Columbus basically initiated the genocide of the Hispaniola natives who were susceptible to European diseases such as smallpox and measles. Hernan Cortez and his small army conquered the Aztec Empire using advanced technology. The conquistadors used steel swords and armor compared to the wooden clubs and cotton armor of the Aztecs. Francisco Pizarro used similar tactics to conquer Peru. Europeans were
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Whose values count? Culture: any group sharing values‚ beliefs‚ customs “…isms” ethnicism/racism sexism heterosexism (homophobia) classism ageism prejudice against disabled religious bigotry Cultural Competence Familiarity with other groups culture Know thyself People including students‚ therapist‚ profs‚ are humans first and Three challenges to know about yourself Humans rarely contemplate the origin‚ validity or meaning of their value Humans underestimate the arbitrariness
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the people were unable to hunt and gather food for the elders. This caused great knowledge loss as the elders in the Aboriginal community would perish from the disease. The greatest example of this is when Spanish explorer Cortez defeated the Moctezuma at Tenochtitlan. Cortez‚ had only 500 soldiers going
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Eduard Noel Y. Cortez HFH19 Mrs. Jeng Ventus Sept 11 2013 What are the effects of Technological Changes of our lives? Technology nowadays has become a great impact mostly to all our aspects in life. It led life to a far better‚ easier and comfortable to live in. Truly there is no doubt that technology has taken over our everyday lives‚ which is true. We behave on how technology behave‚ somewhat half of our lives we concentrate in technology. Traditional ways of doing things
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what’s behind the sweet lure of chocolate. Initially‚ chocolates are from cacao beans‚ from a cacao tree. It came upon the Aztec Indians using cacao beans to prepare their royal drink called ‘chocolati’. But then the great Spanish explorer‚ Hernando Cortez‚ took some beans back with him to Spain. It even grew more and became popular. Until‚ investors created machinery to be more efficient‚ thus less expensive‚ and produced an even better tasting chocolate. Chocolates may contribute good and bad effects
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Civilization and technology are a couple things that the modern era take for granted. Although for the river civilizations that founded these things it wasn’t seen as a luxury but as a necessary notion of revolution‚ and for the river civilizations of the early Americans they accomplished these and more so. There are three amazing early american cultures that will definitely go down in history. These societies are: The Aztecs‚ The Incas‚ and the Mayans. They are well known today‚ and children are
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The Aztec culture were in their high point in the 1500s when Montezuma was the ruler. Montezuma and the Aztecs were looked down by the Spaniards because they practiced human sacrifice and they were a very brutal culture. They weren’t prepared for war because their God was supposed to come on the same year Cortes did‚ the God was supposed to come from the east on a ship and have a beard. Well‚ guess who did just that? Cortes and the Spaniards. The Aztecs had hundreds of thousands of warriors and would
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Cortez and Pizarro were able to defeat superior numbers. This is because the native americans did not have swords or guns to match that of the conquistadors.This as a result helped them capture the leaders and take control of the area. They also brought diseases which also easily killed the natives because they immune systems were not used to it. In conclusion this is why it was easy for them to conquer the Native Americans. The Muscogee Indians were the people who were unfortunately encountered
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announced in the dailies of Manila that he would order the issuance of postage stamps commemorating the celebration in the City of Manila of the 33rd International Eucharistic Congress‚ organized by the Roman Catholic Church. The petitioner‚ Mons. Gregorio Aglipay‚ Supreme Head of the Philippine Independent Church‚ in the fulfillment of what he considers to be a civic duty‚ requested Vicente Sotto‚ Esq.‚ member of the Philippine Bar‚ to denounce the matter to the President of the Philippines. In spite
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grandmother * Francisco Chinco Mercado - great grandfather * Manuel Cailianes de Quintos - great grandfather * Maria Florentina - great grandmother * Regina Ochoa - great grandmother * Domingo Lam-co - 2x great grandfather * Gregorio Alonzo - 2x great grandfather * Manuel de Quintos I - 2x great grandfather * Agustin Chinco - 3x great grandfather * Jacinta Rafaela - 3x great grandmother * Cua Siong-co - 3x great grandfather Generation 1 * Concepcion Mercado
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