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Mckinley Morganfied (Muddy Waters) was born on April 4, 1915, in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. He got the name Muddy Waters because as a child he played in the swampy puddles of the Mississippi River. Waters is best known for being a highly talented singer and guitarist. He made an impact on Chicago blues with songs like “I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man.” At the young age of 3, Waters’ mother died and he was sent to live with his grandmother. By the age of 5 he had mastered how to play the harmonica…

A. Country Information: Panama is located in Central America between Costa Rica and Colombia. It is also known as The Republic of Panama. Panama is situated on isthmus connecting north and South America and bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to east, Caribbean Sea to the north and Pacific Ocean in the south. Panama has 772 kilometers from east to west in length and width that varies from 60 to 177 kilometers. Panama has an area of 77,381kilometers which makes it slightly smaller…

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is governed by a president and democratic representative government. Interestingly, 95% of those in Ecuador identify as Roman Catholic, as Ecuador was a part of Spain until 1822. This hispanic country is roughly the size of Nevada and borders Colombia to the North and Peru to the South. Ecuador's natural resources include timber, petroleum, hydropower, and fish, among others. The name Ecuador is derived from the equator, which runs through the north part of Ecuador. Ecuadorian history…

can suffer from hunger. People say that the Amazon rainforest is the Earth’s lungs. That is mainly true. In the article “The Amazon Rainforest” by: ReadWorks, it states that “The Amazon region, which stretches across the countries of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana,. . . contains over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests.” If the rainforest gets cut down, then half of the remaining rainforests will be gone! That also includes plants.…

Long ago, the Spanish traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to Latin America. The Spanish settlers colonized the native people and taught them Christianity. Three centuries later, about 1808, the Spanish settlers thought that the king's laws were unfair. The taxes were too high and King Ferdinand VII didn’t allow them to have free trade. Some of the Spanish settlers, Creoles, knew about the French and American Revolutions, so they decided to revolt against Spain. The Creoles fought for…

My name is Alejandra Granados and I am from Colombia. I have been living for eight years and a half in Canada. Right now I'm in my last semester of Tourism and Travel at Mohawk College. I am fluent in speaking and writing Spanish and English with basic ability to speak and understand Italian and basic French. Being able to communicate in different languages has enabled me to connect with a wide range of people with diverse backgrounds. I am a very patient and calm person, and can handle even the…

In 1830, after the collapse of Grand Colombia Venezuela along with Ecuador and Colombia were formed. Venezuela is located on the northern coast of South America. It has an area of 352,144 square miles and is bordered by Guyana to the East, Brazil to the South, Colombia to the West, and the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea to the north. Venezuela is divided into four major environmental regions the coastal zone, the Andean mountain range, the plains, and the Guiana Highlands. The capital…

Most college students have at least one student loan when they graduate (Lang, 2012). Student loan burden has been an increasingly popular topic in the mainstream media. While there is a significant amount of information available about the history of loans, types of loans and the implications of loans when in repayment, there is very little information measuring student’s awareness of their loans or more specifically how they perceive their awareness of their loans. Student loan burden has…

Francisco Pizarro was born in 1474 in Trujillo, Spain. He died in 1541. Pizarro represented the country of Spain. He explored from 1510-1541. Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador. His goal was to explore, conquer, and accumulate wealth in the New World for Spain. Pizarro came from a poor family. He didn’t receive a good education, and he never learned to read or write. He began working at a young age as a swineherd. This is someone who raises and takes care of pigs. As a teenager Pizarro…