Americas

Zika virus, a disease mainly spread through mosquitoes, is rapidly spreading throughout Latin America and many other countries, and is now threatening to spread widely throughout Northern America. With the threat of the Zika virus in America swiftly increasing, scientists, doctors, and political leaders are desperately searching for a solution to prevent a Zika epidemic. One possible solution that the U.S. FDA is now seriously considering is GMO mosquitoes, engineered by the Biotech Firm, Oxitec…

were many explorers before columbus sailed. these explorers discovered america and several other areas of civilization.Critics say he should not be celebrated for discovering America but some people disagree because the found an area of land which columbus thought was america so he called the people of the civilization ‘’Native Americans’’. so, people have their own opinions about Christopher Columbus and if he discovered America or not. SOME people say that columbus led his men to death and…

of Work in America In present day society, work is necessary for survival. Work provides income, which in turn allows people to become self-sufficient and to provide for themselves and their families. It also gives people a purpose, provides an environment for social interaction, and creates mental stability. Work is important all over the world, but more specifically, it is a colossal aspect of American culture. Despite the arguments that work distracts from the true culture of America, work…

forever immortalized around the discovery of America, along with Christopher Columbus, the legendary Italian explorer. Soon after the discovery of the Western hemisphere, Europe began to colonize, explore, and conquest the New World, a mystifying place filled with new possibilities. Throughout history, I believe that the discovery of America is one of the most significant milestones that we have discussed so far. Today, I will evaluate the importance of America, and discuss three key motivations…

The most well-known explorers of the 1400-1600s are John Cabot and Cabeza De Vaca. Cabot did not originally go to find America. He simply wanted to find a better trade route to get from Europe to Asia. Now this was a good idea, but he ran into a problem, literally; he ran into America. With finding America, he had become, “the first European to find and describe North America since the Vikings,” (American Journeys). It has been guessed that he took notes but that none of them were found because…

Does America still provide access to the American dream? Yes and no. The American dream of today is not the same as it used to be. The traditional American dream is taking care of oneself or the family by working hard, paying bills without any worry, and saving up for retirement. American society makes it hard for the average person to achieve these goals. People in America work their tails off just to make sure the electric bill is paid or food is on the table, but real life is not like the…

The Discovery of America The discovery of the Americas and Christophers Columbus’s greatest accomplishment is considered to be the greatest misfortune to befall the Native Americans. The goals of the explorers while at first seemed innocent, quickly changed to greed and the eventual extinction of many Native American cultures. There was some dissonance initially between humanity of the native people and rationalizing them to be less than animals. While the Church itself remained neutral for far…

nations had not only the right but also the obligation to civilize and westernize barbaric people from barbaric cultures, and to seize and imperialistically re-appropriate their foreign land. Jan Van Der Straet’s allegory “Discovery of America: Vespucci Landing in America” embodies the visualization of such European ideology and thereby attempts to lure early explorers and colonizers with enticing imagery, promising virgin land and bountiful natural wealth. In the illustration, Van Der Straet…

The word “discovery” is not longer used when discussing the European exploration in North America. While this vast and beautiful land was seemingly vacant, it belonged to millions of indian societies scattered throughout the continent. North and South America were not vacant scraps of land; free for conquistadors to take from the Indians. This land was home to millions of indian societies some of which were the Aztecs, Incas, and Mound Builders. They had established roads, buildings, irrigation…

The land of my dreams I was on a boat on my way to America. The ship was going to Ellis island , where all the immigrants had to come and be examined. I saw land many hundred metres away. The statue of liberty was big and tall. It was so different from Norway. The landscape, the language, the food, almost everything was different. But I knew I could get a better life in the US. I no longer had to be poor and sick. Back in Norway I lived in a small house with twenty other people. It was easy to…