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In 1911 Diaz flees the country and Madero is elected president. In 1914 General Uenustians Carranja becomes the president of Mexico. In 1934 President Lazaro Cardinas nationalizes the industry of Mexico. In 1985 there was an earthquake in Mexico City and it kills 20,000 people. Last, in 1988 Carlos Salinas de Goortari is elected president of Mexico. The government in Mexico is somewhat the same to the government in the United States. The Formal Government contains the Republican Party with two legislative houses of the Chambers of Deputies. The Head of The State is the president, which was elected to 1 to 6 year terms. The Elected Officials are the President, the 12 senators, the 500 deputies, the 31 governors, the mayor of the Districts of Mexico City and the munical official. The Administrative Organizations are 31 states, each with a government, and the Federal District of Mexico City rolled by the federal government, also the munical councils administrated by the mayors. Last, the judiciary system in the Supreme Court, which is divided into 6 sub-courts. There are many traditions in Mexico. On February 5th the Mexicans celebrate Constitution Day. May 21st is President Benito Juarez’s birthday. May 8th is the Anniversary of Pueblo. September 16th is Independence Day. October 12th is Columbus Day. Another day that the Mexicans celebrate is on November 2nd and that’s the Day of the Dead. They celebrate all the people that died in the wars. On December 12th is the Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mexican men wear hats called sombreros. There were four major current events that happened in Mexico. On April 2nd, 2000 Mexico got a wider phone connection. At first Washington D.C. said no to this but Mexico got it anyway. Now Telmex is Mexico’s biggest, local, long-distance phone company. It is also the largest Internet service. On April 4th the Mexico Supreme Court found out who killed the most famous T.V. superstar, Francisco “Paco” Stanley. It was Mario Bezares. He is in jail now. The main trial will start on May 29th, 2000. On April 15th, 2000 150 foreigners were kicked out of Mexico because they violated their tourist visas. They did that by participating in political activities. Pancho Villa is one of the famous people. He was born on June 5th, 1877. He was born in Grande San Juan Rio. He is recognized as a hero or others view him as a criminal. He fought important battles. He was a compassionate man. He provided with food, water, education, homes and clothing to orphans. He was a revolutionary hero. He was then ambushed and killed on July 23rd, 1923 in Parral. José Clemente Orozo is another famous person. He was born on November 23rd, 1883. He was born in Zapollen Grande or today they call it Cindid. He drew many things. An example of what he drew was cartoons for magazines. His drawings were political. His first greatest portrait was “Revolutionary War”. “The Last Spanish Forces Leaving the Castle of San Juan de Ulla” was reference to the Independence War. In 1917 he went to the United States and painted the “Soldadera” which was attributed to women soldiers. In New York, 1934, he painted famous murals. He died on September 7th, 1949. His work is known all over the world. He is buried in Mexico City. We did a locator map, a physical map and a political map for out country, Mexico. Mexico is located southwest on the map. For the physical map Mexico has a lot of physical features. It has the Yucatan Peninsula, the Sierra Madre Occidental, the Sierra Madre del Sur, the Balsas River, the San Pedro River, and the Rio Grande. On the political map we have Mexico City, Sierra, Guadalajara, Mazatan, Monterrey, Veracruz, and San Luis Potosi. Those cities are the main cities in Mexico. Baptism is one of the major Protestant religions in Mexico. Baptists accept the basic tenets of the 16th century Reformation. They are important for their emphasis on a lot of other beliefs. They make up two-fifths of the Protestant population. Baptists originated in the early 17th century in Holland and England. They believe in a church composed only of regenerated individuals or persons who have had a personal experience of the Christian religion. The Baptist emphasis on believer’s baptism. Baptists believe that no biblical precedent exists for the baptism of infants. They follow the doctrine of separation of church and state. They believe in the autonomy of the local church. They support educational, evangelistic, and missionary goals. Last, Baptists have never adopted a universal creed. Lutheranism is another major Protestant religion in Mexico. Lutheranism originated as a 16th century movement led by Martin Luther. It developed in a number of separate national and territorial churches. Luther also developed the term Lutheran. Scandinavian Lutherans adopted the names of their countries for their churches. As a result of the missionary movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, Lutheranism has become a worldwide communion of Christians and the largest Protestant denomination in the world. It has about 80 million members. Lutheranism affirms the ultimate authority of the Word of God. For Lutherans, salvation doesn’t depend on worthiness but they believe it is a gift of God’s grace. They believe that faith is the only appropriate way for human beings to respond to God’s saving initiative. The Lutheran Church defines itself as the “assembly of believers among which the Gospel is preached and the Holy Sacraments are administrated according to the Gospel”. Last, they believe that the Bible was central to Lutheran worship. Episcopal is the last major religion in Mexico. It was organized in Philedelphia in 1789. In the early 1990’s the Episcopal Church had about 2.5 million members. Both Roman Catholic and evangelic traditions are represented in practices of the Episcopal Church. It doesn’t use the Athanasion Creed. Besides supporting home missions, the church maintains missionaries in the territories of the US and many other parts of the world. Many educational institutions were founded