In Caribbean countries like Guyana, however, coolie is used to describe a poor person of East Indian origin who has little to no education. Unlike how black people altered the ending of the “n” word to create a friendlier word, coolie has not been “taken back” considering Indians…
During the 20th century, European countries received a massive wave of immigrants. While the European governments were enjoying the benefits of a new labor workforce, and continued promoting immigration, their natural born citizens were violently xenophobic. Such behaviors lead to a major divide between the people. Preceding the year 1919, many French lobbyists feared losing their Algerian labor workforce. Their attempts to denounce the stereotypes associated with Algerian men, such as…
For most of us, religion is a way to be able to tell right from wrong, and a guidance to how to be a good person. While it is open to interpretation, some people take religious matters into their own hands, and form crazy ideologies which are quite scary to think of. Welcome to the Top 5: Creepiest Religious Cults. Number 1: The small town of Fall River, Massachusetts may seem like any ordinary town, but it's got a very dark, and disturbing history. It all started with the brutal murder of 17…
What is the Most Populated City in the US Arguably one of the most interesting and expensive places to live in, New York City (NYC) in the State of New York is the most populated city in the US. This city goes by other names like the City of New York or simply as New York and, as of 2016, its population stood at 8,537,673 people. This number is a 4.43% increase compared to the 2010 census estimates. On area, New York City covers an area of 468.484 square miles of which 302.6 square miles being…
extinct. Therefore, miners and mining operations are a probably big threat to the tropical rainforest ecosystems (R. Butler, 2012). In the world, mining exists in most places, especially in Guyana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia and ASEAN countries, or in the US In South America, Amazonia region, Guyana, Suriname, and other South American countries. These places…
lifestyle, and diet and prey make the guinea pig one of the most interesting Rodent to learn about. The guinea pig is a small species of rodent that is found inhabiting the central andes mountains in south america. Guinea pigs were named after guyana where they found in the wild and a pig resembling their short and stout bodies. Guinea pigs have been domesticated by people over 3,000 years as they were originally kept and formed as a source of food. When guinea pigs arrived in south america in…
Deforestation of the Amazon The Amazon is a rainforest that covers a crazy 6.7 million km² of land which is 40% of South America. The Amazon is so large that it covers 9 countries; Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana! The Amazon Rainforest is a home to approximately 10 million species of animals, plants and insects. Deforestation has become a great issue with the Amazon Rainforest since 1978 and 750,000 km² have been destroyed. Although…
A religious typology is the classification of religious groups according to their distinguishing characteristics. Sociologists have divided these characteristics into four main types of voluntary religious communities: Church type, Sect type, Denomination type and Cult type. Church organizations are those within founded religions whose members share a religious commitment to a spiritual life. Church type communities are made of larger structures and are concerned with maintaining doctrine,…
search of employment, particularly those of the external countries. Tourism has also played a role in Trinidad and Tobago however, due to the lack of domestic labor being supplied internally, workers from other countries, example; Venezuela, Jamaica or Guyana took the opportunity to fill in the gap. Therefore it shows that remittance affects the country both ways when migration takes place externally and internally. Based on the skills of educated persons both countries can have competitive…
Venezuela is in South America, between Columbia and Guyana. It’s bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a humid, tropical climate, but its more moderate in the highlands. The capital is Caracas. As of 2014, the population was 28,868,486. They have an ethnic make-up of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African and indigenous people. Most of the people are predominately Roman Catholic, 96%. The rest are Protestant, 2%, and other, 2%. There are about 40 languages…