Muslides In Peru

lands and sometimes on building projects or in mining.” (World of the Inca). Thus the Inca expected

1. Before Francisco Pizarro began the Spanish conquest in 1532, the Incan empire dominated the Andes Mountain region. An emperor who demanded strict obedience ruled the land. All business was run by the state, which could draft citizens for its projects. The Inca, terracing the landscape and irrigating the crops, farmed the mountainsides. The Inca were brilliant engineers, whose roadways included bridges. The city of Machu Picchu is an example of their skill with tools like the plumb bob and wooden roller, which they used for in heavy construction. Hundreds of years after their civilization was subdued by the Spanish, the descendants of the once-dominate Incas make up about 50 percent of Peru’s population.

Document one depicts the extent of Inca road systems, which covered the western coast of South America. The Inca used these roads to transport goods to South and Mesoamerican cultures. The Inca constructed this vast road system to ensure connection to other civilizations to maintain the goods that their people needed, though they were not the only culture that relied heavily on trade. As recorded by a travelling conquistador, the Aztecs were seen daily “buying and selling, and where are found all kinds of merchandise produced in these countries, including food products, jewels of gold and silver, lead, brass, copper, zinc, bones, shells, and feathers,” (document 7). Trade was the center of Aztec life.

The purpose of this paper is to describe the explored cultural and social experiences of the Peruvian people in the United States. As the 11th-largest from the total Hispanic population in the United States, Peruvians warrant a cultural investigation (Ennis et al., 2011). Hispanic communities are increasing and their social differences are vast. One cannot consider cultural competence without surveying the multiple populations within the large Hispanic population in the United States.

The country was foreign, a first for me. Dilapidation and ruin scattered the horizon as far as one could see. Guatemala is a place where poverty has a strong grasp on its people. We traveled tirelessly for hours to reach the poorest of the poor. Upon arrival old, young, and natives of all shapes and sizes formed receiving lines, eager to welcome us with gifts of smiles and gratitude. It was an experience that forever changed me. This was the first time I had stepped outside the boundaries of the American culture into a world where nothing is taken for granted. Each day spent on my mission trip brought a fresh awareness of gratefulness. Any pre-trip reluctance quickly became a vague memory as my emotions welled within bring a fresh change to

Last summer, I flew to Nicaragua for ten days with a team of sixteen girls and boys. I knew a couple people who have gone to mission and service trips like this and they said it was a really good experience, so I thought about and eventually made the decision to go. It was both one of the most terrifying and amazing experiences I have ever had. When we landed and arrived in Managua, I saw people living in extreme poverty left and right. People lived in houses with large rusty metal sheets for walls and roofs. Kids played outside

Peru is rich with minerals, natural resources, and precious metals such as silver, gold, copper, timber, iron ore, coal, potash, phosphate, petroleum, and natural gas. Natural resources have created Peru's infrastructure jump in growth in recent years. Peru has been building roads that go through different types of terrain to include mountains, rainforest and urban areas. Peruvians have updated their railway systems that transport civilians to and from their jobs all throughout the country. Although Peru is wealthy; unfortunately the majority of this income from these natural resources does not make it to the miners and farmers that work long days in order to acquire the resources for global sale. Many of Peru's citizens still live in poverty

The moment I arrived in Quito Ecuador, I threw up. After hours of delayed flights, I was confident that I had made the wrong decision leaving the country. Regardless, I trudged on to my destination: a remote village hidden in the rainforest of Ecuador. The occupants lived with next to nothing, not even a decent bathroom. In fact, that’s why I was there. I was part of a group working to bring a plumbing system to the natives. We worked for hours every day, digging trenches and hauling rocks from a river. With mud caked into my pores, my only relief was a rinse in a cold, dirty river at the end of every day. I had never felt better. The community was so thankful for everything they had, even if it wasn’t much. Through them, I learned

Cussen, Celia L. “The Search for Idols and Saints in Colonial Peru: Linking Extipation and Beatification.” Hispanic American Historical Review 85 (2005): 417-48. Accessed March 7, 2014.

Playing sports or creating a “fun day” or camp program for local children makes you see how the kids on the other side of the world are and how their daily lives are so different from ours. Just by doing these things, we’ll have made new friends, enhanced our teamwork and cleared our eyes to how the kids in Peru live. Even though this trip is for service, you have to appreciate all the sightseeing. During the RS trip, you have a tour of the Colonial Spanish sites in Cusco, an entire day of hiking through the Lares Trail, you get to go to Lake Titicaca and blend with the Uros tribe, a tour of Machu Picchu and a look at an Incan archaeological place in the Sacred Valley. Overall, I think this trip will be terrific with all the wonderful places that are going to be visited, hiking everywhere and inhaling in the autumn nature, working alongside the Peruvian children and taking in their culture. The opportunity of going to such a glorious country is unbelievable and I genuinely hope that I can be involved in this trip to

Both the Incas and the Peruvians share very similar interest when it came to producing crops and the structure of their buildings, but also have very devastating events that had occurred. Such like when the spanish armies, clergy, and diseases had swept through the river valley . Villages died or taken away to work the mines of Potosi, while the rich valley soon gave way to decay and dim

No government services or assistance regardless of disabilities, low income or amount of children, people were lone wolves, they had to fend for themselves with no greater help, Many schools weren't free and with few public schools they were often full . less fortunate children didn't even have a way of getting to or coming back home , I remember i walking out of the mall and seeing a little boy his arms like two twigs he asked me for money to eat and as soon as i had seen him i began to tear up and gave him 300 pesos about 10$ Usd,It felt like i was witnessing a unicef add first-hand . on the car ride back i began to reflect on all my ignorance , all the times i got upset at things that didn't matter, that i desired material things, the money i spent on clothes i didn't need i felt incredibly arrogant and from then on i knew i had to change my way of life i had to educate myself and be the change within my community and later on the country my family originated

In this source review, I decided to choose the passage Sacred Mountains, Ceremonial Sites, and Human Sacrifice Among the Incas by Johan Reinhard and Constanza Ceruti. In the review, Reinhard talks about the many archaeological explorations they performed. The explorations discovered human remains, usually buried with different artifacts. The artifacts would include vases, pots, and/or tapestries. Only a few human remains were found throughout the centuries of archaeological expeditions. These remains seemed to be used during a sacred ritual the Incas performed called a capacocha. The capacocha was a ritual involved in sacrificing human lives in the mountains. The Incan people believed that the mountains were sacred and possessed supernatural

patriotic. Some of the students said that America is not educated enough about Peru's culture.

Peruvians enjoy a free government and one of the richest histories in the world. Peru’s history has legendary beginnings and leads to a revolution. Furthermore, the Peruvian government allows civil liberties and freedoms. Come and go back in time to the Incas and lead through until Peru’s founding government.