Spain Term Papers Samples For Students

Abstract

The project deals with the problem of etiquette along with various forms that it implies. Table, business, and greeting etiquette are the focal points of the research. Apart from the norms of socially acceptable conduct, the project contains the overview of such essential aspects as history, geography, population, religion, and industry. The project is based on the opinions of the leading subject-field experts and specialists that major in history, demography, sociology, ethics, and affiliated disciplines.
Keywords: Mexico, etiquette, conduct, geography, history, population, religion
Etiquette is a set of rules and conventions that regulates human social behavior acceptable in ...

Garret Mattingly’s The Armada has, for a long remained an important part of the historiography of European during the sixteenth century. Through the integration of the military, political and diplomatic history of this period mattingly has superbly refuted some misconceptions about the 1588 war between the Spanish and English forces. A human dimension is given prominence in the Armada. The experiences of historical personalities such as Philip II, Henry III and Elizabeth I during the war also explained .In short The Armada gives a good analysis of the whole event of the naval warfare and the individuals involved in it.
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Christopher Columbus acquired the name Cristoforo Colombo, which translates to Christopher Columbus. Columbus appeared in the historical ground at his youth age when he engaged in various activities that realized substantial historical relevance in future. Columbus remarkable activity includes his decision of navigating to the west by sea rather than to the east by land. His first voyage landed him Bahamas in 1492. This trip is of historical significance because it provided him with the opportunity of interacting with various local groups such as the Taino. Furthermore, he explored Cuba and Hispaniola before setting back to Spain with examples ...

Real Madrid CF

Real Madrid is a Spanish, professional football club founded in 1897, and with upwards of thirty Spanish League (La Liga) titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, nine European Championship Cups and two UEFA trophies, it is easily one of the most successful football clubs in the world ( Real Madrid, 2012). It was voted the 20th Century’s most successful club by FIFA and by the close of 2011; it was the richest club in the world, with annual revenues reaching upwards of $695 million and $204.0 million in operating revenues. The club, which is entirely owned and controlled by its members, is ...

An overview of Spain

Spain is a sovereign state located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The country which is officially known as the Kingdom of Spain is bordered to the south east by the Mediterranean Sea, by France and Andorra to the north and by Atlantic Ocean and Portugal to the west. Spain covers an area of 504,750 square kilometers (194,884 square miles) including Canary Islands and the Balearic (Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2011). It is the second largest country in both the European Union and Western Europe after France. In Europe, it is the fourth largest country after Russia, Ukraine, ...

In Don Quixote, verisimilitude is used in an intriguing way, as the truth is presented through the eyes of aging, senile dreamer Don Diego de Miranda as a fantastical adventure. Don Quixote himself takes on the responsibility of providing verisimilitude to the audience, as he asks them to suspend disbelief and go along with the transparently futile ride. Verisimilitude is also conveyed by the narrator of the piece (arguably Cervantes, the author, himself), as he never lets the audience take Quixote’s fantasies as truth – the events and people he encounters are always presented through the lens of truth.
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Abstract

Since 2007, the European markets continued to experience a decline as several European nations had felt the consequences of applying the unstable Euro into their countries that had influenced the nation’s economic instability as seen in the case of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. In recent news, the European debt crisis continues to prevail as the Eurozone reaches its all-time low for the past5 years as both strong and weak European markets now enter a state of recession that affects the entire world market. With the current European Debt Crisis continuing to influence the European markets, the United States may ...

In twenty-first century America, the issue of immigration, particularly Mexican immigration (both “legal” and “illegal”) is ever-present in political, economic and social discourse. “The issue of immigration touches the Mexican-origin population more than any other ethnic group in the United States,” (Jiminez 2007, 599). With such attention focused on this particular ethnic group, it is interesting to consider the tribal, cultural, racial, ethnic, and national identity of this group. How do Mexican immigrants express their identity in the above-stated terms? What is the nature of Mexican immigrant communities? In what way are Mexican immigrants experiencing social exclusion both within ...

International business is the multi-lateral trade between different countries across the globe. International trade has various positive and negative effects to the participating countries. For example, in the recent past, the world has been rocked by various financial crises originating from different parts of the world. One of the major financial crises that greatly affected the world of commerce is the Greece debt crisis. In addition, there are other two financial crises that have caused negative impacts in both Europe and America. These crises are Spain and Portugal debt crisis (Duthel, 2011). It is evident that management of debt ...

The Preterritorial Period

Arizona’s written history goes back to the 1500s, long after the cultural decline of the pre-historic groups (including Sinagua, Anasazi and Hohokam), who had settled in the region as early as 300 BC (McClory, 2012).

