Assignment 2A

Assignment 2a
Latin American Intro
a. Interdisciplinary- Having to do with more than one branch of learning. (The free dictionary)

Interdisciplinary studies- The study of several fields of study i.e. Art, History, Math, Science. It involves students and teachers in integrating several academic disciplines. (Wikipedia)

b. Latin America includes the countries of South America, North America (including Central America and the islands of the Caribbean Sea) south of the United States. (Answers.com)Usually people are referring to countries that speak Spanish and Portuguese.
Latin America is consisting of 18 Spanish speaking countries also known as the countries that Spain and Portugal had colonized in the Americas. (Latin American History Resources)
c. Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. (Wikipedia)
d. The Caribbean countries: Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (US) (Internet World Stats)
e. Cool Facts-
Guatemalan writer Miguel Angel Asturias was awarded the 1967 Nobel Prize for Literature. (ESL Teachers Board)
The actor Anthony Quinn (1915-2001) originally came from Mexico. In 1952 he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the film “Viva Zapata!” (ESL Teachers Board)
f. I cited all of my sources. I think that these are reputable because I crass referenced them with other sites. I also checked to make sure that I used sites for educators i.e. ESL teachers. I think that all of the information I found is correct.
g. I learned that Katherine has a wonderful family which she loves very much and she recently suffered a medical condition that almost took her life. Her kids look very happy in their picture.
I also learned that Joy Dunham has three kids and is married like myself. Except I live in Rohnert Park not Sonoma.
I also noticed that not everyone has filled out a description of themselves on their blog.
Works Cited
Answers.com. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.answers.com/topic/latin-america
ESL Teachers Board. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/latin-america/index.pl?noframes;read=640
Internet World Stats. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.internetworldstats.com/list1.htm#CA
Latin American History Resources. (n.d.). Retrieved from Terms and Definitions: http://www2.truman.edu/~marc/resources/terms.html
The free dictionary. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/interdisciplinary
Wikipedia. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdisciplinary