Cultural Facts
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Publicado: 30 de enero de 2013
Spanish 232 – 1
Study sheet for cultural presentations
Maquilapolis are massive sweatshops placed just across the border between Mexico and the United States that operate in “free trade”regions.
These maquilapolis have frequently advertised open job positions without fully explaining the risks to human health that these jobs entail and have not mentioned histories of unethical treatmentof employees.
Although Mexico does have labor laws in place to protect workers, these have not been put into action because of NAFTA.
Santería is a hybrid religion in Cuba that incorporatesAfrican religious traditions with Catholicism. It is known as a syncretistic religion.
The gods in Santería are known as Orishas.
Initiates into Santería must wear white for one year: “Brides ofOrishas”
More than 5 million species of plants and animals live in the Amazon rainforest.
25% of medicines come from plants in the rainforest.
In spite of the known negative effects on theenvironment from deforestation, there are laws in place still that encourage farmers to use public lands for farming.
The Cenepa War was the result of a long-standing territorial dispute between Perúand Ecuador.
The war took place inside the Amazon jungle over the inability to establish the precise location of a remote border.
Perú was the aggressor in this war and violated two ceasefires;once with a major assault.
The literary period known as the Siglo de Oro in Spain spans the 1554 publication of Lazarillo de Tormes to the death of dramatist and poet Pedro Calderón in 1681.
TheSiglo de Oro’s early drama was liturgical, meaning that it took place inside churches.
Unlike the works of Shakespeare, there appears to be no cultural memory in the pla interpretations of theSiglo de Oro, and some theatrical companies in Spain are now attempting to analyze and reproduce the Golden Age plays.
Easter Island is a small volcanic island located in the Pacific ocean and is part...
Study sheet for cultural presentations
Maquilapolis are massive sweatshops placed just across the border between Mexico and the United States that operate in “free trade”regions.
These maquilapolis have frequently advertised open job positions without fully explaining the risks to human health that these jobs entail and have not mentioned histories of unethical treatmentof employees.
Although Mexico does have labor laws in place to protect workers, these have not been put into action because of NAFTA.
Santería is a hybrid religion in Cuba that incorporatesAfrican religious traditions with Catholicism. It is known as a syncretistic religion.
The gods in Santería are known as Orishas.
Initiates into Santería must wear white for one year: “Brides ofOrishas”
More than 5 million species of plants and animals live in the Amazon rainforest.
25% of medicines come from plants in the rainforest.
In spite of the known negative effects on theenvironment from deforestation, there are laws in place still that encourage farmers to use public lands for farming.
The Cenepa War was the result of a long-standing territorial dispute between Perúand Ecuador.
The war took place inside the Amazon jungle over the inability to establish the precise location of a remote border.
Perú was the aggressor in this war and violated two ceasefires;once with a major assault.
The literary period known as the Siglo de Oro in Spain spans the 1554 publication of Lazarillo de Tormes to the death of dramatist and poet Pedro Calderón in 1681.
TheSiglo de Oro’s early drama was liturgical, meaning that it took place inside churches.
Unlike the works of Shakespeare, there appears to be no cultural memory in the pla interpretations of theSiglo de Oro, and some theatrical companies in Spain are now attempting to analyze and reproduce the Golden Age plays.
Easter Island is a small volcanic island located in the Pacific ocean and is part...
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