The Spanish Period

The Spanish arrived in the region when a Franciscan priest, Cabeza de Vaca’s expedition was shipwrecked of the Coast of present day Texas in 1528, after which they set off to explore the territory including the city of Cibola in 1539. De Vaca claimed the modern-day Southwest territory for Spain between1540-1542. Franciscan Europeans arrived in 1629 to settle the territory, while also establishing ...

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Although the United States of America became an independent country not so long ago there was a long history that preceded the mentioned event that happened in 1776. In this paper the history of the pre-independent USA will be explored.
It is believed that the indigenous people have been coming to America from Asia for thousands of years in the gap between 15 and 50 thousand years ago, when the modern Bering Strait did not yet exist and the two continents were connected with land. Reliable evidence of their presence in the United States was received throughF the findings ...

Abstract

The American Revolutionary War began in 1775 and ended in 1783. Originally, the war was fought by the British on one side and the Americans on the other side, but developed into a war between the Great Britain on one side and United States, France, Spain and Netherlands on the other side. In 1783, the United States of America and the British government signed a treaty to cease fighting, and this marked the official separation of United States from the British rule; the treaty officially recognized the existence of United States as a sovereign state. From the onset, this paper examines the ...

The Mugwumps were a political activist group that emerged in 1884. They were affiliated with republican cluster, but they were known to bolt from the Republican Party and supported Grover Cleveland, a democratic candidate, in the 1884 presidential elections (Oakes 19.2). The term Mugwumps is an Algonquian associated which means an important people or a war leader. Thus, they were an influential group in the society at that moment.
The Mugwumps changed party since they were unsatisfied by the financial credibility of the republican candidate at that moment, Oakes. G. Blaine. The Mugwumps made a differential and substantial change ...

Introduction

The growing cost of college education has raised debates about how viable a college degree is. These debates are further fueled by required knowledge and skill sets required for current job market. Given current unemployment rates (coming in heel of an unprecedented economic recession), investment in college education has not only become a financial burden long after graduation but is also becoming, critically, less rewarding from a job prospect perspective. Indeed, "overeducated" college graduates – particularly ones completing an undergraduate or a higher degree in software engineering or digital media majors – are experiencing particularly painful job experiences, particularly during early ...

Classic English literature: Octavio Paz

‘Poetry is knowledge, salvation, power, abandonment. An operation capable of changing the world, poetic activity is revolutionary by nature; a spiritual exercise, it is a means of interior liberation’. These words belong to Octavio Paz, a Mexican poet and essayist, whose creative work has set a new era for Mexican literature. Paz considered poetry to be pure and essential being, which regardless of time in history always finds its place in people’s hearts, providing sacred salvation to the world (Poetry foundation).
Born in tumultuous times when Mexico was undergoing a revolution, Octavio Paz could successfully become a writer, whose talent and writing skills ...

Introduction:

Although the Jesuits are seen as being strict evangelisers they have obviously show a certain amount of restraint in the way they handled certain issues. In the Travels of Marco Polo one can also view what makes up the experience of travelling which is part and parcel of the whole Jesuit experience. This essay will analyse the prevailing European attitudes to slavery and how the Jesuits tackled the heathan peoples they encountered who used barbarous methods to achieve their goals and how their acceptance of God became part and parcel of everything. There is also a reference to Cortes and his ...

The role of spirituality in understanding and treating mental illnesses has had an increasing significance, even with the growing popularity of more scientifically recognized therapies. The difficulties facing spiritual cures stem from the wide variation and historical difficulty in clearly labeling and understanding the diverse cures (Kirmayer, 2004). Widely defined as the interconnection, inner peace and wholeness, coupled with a deep reverence for plant, animal and human life, spirituality and spiritual healing draw on the perceived power of the ultimate realities of the universe. Curanderismo is founded on multiple cultural and religious beliefs, premises and values that are widely implicit ...

INTRODUCTION

The admission process of the Puerta al Futuro program at FDU is in dire need of improvement. There are rampant issues in the facilities provided to the students, the classes and the faculty who teach them. More issues involve the marketing of the program itself, and the process by which students can get financial aid. By improving these issues, the program can be made to be more appealing to the average Hispanic student looking for an effective way to receive an education from a university.

FACILITIES

- Current situation
The students of the Puerta al Futuro program are not informed ...

Impact of Benjamin Franklin's Charts of the Golf Stream on the Shipping Industry

The Gulf Stream is a gigantic current that flows from the Mexican Gulf, past the Florida Peninsula, U.S. East Coast and up to Cape Hatteras. The current then flows across the Atlantic towards Iceland, British Isles, and to Norway. Viewed from the Straits of Florida, the stream has a width of approximately forty miles. Its speed can go as high as five miles per hour (4.3 nautical knots). As the current flows into North Atlantic, the width widens and can increase to up to hundreds of miles at some points (Richardson 51). The amount of water carried by the ...