under the auspices of the Episcopal Church. The Church also has a monthly newspaper. The population in Mexico increased over the years I picked. Nineteen-eighty through nineteen-ninety the population increased by twenty-two percent. In nineteen-eighty Mexico had sixty-six million, eight hundred and forty-seven people. In nineteen-ninety Mexico had eighty-one million, two hundred and fifty people. In numbers the population increased by one hundred and forty-four million, thirty thousand people. Sixty-six million, eight hundred and forty-seven is the original amount. Eighty-one million, two hundred and fifty is the amount of increase. The first step to the formula for the percent of increase is to subtract eighty-one million, two hundred and fifty from sixty-six million, eight hundred and forty-seven. Then you get one hundred and forty-four million, thirty thousand. Then you divide one hundred and forty-four million, thirty thousand by eighty-one million, two hundred and fifty. You get twenty-two hundredths. Next you move the decimal two places to the right and you get your percent of increase, twenty-two percent. There is one major language spoken in Mexico. The major language spoken is Mexican or Spanish. One hundred percent of the people that live there speak that. There are three religions in Mexico. Eighty-nine percent of the people are Catholic. Six percent of the people that live there are Protestant. The other two percent is made up of the group other. I chose one piece of clothing to work with. The piece of clothing was khakis. In America a pair of khakis is twenty-five dollars. In Mexico a pair of khakis are two hundred thirty and seventy-five pesos. Since one US American dollar equals nine and twenty-three pesos I multiplied twenty-five dollars and nine and twenty-three pesos. I got two hundred thirty and twenty-five pesos. The season I chose to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit was summer. In the summer the temperature in Celsius was twenty-two degrees Celsius. In Fahrenheit it is seventy-four degrees Fahrenheit. The formula to change Celsius to Fahrenheit goes like this. The first step is to multiply nine-fifths times twenty-two plus thirty-two. Then you get seventy-four degrees Fahrenheit. The formula to change Fahrenheit to Celsius goes like this. The first step is to subtract seventy-four from thirty-two then multiply that from five-ninths. You get twenty-two degrees Celsius. The month I chose to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit was May. In May the temperature in Celsius was twenty-six degrees Celsius. In Fahrenheit it is seventy-six degrees Fahrenheit. The formula to change Celsius to Fahrenheit, again, goes like this. The first step is to multiply nine-fifths times twenty-six plus thirty-two. Then you get seventy-six degrees Fahrenheit. The formula to change Fahrenheit to Celsius, again, goes like this. The first step is to subtract seventy-six from thirty-two then multiply that from five-ninths. You get twenty-six degrees Celsius. The first author is Gloria Fuetes. She was born in 1920. She lived most of her life in Madrid. She wrote poetry, fiction, short stories, and plays for children. She is still living. The title of her work was “When I Hear You Name”. This poem is about a girl who could do anything with her boyfriend’s name. The second author is Jose Carlos Beccera. He was born in 1936. He was born in Villa Hermosa Taborco, Mexico. He studied architecture and philosophy. In 1969 he was the recipient of Guggenheim Fellowships, which enrolled him to travel to New York then to London. In 1970, in Italy, he lost control of the car he was driving and was killed. He was 33 years old. The title of his work was “The Drowned”. This poem is about a man who is hanging out with a bad group of people. There was an iron hook trying to save him and his friends. It was trying to pull them into God’s pools, which are the seas. It doesn’t help. The third author is Tablada. He was born in 1871 and died in New York in 1945. He was a poet, critic, and journalist. He introduced Haiku in the Spanish language. His work influences Mexican Literature. His 1st volume of poetry was the Florilgium In Sunlight and Moonlight. He work was put in schools all around Mexico. It can still be found. A title of his work was “The Willow”. This poem is describing a willow. A person in my group did the same author, Tablada. Another title of his work was “The Monkey”. This poem is about a monkey that is looking at the author. The monkey wants to tell him something but it can’t. The fourth author is Bernardo Ortin. He was born in 1899 and died in 1949. He lived in Mexico City. He founded a magazine called “Contemporary”. He was a poet that loved writing. Most of his poems remain unpublished. The title of his work is “Time”. This poem is about time and what happens when times goes on. The last author is Isabel Fraire. She was born in Mexico City in 1934. He writing has been important to arts and letters in Mexico since 1960. In 1978 she released her 3rd book and it was awarded the Villaurrutia Prize. All her poems were collected and put in the book “Puente Colgante”. She died in 1989. The title of her work was “My Love”. This poem is describing a lady’s love for things. He favorite things are her husband, music, and butterflies. She love’s life. She also lives in her own separate world. Bibliography: National Geographic Our World, The National Geographic Story Society, 1990. Mulford, Wendy Love Poems by Women Ballentine Books, 1990. Mexico…In Pictures Minneapolis, Lerner Publication Company, 1990. Rummel, Jack Mexico New York, Chelsea House Publishers, 1990. Stein, R. Conrad Mexico New Jersey, Dillon Press, 1997. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000406/tc/mexico_competition_1.html http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000415/wl/mexico_expelled_american_1.html http://www.latimes.com/buisness/updates/tat mexcredit000405.htm http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000404/wl/crime_mexico_2.html Word Count: 2002
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