once again preserving the Aztec’s primary language. Multiple words were derived from the language‚ such as “chocolate”‚ and are currently used in a collection of other languages. For the Inca religion‚ it was completely destroyed. Conquistadors Pizarro and Cortés destroyed what remained of the empire. The civilization was unfortunately lost‚ except for the famous Machu Picchu. With over two hundred ancient structures at this popular tourist attraction‚ Machu Picchu is the one of the few preserved
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reliability and validity study of the state-trait anxiety inventory. Journal Of Clinical Psychology‚ 32(2)‚ 276-278. Mindgarden Inc. (2008). State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults. Retrieved 10/15/12 from http://www.mindgarden.com/products/staisad.htm. Pizarro‚ J. (2004). The efficacy of art and writing therapy: Increasing positive mental health outcomes and participant retention after exposure to traumatic experience. Journal of the American Art Therapy Association‚ 21(1)‚ 5-12. Powell‚ E. (2012). Catharsis
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by both Adidas and Nike reflect consumer focus when purchasing athletic apparel is not solely tied to performance‚ and suggests that some consumers view athletic apparel as a reflection of personality and a fashion statement. A perspective from Gonzalo Basilico‚ a 12 yr old student‚ supports this notion‚ "I like
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean (in 1513)‚ after crossing the Isthmus of Panama overland. Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain‚ leaving in 1527. He traveled from Florida to Texas on a raft‚ then walked from Texas to Mexico City. He also explored the Paraguay River in South America. De Vaca and his fellow travelers were the first Europeans to see
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Spain‚ being recently unified‚ wanted spices and gold. The gold to them could purchase anything. So they offered Christopher Columbus ten percent of the profit‚ if he would bring back gold and spices. Christopher Columbus was sent to Asia with three ships: the Nina‚ the Pinta‚ and the Santa Maria. Columbus sailed for thirty-three days not sighting land. It wasn’t until early October of 1492 that he and his crew finally landed. He supposedly was the first to sight land and received a ten thousand
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The collision of the New and Old World impacted the Europeans‚ Africans‚ and Indigenous people immensely. When the two worlds were introduced to each other they set up trade routes‚ such as the Columbian Exchange. Although it was new for all three of them‚ they adjusted well to the changes over time. The introduction of the new foods‚ animals‚ diseases‚ religious matters‚ etc. made all three groups forced to accommodate. In 1492‚ Africans along with the Europeans and the Indians‚ created the Columbian
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the Indian way of life. The Aztecs attempted to befriend the Spanish explorers‚ but when Hernan Cortez heard his capitol of Vera Cruz had been plundered‚ he capture and killed their leader Montezuma II. The Incas didn’t fare any better. Francisco Pizarro‚ driven mad with greed‚ kidnapped the Incan king‚ Atahualpa and forced his people to pay an outrageous ransom of gold before executing him. Soon after these tragic events‚ the Spanish set up encomienda‚ a system of government similar to the feudal
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Advantages the Spanish had over the Incas The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire is one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. This operation‚ although carried out by Spanish conquistadors and their native allies‚ took decades of fighting to subdue‚ one of the mightiest empires in the Americas. One may ask‚ if the Incas were so powerful‚ how could they possibly have fallen to the authority of the Spaniards? Did they not have a strong enough army? Were there
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The Incan empire ended because the Inca believed their emperor was descended from their sun-god‚ Inti. Consequently‚ they gave their emperor unlimited power and riches. Then‚ when Francisco Pizarro came to the Incan Emperor and kidnapped their emperor‚ their empire quickly dissolved‚ for they could not live without their ruler. Additionally‚ to get back their ruler the Inca gave the Spanish a roomful of gold and silver in ransom which the Spanish
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Colombia has been a very unstable country for the past fifty years. Beginning in the 1960s Marxist guerilla groups formed. The two strongest groups called themselves the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the other was the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Making things worse‚ in the 1970s drug trafficking became a huge problem for Colombia. Drug cartels pretty much controlled the country starting in the mid-1970s. By the 1990s right-wing paramilitaries had formed. They
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