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Activity 2: 1. Name 2 political features of Dutch culture: Constitutional Monarchy Since 1815 The Netherlands has been a constitutional monarchy. Historically for centuries before, it had been the proud republic, a union of provinces. Since 1848, the Netherlands is also a parliamentary democracy. Dutch monarch has no real political power, but serves as representative head of state and a symbolic person uniting the divided parliamentary politics. The parliament The parliament consists of two…

The prompt for this paper is actually something that I have thought about quite a lot. If I had to give up certain foods and choose only one geographic area, which would I choose? It could just be my bias, however, I have grown up with Mexican food and I always say it is the food of my heart and soul. Lucky enough for me, Mexico is a Latin American country so this was a very easy decision for me to make. Even though I am familiar with the cuisine, there are many different reasons why I chose…

Google Earth Assignment Madrid is the capital city of Spain. Originally, Toledo had been the capital during the Visigoth era, but when the Moors invaded they made Madrid the capital of Spain because of the strategic position it had in the center of the country right but the Manzanares River. Madrid is the third largest city in the European Union with a population of about 3.2 million within the city. It is the home of the Spanish Monarchs and the governmental buildings that host political…

As a child, risotto was my favorite dish that my mom, strictly following her father’s recipe, would make. Today, risotto has become an innately Italian dish. In most Italian restaurants, you will find at least one type of risotto on the menu. Strangely, despite it’s inherent Italian-ness, rice and risotto are relatively new introductions to Italian cuisine. Rice has a long history of domestication in Asia and was not brought to Italy for several thousand years after being domesticated (P. Huang…

Loud cheers sound out and twirling bodies everywhere. A packed danced floor has everyone moving and yelling at once. This was my first experience at the Basque Center in Boise during one of the many festivals being held on a Saturday. Young and old are up on the dance floor doing traditional dances to traditional songs. As a first timer of course I looked ridiculous trying to keep up with the moves and this got a lot of chuckles from everyone. Even with all the laughter, it was all in good fun…