization‚ most societies were patriarchal‚ having the man of the household control all his
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Spain has always been a melting pot of ethnicity and culture. From the Celts and Visigoths that came from the north to the Africans and Arabs from the south to the Romans from the East‚ empires‚ kingdoms‚ and tribes all over the world have recognized and tried to take advantage of the benefits of Spain. War‚ conquest‚ and reconquest are frequent throughout the entire history of Spain‚ and the history of Moors in Spain is no exception. It began in the year 711 when the Moors first crossed over to
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The Spanish Flu was a world wide epidemic that took the lives of an estimated 50 to 100 million lives between 1918 and 1920. It has been recorded as the most devastating outbreak in world history. The disease first appeared in Fort Riley Kansas on March 11‚ 1918 when an Army private reported to the camp hospital with complaints of a fever‚ sore throat and headache. By noon that day the hospital had treated over 100 sick soldiers with similar symptoms and 500 more by the end of that week. Initially
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