Suppose Eratosthenes had found that, in Alexandria, at noon on the first day of summer, the line to the Sun makes an angle 30° with the vertical. What, then, would he have found for Earth’s circumference? Suppose you are on a strange planet and observe, at night, that the stars do not rise and […]
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What is a myth or incorrect belief about language, other forms of cognition, or consciousness-What are the correct or more accurate understandings and how do we know?
Language, Cognition, or Consciousness Instructions: Choose ONE question from part 1 or you may choose part 2 (300 word min, min 2 references): Part I: Language, cognition, or consciousness (300 words minimum) – What brain regions support human language function, how are they thought to achieve this function, and what are right/left hemisphere differences in […]
Describe how and why the U.S. overthrew Arbenz in 1954 (this pulled Latin America into the whirlpool of the Cold War) and the consequences that that had for Guatemala and then the rest of Latin America (Cuba, Chile, Brazil, El Salvador, Nicaragua…). How did the Cuban Revolution in1959 impact the hemisphere? What were the US responses to the Cuban Revolution and to social revolutionary activity in Latin America? How and why did the Latin American militaries come to dominate politics in Latin America during the Cold War?
Write a well-crafted essay in which you analyze the U.S.-Latin America relationship during the Cold War (for Latin America, that begins with the U.S overthrow of the Arbenz administration in Guatemala in 1954). Be sure to address: Guatemala during Neocolonialism the role that US railroad, banana companies came to play in Guatemala in the early […]