Introduction

The 18th century is one of the most significant years in the history of man especially with regard to slave trade and slavery. This is because in its last stages, the world experienced two of the most renowned and successful anti-colonial revolutions against slave trade both in Latin America as well as in the Caribbean. The first, which was the revolution against Latin American slavery culminated in 1783. Nine years later, the world witnessed a second Haitian revolution which commenced with massive insurrection of slaves in the region in 1791, culminating with the first of slavery abolitions in French ...

Policemen of the World

Introduction
Since it has gained its independence after the Civil War, the United States of America became the force to be reckoned with as the world’s dominant force in the international arena. Many nations look up to the United States in any given issue: may it be political, economic or social in nature. Considering these circumstances, the US is often regarded by many as the world’s “policemen” and for the US, such responsibility is done in full confidence and dedication each time an issue arises around the globe. Only recently, the US has deployed its forces ...

Did the Rich World Become Rich Using Colonization and Exploitation of the Poor: A Critical Assessment of Theory and Empirical Evidence

Introduction

The rich world tries to forget that the causes of underdevelopment and poverty were slavery, colonization, brutal exploitation and plunder, which for centuries were subjected to different countries. The poverty from which people suffer is associated with the imaginary inability of Africans, Asians, Latin Americans and Caribbean, i.e., blacks, Indians, yellows and mestizos, develop, and even manage their own countries The current economic order, imposed by rich countries, is not only cruel unjust, inhuman, contrary to the inevitable ...

Introduction

Over the past decade, drug crimes and drug abuse have garnered a lot of attention. It is estimated that every year about $110 billion is cost to the country through drug related accidental injuries and deaths, health care, criminal behaviors, dependency treatment and so on. Both the state and federal laws prohibit the manufacturing, possession, and the sale of certain controlled substances such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, and ecstasy. Drug's relation to crimes is through the effects drugs make on the user's behavior by influencing him to commit violence and other illegal action connected to drug trafficking. In 2004, ...

The Punic Wars

In early world history, the Romans has been considered one of the most influential and powerful civilizations as they have revolutionized as to how society is organized and led. Like other civilizations, the Romans attempted to expand its territory outside its territories in order to sustain its people and also defeat possible threats that can challenge their ruling. One of the regions Rome had tried to conquer is the Mediterranean, which included the city of Carthage. Although both had respected their claims within the region, it was an inevitable occurrence that both would meet each other in the battlefield ...

The Punic Wars

In early world history, the Romans has been considered one of the most influential and powerful civilizations as they have revolutionized as to how society is organized and led. Like other civilizations, the Romans attempted to expand its territory outside its territories in order to sustain its people and also defeat possible threats that can challenge their ruling. One of the regions Rome had tried to conquer is the Mediterranean, which included the city of Carthage. Although both had respected their claims within the region, it was an inevitable occurrence that both would meet each other in the battlefield ...

Houston Insurance Holdings is a leading specialty insurer based in Texas, USA. However, its scope of operation extends beyond the United States of America and has offices in the United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland. The insurance company underwrites 100 classes of specialty insurance products in 180 countries around the world. The company has five underwriting segments namely: Professional liability, U.S Property Casualty, Accident and Health and U.S Surety and Credit International.
The firm engages in the diverse business portfolio in order to ensure consistent underwriting results irrespective of the market cycles. This has contributed to an impressive performance of ...

Migratory History It is said that ethnic Chinese first appeared on the western shores of North America during the period of the Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, which is about between 1521 to 1815. They had accepted commissions as being businessmen, sailors and fishermen on the Spanish galleons that traversed the Pacific Ocean between the Philippines and Mexico (Brownstone, 2). Several numbers of ethnic Chinese were able to reach California as this state was still the territory of Mexico until 1848. Future expeditions to Vancouver by John Meares, a British fur trader, brought more Chinese into Vancouver around ...

Successful planning, construction, and completion of a large scale project like the one undertaken for completing the One World Trade Center is not easy since it requires a strategic focus on the construction plans in a realistic manner. Project leaders need to give external reviewers an opportunity to have an outside view of the whole project and suggest ways that can ensure completion within the stipulated time while avoiding deviations from the initial budget. The delays experienced during the construction of the Freedom Tower create the impression of how ineffective functional operations can lead to major changes in designs ...

INTRODUCTION

World exploration and explorers are always hailed in history books and classes as significant events and people because they have opened doors to new eras of trade, knowledge and information, technology and cultural consolidation. The names Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama and Ferdinand Magellan are some of the greatest names in exploration. Countries that have often been associated with historical explorations are Spain, Portugal, Great Britain – in other words, Western countries. A closer scrutiny, however, of historical explorations showed that ancient China conducted explorations and voyages even before these Western countries did in the 15th century. The voyages occurred ...

