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    on the Great Wall Of China 18. Visit London 19. Visit New York 20. See the Golden Gate Bridge 21. Visit Paris 22. Attend a huge rock concert 23. Go on a supersonic jet ride 24. Build a Dutchtub in your garden 25. Go to Vegas 26. Visit Machu Picchu 27. Drive along Route 66 on a Harley 28. Visit the pyramids 29. Go paragliding 30. Climb an active volcano 31. Raft the Grand Canyon 32. See a lunar eclipse 33. Have a Christmas in New York 34. Learn to snowboard 35. Run a marathon 36

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    mining industry is the largest in Latin America‚ accounting for 7‚7 billion GBP of its total exports in 2010. The climate is also favourable for agriculture‚ representing 13% of GDP‚ and employing 30% of the population. In addition‚ sites like Machu Picchu‚ Cuscu and Sacsayhuaman make Peru a popular tourist destination for millions of people every year. Weaknesses: Although an advantage when the business climate is favourable‚ Peru’s heavy dependence upon natural resources and agriculture can

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    History."Mardi Gras New Orleans 2012. Web. 05 Feb. 2012. <http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/history.html>. Raymi‚ Inti. "Peru Festivals - Cajamarca Carnival."Online Travel Guides of Travel Destinations - Las Vegas‚ Caribbean‚ Hawaii and Machu Picchu. Web. 05 Feb. 2012. <http://www.destination360.com/south-america/peru/peru-festivals>. Shubnaya‚ Ekaterina. "Maslenitsa – Russiapedia Of Russian Origin."Get Russianalized – Russiapedia. Web. 05 Feb. 2012. <http://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/maslenitsa/>

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    aspects to have in the environment in which the Incas lived. This is significant because the Incas are an agrarian society‚ meaning their economy is based on the ability to produce food. This caused farmers to create beautiful terraces at the site of Machu Picchu so as to optimize their

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    Aztec & Inca DBQ The Aztec and Inca were two very advanced cultural societies for being on of the early civilizations of Central America. These Empires maintained a high level of cultural development due to their social‚ architectural‚ and religious aspects. Additional documents that would have aided the explanation of these cultures would be from a priest and his role was a significant part in the community as well as from an architect or constructor‚ to describe some of the obstacles they needed

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    organized a poll of modern wonders and 1 million votes were cast. The following 7 were the winners: 1. Chichen Itza (Yucatán‚ Mexico) 2. Christ the Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil) 3. Colosseum (Rome‚ Italy) 4. Great Wall of China (China) 5. Machu Picchu (Cuzco‚ Perú) 6. Petra (Jordan) 7. Taj Mahal (Agra‚ India) Assignment: You are to choose one of the New 7 Wonders of the world and write a five paragraph essay on it. In your essay you should include and justify if your modern wonder would

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    MotorCycle Diaries Essay 3

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    All discovery is in some way transformative. An individual’s discovery is transformative on their perceptions of the world. This is the case for the book ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ by Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara and Keats’s sonnet “On first looking into Chapman’s Homer”. In this book‚ we are taken on Che’s journey as he travels Latin America as a young man‚ before the fame. His diary entries lead the reader into his own eyes‚ as a typical young man on an adventure‚ not the revolutionary figure we all associate

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    help perserve the atifacts for future generations‚ otherwise; they will end up like the last world wonders. Mexico’s Chichen Itza‚ India’s Taj Mahal‚ Jordan’s Petra‚ Brazil’s Christ Redeemer‚ Rome’s Colosseum‚ the Great Wall of China‚ and Peru’s Machu Picchu were chosen as the new seven wonders of the world from a global poll (“New” A7). These new seven world wonders hold a great deal of history and culture in each one. The Angkor Wat should have definitely made the final list‚ but was cut with 14

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    What if we reached a point where time just stopped altogether? We’d never have to worry about a thing passing us by. But what if it began to go backwards‚ then what would we do? She is seventy years old and perched on the arm of the sofa‚ her old guitar propped on her knee. "Max?" she shouts. “I genuinely cannot remember the words to my song.” Her husband of forty-nine years strolls into the front room. "What’s that‚ Maud?" he calls. "I just can’t remember how the last verse starts." "Well

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    socialism concept. Laziness was extremely frowned upon and‚ in some cases‚ was punishable by death or torture. Maybe their austere nature was the cause of their many innovative developments. Evidence of this advancement can be found in the ruins of Machu Picchu. The Incans built these buildings without the use of a cement or mortar. (Doc. 6) Even after centuries of erosion and other natural occurrences (such as earthquakes)‚ it remains in astonishing condition. The need for more food led the Incans to

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