As of 2013, El Salvador had a population of approximately 6.29 million, By 1525 the Spanish Empire had conquered the territory, incorporating it into the colony of New Spain up until 1821 when it achieved independence as part of the Federal Republic of Central America. In the early 16th century, the Spanish conquistadors ventured into the
The initial impact was devastating which left about 300,000 people homeless out of a population of about 410,000. Many of the people were evacuated to nearby cities, and the others lived in makeshift tents on the beach of North beach. In fact years later in 1908 these refugee camps were still in operation. The overall cost of the damages was estimated at the time to be 400 million US Dollars (around 8.2 Billion present Dollars). The fires that were a direct result from the main shock and the aftershocks were just as damaging because of the uncontrollable burning from ruptured gas lines.
Peru and Colombia Peru and Colombia are both South American countries bordering the Pacific Ocean. They are two of eleven countries bordering water in South America. Peru was the center of several Andean Civilizations; the most common among which being the Incas. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821 after being controlled by Spanish forces for many years. There are currently 29,549,517 residents of Peru.
It became independent in 1821 and has been a republic since the end of Spanish rule. The flag of Honduras is composed of 3 equal horizontal stripes, with the upper and lower ones being blue and representing the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. The central stripe is
The first revolt against Spain occurred in 1809. In 1819, Ecuador joined Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama in a confederacy known as Greater Colombia.When Greater Colombia collapsed in 1830, Ecuador became independent. Although Ecuador was under military rule in the 1970s, the country did not experience the violence and repression unlike the other Latin American military regimes. Democracy lasted for about 30 years; until Peru invaded Ecuador in 1941 and seized a large tract of Ecuadoran territory in the disputed Amazon region. In 1981 and 1995 war broke out again.
The culture of the Southwest is predominantly Hispanic of Mexican-American origin. The Mexican-American experience, history and heritage are intensified in its inhabitants. Mexican-American culture is not simply a blend of Mexico and the United States but the result of a unique historical process that developed with an originality all its own. The Embassy of Mexico chronicles the history of Mexico as so; the Pre-Hispanic Era was between 1200 B.C.-1521 A.D. and there were five major native societies that impacted the history of Mexico; the Olmecs, Mayans, Zapotecs/Mixtecs, Toltecs, and Aztecs. The Olmecs were the first recognized culture and they were significant because many past cultures borrowed religious, architectural and artistic customs from them.
THE MAYA INDIANS SETTLEMENT PATTERN According to William Claypole and John Robottom, in their book ‘Caribbean Story’, at the height of their civilization, the Maya Indians occupied 324,000 square kilometers of land which included the Mexican regions of the Yucatan Peninsula, Campeche and Tobasco, as well as the territory of Belize, Guatemala and the western edge of Honduras. Robert Greenwood and Shirley Hamber in their book ‘Amerindians to Africans’ placed the first civilization of the Maya Indians at around 2000 Bc. The authors of this book also mentioned the decline of the Maya civilization after AD 900. They claim that it emerged 300 years later as a modified form of Mayan civilization. Greenwood and Hamber suggested three reasons for the decline in the Maya civilization.
The oil companies were affected greatly by Katrina. “The total shut-in oil production from the Gulf of Mexico in the six-month period following the hurricane was approximately 24 percent of the annual production and the shut-in gas production for the same period was about 18 percent. The forestry industry in Mississippi was also affected, as 1.3 million acres of forest lands were destroyed. The total loss to the forestry industry due to Katrina is calculated to rise to about $5 billion” (Discovery Channel). Local residents were greatly affected in Katrina.
Boscastle Flood Using the information you have been given summarise the MAIN causes and effects of the Boscastle Flood On the 16 August 2004 Boscastle suffered extensive damage after flash floods caused by an exceptional amount of rainfall that fell over 8 hours in the afternoon. The floods were recorded as the ‘worst’ in local history. Boscastle is a small village in Cornwall, South West England. The village is home to 800 residents. These were flash floods that caused the village to be shocked and un-prepared.
The Degradation of Coral Reefs There are numerous reports on coral reef degradation including the article I found called “Study finds Caribbean Corals in Dire Trouble”. Coral reefs, not only in the Caribbean, but world wide have been damaged losing their ecological resilience. Having seen Coral reefs while snorkeling in Hawaii, coral reefs are arguably the world’s most beautiful habitats. Coral reefs have been called the rainforest of the oceans because of their rich diversity of life they support. There are thousands of different species of plants and animals that use or live in the coral reefs.