Is Latino Political Influence in the United States Matching Population Growth?

While it is clear that the rising Latino population in the United States is resulting in greater political representation and influence, the extent of this influence and whether it matches the growth of this demographic is not quite so clear. Certainly, because of a high birth rate and high levels of immigration, one would think that Latinos are likely to become more powerful in the political sphere in the years to come. This paper will examine the reality of the changing political landscape in the United States, with a particular focus on the effect that Latinos are having on ...

OVERVIEW

An international pharmaceutical company is headquartered in New York, NY and has other six operational locations. The corporate headquarters in New York has 1000 employees while the other centers have a considerable number of employees and remote workers. San Diego has 250 employees, Houston has 750 employees in central research, Madrid has 500 employees, India has 50, and London has 150 while China has 300 employees and 500 remote sales workers. There is a diverse computing department with no universal standard. There is a combination of devices and operating systems in place. There are also different data center centers in operation. The ...

Intercultural Communication

Before the arrival of the Portuguese in the year 1500, Amerindian people stayed in Brazil who spoke different languages. There were around six million Indians in Brazil who spoke 1,000 different languages. After arriving the Portuguese settlers encountered the Tupi people, who then controlled most of the Brazilian coast and used to speak a set of closely related languages. The Portuguese were called "Tapuias", by the Tupi people. In the first two centuries of colonization, a language known as ‘Línguageral’ was widely spoken by all, from Amerindians, Portuguese to the African and their descendants, and a vast area from Sao ...

Introduction

Racism denotes discrimination and prejudice that are anchored on social apprehensions of biological dissimilarity between people (Newman 1). Racism is orchestrated in the form of social actions or practices or political systems that perceive certain races to be inferior or superior on the account of qualities, abilities, and presumed shared inheritable straits (Newman 1). In addition, racism may prompt the treatment of others differently from the rest. Racism in the world soccer/football has raised eyebrows. Despite FIFA, the world’s soccer governing body’s policies and penalties, racism on the global stage in soccer has been on the rise. ...

Housing price bubble refers to the situation where, there is a speculation regarding the price increase of the property and the supply is limited. The prices of the house start to rise due to short supply and remained high for a reasonably long period. At the same period, speculators enter the markets and the demand further goes up. At some point of time the demand is static and somehow supply is increased which results in lowering back the prices to significant levels and the bubble is busted .
There is a general opinion that FED was responsible for the housing price bubble. ...

It might seem strange that a lot of Americans are not even aware of the second war for independence (that is the other name for the war of 1812). However if we think about it, one can find quite a few reasons that have caused such ignorance among people. The war of 1812 has a very compound roots, extremely confusing course, and in addition to all of it the outcome of the war is also hard to understand, as both sides consider themselves to be winners. The war happened during the so-called stagnation period in the history of the US, the period ...

Introduction

The republic of Cuba is an island which comprises one significantly large island and numerous small ones. Cuba boasts and an area of approximately 110,860km2 and can be safely said to be one of the largest states in the Caribbean. Cuba is barely 160km from Florida. In fact, the Straits of Florida separate the country from Florida while the Windward Passage separates the country from Haiti and finally the Gulf of Mexico and the Yucatan Channel separates the country from Mexico. According to the United Nations report of 2005, Cuba has a population of 11,275,000 with an ...

Introduction

The republic of Cuba is an island which comprises one significantly large island and numerous small ones. Cuba boasts and an area of approximately 110,860km2 and can be safely said to be one of the largest states in the Caribbean. Cuba is barely 160km from Florida. In fact, the Straits of Florida separate the country from Florida while the Windward Passage separates the country from Haiti and finally the Gulf of Mexico and the Yucatan Channel separates the country from Mexico. According to the United Nations report of 2005, Cuba has a population of 11,275,000 with an ...

MOTIVATIONS OF CODE-SWITCHING

Code switching is currently considered one of the main subjects of study in linguistics. This can be shown by the fact that within the last decade most of the major conferences on linguistics had at least one paper on the subject. One of the topics within the subject that has been of interest to sociolinguists is on the communicative intention of this phenomenon. The researches in this particular topic make a scientific attempt to understand and clarify why people engage in code switching (Wardhaugh, 2009, p. 85). Why two or more people that understand two or more languages would choose ...

Introduction

Propaganda is a form of communication whose major aim is to influence the attitudes of a group of people or community to support the beliefs or values of another person. The information is provided with the key aim of influencing the person who is receiving the information. It does this though selective presentation of facts and loaded messages aimed at pursuing a particular political agenda. During the Second World War it was used by both Axis and Allied forces to pursue their political agendas.

The Axis Powers:

The Nazis used propaganda to influence the public opinion on the Jews and the war (Kallis, 2005). Public ...