The Maya was a very large society that lived in Mexico‚ South America‚ The Yucatan Peninsula‚ Belize‚ Guatemala‚ and El Salvador. The capital of the Mayan empire was Tikal‚ located in Mexico. The Maya had an interesting economy; they valued jade and serpentine more than anything else. They did not use money‚ they traded goods instead. They traded with other Mesoamerican cultures. Farmers traded coco by traveling long distances with a basket/sack strapped to their back. Merchants traveled in hopes
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10/3 - Maya after midterm * Leopold Batnes – Teotihuacan * William Sanders - Teotihuacan mapping project * S. Sugiyama and R. Cabrera * Street of the Dead - 15 ½ degrees east of north * Grid oriented – Canalized at the Rio San Juan * Pyramid of the sun – one of the largest mounds in north America * Cave below the pyramid of the sun (Cave of emergence) * Summer Solstice – June 21st it is directly on top of the pyramid * No shadow at noon *
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Dr. Walter Lopez is the person that I interviewed specifically for this informational assignment. He is a dentist who specializes in pediatric and odontology. Dr. Waly has his workplaces both in Guatemala and Texas. Since I was not able to interview him face-to-face‚ I used WhatsApp to communicate with him through a video call. The day of our interview was on Wednesday‚ November 8th. There was no much of difficulty in setting the time that worked for both of us to proceed the interview since the
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Illegal Adoptions Illegal adoption is a topic that is rarely touched in today’s society. Illegal adoption‚ also known as baby trafficking‚ is now a lucrative business in certain Latin American‚ European and Asian countries. When adoption is the root of a conversation‚ people seldom mention or ask about what the legal process was to obtain the child. They ask about the sex and where in the world the baby is coming from. But‚ one would rarely ask if they had to pay for the baby‚ or if the biological
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1. The number of law enforcement officers killed each year has actually declined since 1973. Discuss some of the reasons for this progress and also the leading causes of injury and death to officers. In June 1971‚ executives from the law enforcement conference‚ “Prevention of Police Killings‚” called for an increase in the FBI’s involvement in preventing and investigating officers’ deaths. In response to this directive‚ the UCR Program expanded its collection of data to include more details about
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shaping the media images and messages on behalf of governments‚ companies‚ organizations‚ and individuals came in this example‚ considering his endeavor with United Fruit. Tye’s praised Bernays role in maintaining the situation between the country of Guatemala and the company which was then known as the United Fruit Company. Bernays greatness continued on as he also contributed in helping the tobacco companies‚ as well as his campaigning against woman gaining weight‚ and further contribution in assisting
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Columbus landed in the “New World”; the Navajo Indians is one of the oldest tribes located in our country. Located 2‚313 miles to the south‚ another famous tribe existed. The Mayan Indians called the beautiful‚ tropical lowlands of present day Guatemala home. A culture that began around early 1800 B.C. as primarily an agriculture society until the cities were abandoned around 900 A.D. These two tribes were very similar to each other given that both tribes believed in similar gods and had similar
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to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay (IMDb.com‚ Inc.‚ 1990-2012). The film El Norte is about a brother named Enrique and a sister named Rosa. Enrique and Rosa are on a quest to get out of the ethnic and political repressed Guatemala and attempt to escape to the North where they can live the “American dream.” Will Enrique and Rosa live the “American dream” once they escape to the North? Can an illegal immigrant achieve the “American dream?” The answers to these questions depend
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specialty chemicals‚ and had operations in over 40 countries in North America‚ Europe‚ Asia and Latin America. H.B Fuller was a very profitable company. Honduras and Guatemala are two countries where fuller markets it glue products and the two countries where Resistol abuse is most pronounced. More than a third of people in Honduras and Guatemala were below poverty‚ and this economic condition directly affected to Family Life situation‚ commonly unstable‚ stressful conditions‚ husbands abandoned their wives
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Containment is A-Okay! The struggle for world power between capitalism and communism had the potential to start World War III according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff as of November 9th‚ 1950 in document 16 where they state‚ “In the event of the commitment of the [Soviet Union]… it would then be evident that World War III is imminent.” The Containment Policy was a way to keep communism from spreading without having to fight the most powerful communist countries outright. Wars that occurred during
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