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There are literally hundreds of ancient Maya archeological sites that have been scattered throughout Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. These sites tend

The Pyramid of the Sun is located in Teotihuacan, Mexico. It was built in approximately between 100 A.D. and 350 A.D. The Pyramid of the Sun was a place where men became gods. It is the third largest pyramid in the world. The pyramid is approximately

Native American Pueblos
Katie DuVal

    The Native American Pueblos are generally located near the four corners of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. Most pueblo houses and communities were made out of organic natural material like dirt, mud,

Lamanai was once a part of the Orange Walk District in Belize. "Lamanai" means "submerged crocodile"; there are lots of crocodiles around in the river surrounding the area. The Jaguar temple is named for it's "boxy jaguar decoration". It dates back t

The spiritual heart of the Aztec Empire was its capital city, Tenochtitlan. The Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan was created by the ruler of the Aztecs in 1466, Montecuzoma I. It wasn't finished until the rule of Montecuzoma II in 1508. It was rebuilt s

     Way back in the 2nd century BC there was a small town with a name of Cholula. Stories have it that Cholula was a large city and it was a very religious place. It was even told that it was considered the religious capital of highland Mexico! The

Calakmul: Its located in Campeche, Mexico its a Mayan ruin. It received cultural influences from both north and south. Calakmul along with the Maya sites of El Mirador, Nakbe, and Uaxactun, formed a coalition during the Formative period, constantly e

RFC- reconstruction finance court

CCC- Civilian Conservation corps.

FERA- Federal Emergency Relief Act

PWA- Public Works administration

WPA- Largest New Deal Agency

NYA- National Youth Administration

EBRA- Emergency Banking relief Act

FSA-Federal Security A

For this assigned blog post today I picked the Israeli elections.  These elections are very important to Israel, as Iran their #1 enemy is close to developing a nuclear weapon. It is also important because of Israel’s financial issues.

The current fr

New Deal Programs

AAA- Agricultural Adjustment Act- Provided farmers from price drops, 1933, FDR, controlled the supply of corn, wheat, cotton, rice, tobacco, and milk, paid farmers to destroy some of their crops and animals, 6 million piglets were sl

United states housing association- it build houses for poor people but you had to be qualified to applied for it.

Public works association- passed in 1933. it provided many people with jobs such as construction-repairing roads, building dams, and scho

Today we worked on Assigned Blog #2. Mr. Bruns was gone.

AAA agriculture adjustment act -protected farmers of price drops 1933

HOLC home owners loan corperation- 1933 stabalize the housing market ended in 1951

SCS- soil conservation service- helped conserve the soil and grew food for people

Reconstruction fin

RFC- reconstruction finance court. It gave loans to banks to help them rebuild themselves, and emergency relief funds.  It started under Hoover.

CCC- Civilian Conservation corps. CCC member worked 40 hours a week for $30 a month and $25 would be sent

New deal:

RFC: reconstruction finance corp. gave loans to banks, state and local governments and business’ to create projects/jobs for people. and gave states loans for emergency relief funds. started by president hoover.

CCC: Civilian Conservation Co