fruta, te gusta la ensalada de frutas. ____ 2. Europeans brought foods such as potatoes and pineapples to the Americas. ____ 3. In Spanish-speaking countries people eat almost exactly the same things for breakfast as people in the US. ____ 4. Many of the foods we commonly eat today, such as tomatoes and corn, were unknown in Europe until the Spanish came to America. ____ 5. Comemos muchos perritos calientes y pizza en el desayuno. ____ 6. En Latinoamérica comen pan y beben café
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------------------------------------------------- Free Trade Area of the Americas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Free Trade Area of the Americas logo The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) (Spanish: Área de Libre Comercio de América [ALCA], French: Zone de libre-échange de Amérique [ZLÉA],Portuguese: Área de Livre Comércio das Américas [ALCA], Dutch: Vrijhandelszone van Amerika) was a proposed agreement to eliminate or reduce the trade barriers among all countries in the Americas excluding Cuba
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held hostage by the beauty of the surface—the beaches and cities—blinded me to the absence of Puerto Rican natives on the streets of San Juan; I did not understand how the prevalence and familiarity of English conspired to veil the beauty of the Spanish language beneath volumes of English translations. I learned more about these truths in my sophomore year of high school, when I was among a group of students selected to visit Cuba. My grandmother was born in Cuba, yet I had never thought to research
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Knights Templar, a member of a religious and military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118 and suppressed in 1312; the Spanish inquisition to punish a person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things, and liars. The well-known torture devices are the Head Crusher, Cat’s Paw (or Spanish Tickler), Knee Splitter, Scavenger’s Daughter, Judas Chair, Spanish Donkey, Choke Pear, Lead Sprinkler, Breast Ripper, and Crocodile Shears. With the Head Crusher the device was a helmet like hat they
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godlier than the other so try to have all authority or power over the people. Another event was the Spanish Inquisition. According to “Freeman” (2012), “Reasons for the Inquisition included a desire to create religious unity and weaken local political authorities and familial alliances” (How Stuff Works: The Beginnings of the Spanish Inquisition). This led to the people involved in the Spanish Inquisition to kill people who refused to become a Catholic. Organized religion was a way to control or
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No. 5: Spain’s Telefonica 1. What changes in the political and economic environment allowed Telefonica to start expanding globally? * The changes involved in political and economic environment were the Spanish government starts privatized the company and deregulated the Spanish telecommunications in the market. Due to these changes, followed by a sharp reduction in workforce, rapid adaptation of new technologies, and begun to focus in driving up profits and shareholder's value, the Telefonica
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Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy received great popularity and stamped as a form to be imitated not only because it has revenge as a tragic motive but also because it is a imitation from medieval tragedy. This masterpiece was presented as blood - revenge where the sacred duty of the father to avenge the murder of his son - and from that sensational theme (which was also popular in classic tragic dramas) derived its polarity and uniqueness. Revenge tragedy in its general sense defines the real
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Western Governors University FDT4 – Task 2 Hispanics Food Traditions Celebrations Corn Language Mexico Independence Day Tortillas Religion Catholic Cinco De Mayo Beans/Rice Pinata Day of the Dead Asians Food Traditions Celebrations Chicken, Duck, Fish, Fresh vegetables Language Chinese New Years Noodles Religion Buddhism Lantern Festival Rice Tea Ching Ming Festival FDT4 Task 2 D. Kentucky Subcultures It takes a great deal
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The Queen that was a King In 1588, the Spanish invasions upon England posed as a severe threat among the British, thus the general morale of the nation lessened.In response to the threat, Queen Elizabeth I gave a speech to the English army at Tilbury, which consisted of optimistic attitude, authoritative leadership, and reassuring tone, in order to fortify the confidence of her apparent timid soldiers and strive for victory against the Spanish Armada. In the effort to encourage her troops, Queen
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Christopher Columbus’s exploration to the new world in 1492 to discover the new land. Columbus exploration started two centuries of the Spanish exploring the new world and discovering new things. This caused a social rise with money and technology. With the new technology and money they began to focus more on the pride of the country. This first caused the Golden Age of Spanish Art which helped to show the pride of Spain. El Greco and Diego Velasquez helped to contribute to their pride by contributing to
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