Gulf of Mexico

Have you witnessed any of the six human activities at any places you have been or live? I have seen one of the six, it was invasive species. When I went to Texas when I was younger we would go there to hunt wild hogs. They were an invasive species because they weren’t originally here, they were brought over when Spain explored South America. They invaded the land there and they moved North into America, and started destroying crop and land there. People in Texas pay people to come in and shoot…

MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art. It is located in 770 North East 125th Street, North Miami, Florida, 33161. The museum currently displays an exhibit of Peter Wayne Lewis. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica; West Indies. He moved to The United States in 1962 where he studied and graduated in 1979 in the San Jose State University, earning his MFA in painting. He is an art professor in the College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts. Peter has his works scattered through various parts of the…

Davishmar Hicks Before the Europeans came to the Americas there was already people. They Built advanced societies. The Mayas flourished from 250 to 900. Mayan ruins remain even today in Central America. The Incas, Mayas, and the Aztecs flourished from 250-900. The Mayans were a very advanced society. They built a pyramid that was the tallest structure in the Americas until the late 20th century. The advancements are shown in document 1. Document 1 states, “This Mayan pyramid temple in tikal…

Selena Quintanilla had different personality traits just like everyone else does as well. She was a very happy and extremely enthusiastic lady. Selena Quintanilla had a sweet personality. As a younger girl Selena did not really have the confidence to start signing out in public , like her brother Chris said she should. Selena was known as a very patient person as well. Although she had a lot of problems and she was always over thinking on things she knew how to stay patient , very patient. She…

Throughout this course we have delved into the history of Latin America and U.S. relations. From the civil wars in Latin America the 1980’s all the way up to the journey that illegal immigrants take from Honduras to the U.S. today, we have taken a glimpse inside many countries and the atrocities that they faced and that they are escaping when they come to the U.S. With the recent upcoming election for the President of the United States, immigration is a big issue. Americans are tired of the…

The Mayans discovered and invented many different things. They discovered that they can track the movements of stars and planets. This science discovery helped us discover more space, star, and planet facts and discoveries. They also invented the solar year calendar. This calendar was very precise, with 365.2420 days. This technology is still used today, but we know it as the common calendar and 365 days in a year. The Mayans painted paintings using the colors of minerals, or rocks. This paint…

The nature of Mexican or Mexican-American people varies between good people with faith and ethical values and also evil ones as well. The reason for this is that a lot of these people practice religious faiths such as Catholicism and Christianity. For example, my mother brought me up in a Christian home with good values. A good and evil nature makes for a teachable society. The Mexican people are dominant over their environment and nature but not as much as Europe or the United states. They’ve…

The Mayan civilization, located in Central America, was an advanced, agricultural society that dominated for around 1200 years. The earliest civilizations date back to 1800 BC, while their civilizations peaked around sixth century AD. The early Maya were agricultural, growing, maize, beans, and squash. At their peak, they excelled in agriculture, pottery, hieroglyph writing, mathematics, and architecture. The Maya focused on improving ways of health or medicine, and also focused on religion…

Guatemala is a central American country south of Mexico. It is home to volcanoes, rainforest, and ancient Mayan sites. More than half of Guatemala’s population lives in rural areas. Many who live in these areas have low access to household items. Families that live there face barrier problem to get access to health care. Although Guatemala have many health specialist in their cities, most Guatemalans lack money and access to healthcare therefore facing a major health crisis. The health crisis…

However, Cohen counters preconceptions that braceros only faced discrimination, since the braceros she interviewed kept their familial obligations to Mexican relatives and developed materialistic desires while abroad to claim social agency on the program. Never forgetting the masculine breadwinner traditions that their relatives raised them in and that they identified with, braceros such as don Mauricio Herrera of San Andrés, Durango wanted to return to their hometowns with household appliances,…