Who Am I? While learning the Spanish culture‚ to get a more in depth understanding‚ I took the liberty of interviewing my Spanish speaking peers via Facebook group chat. While interviewing I found a common trend that within the Latin/Hispanic culture in regards to family gatherings‚ food‚ and tradition. “When we party my mom makes me greet EVERYONE! And I hate it.”- Danny Saldaña an 18-year-old Mexican who family comes from Mexico City. In the Mexican tradition its considered rude or disrespectful
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination® CAPE® SPANISH SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May–June 2014 CXC 17/U2/12 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means electronic‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without prior permission of the author or publisher. Correspondence related to the syllabus
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FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE The Spanish American War was the most powerful colonial nation by the end of the 19th century. 1898 is when the United States went to war to help Cuba win its independence from Spain. The United States won and gained the territories of The Philippines‚ Guam and Puerto Rico. The U.S should not have annexed the Philippines because the Philippines were a country of their own. Additionally‚ they had their own language‚ their own currency and their own culture and tradition
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The Spanish had no idea how lucky they were that the Aztecs misunderstood who they were and why they were there. The Spanish conquistadors were looking for lands to conquer‚ gold to capture‚ and people to convert to the Catholic religion. The Spanish were amazed at what they found in the capital city of Tenochtitlan. Everything was clean. There were “eating houses” and hairdressers. You could buy medicines and herbs and all kinds of food. You could buy meat and game. There were streets that
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The Philippines Under Spanish Rule (1600s-1800s) REASONS FOR SPANISH COLONIZATION When King Charles send an expedition to the East‚ his purpose was for commercial. But when Legazpi succeeded laying foundation in the Philippines‚ the Spanish claim the archipelago in two reasons: first‚ since the Philippines was discovered under the patronage of Spain‚ Philippines therefore was owned by Spain; second‚ since Spain‚ being in actual possession of the Philippines‚ it had the right to colonize it. As such
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The Mexican Spanish dialect is one that began to form in 1521 during Spain’s conquest of the Aztec Empire. The various dialects which are Latin America originate from either Castilian‚ the written and educational standard in Spain‚ or Andalusian‚ which is spoken in the southern regions of Seville and Andalucía‚ Spain. When Europe began colonizing the Americas‚ both dialects were carried over into the Latin American regions. Castilian was integrated in large cities and administrative areas such as
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be focusing on the Spanish language because it is the language I grew up speaking.
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Spanish in the United States The United States is home to a large and rapidly growing population of Spanish speakers. With over 35 million speakers‚ Spanish is the second most commonly-spoken language in the United States. According to data from the US Census Bureau‚ it is spoken in about 12 per cent of all U.S. households. Hispanic citizens constitute about 16% of the U.S. population now and this figure will rise to 30% by 2050. By 2050‚ the U.S. will become the largest Spanish-speaking country
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Silver and Spanish Exploitation The exploitation of the Incas under Spanish colonial institutions is a widely acknowledged abuse. Bartolome Arzans de Orsua y Vela in his book Tales of Potosi brings to light another dimension of this mistreatment: the Spaniards enabling of the abuse of coca by the exploited Indians as a means to increase productivity‚ which is an aspect that has been overlooked by many theorists up to this point. Abuse of coca expanded the wealth of the Spanish Crown through
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In Europe of 1552‚ the Spanish Inquisition had recently begun‚ and art was very important. As Above‚ So below‚ a historical fiction novel by Rudy Rucker‚ transforms the art of Peter Bruegel into a story of his life and death. Peter Bruegel‚ an ambitious young artist‚ sells his first piece of art in the French-Italian Alps‚ marking the beginning of his career. Once he became a master himself Bruegel traveled Italy and was amazed by Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. Returning to Belgium‚ he began to
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