2a Latin America Intro

a. Interdisciplinary Studies: Of, relating to, or involving two or more academic disciplines that are usually considered distinct; involving more than one branch of learning (thefreedictionary.com)

Interdisciplinary is a term of art in several professions concerned with education and training that refers to the qualities of studies that cut across several established disciplines or traditional fields of study. (Wikipedia)

b. Latin America: The countries of the Western Hemisphere south of the United States, especially those speaking Spanish, Portuguese, or French (thefreedictionary.com)

Latin America: is the region of the Americas where Romance languages, those derived from Latin, and in particular Spanish and Portuguese, are primarily spoken (Wikipedia)

c. Countries of Latin America: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatamala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uraguay, Venezuela (Wikipedia)

d. Countries of the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, U. S. Virgin Islands. (Wikipedia)

e. Cool Fact: In 1655 Spain lost Jamaica to the British, then in 1665 they lost half of hispanol to France and they named it Haiti. (youtube.com "Caribbean History Colonization")

f. Sources: My sources are reputable because they are recommended by the instructor. Wikipedia is widely used as an encyclopedia, youtube may or may not be reputable only because anyone can post a video, they do not have to be a ruputable source to do so. I felt that the video I viewed was posted by someone who had done research into the making.

g. Last week's:
-In general I noticed: Wikipedia is a popular resource center for information. Most of the classmates are taking this to fulfill the requirement for an AA.
-Melissa and I are both in the JC's Nursing Program, graduating in May 2009. We are both taking this course to fulfill our last requirement for an AA.
-Denise and I are both taking this class because we would one day like to travel there and find that it is better to learn about the culture before travel.