1. MY CULTURAL HERITAGE HERITAGE,DIVERSITY,INTEGRIT Y AND HONOR KIMBERLY& LESLIE PERIOD:3

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3. Environment Table Of Contents Economy Politics Society & Culture

4. ENVIRONMENT

5. ECONOMY

6. POLITICS

7. SOCIETY/CULTURE

9. Kimberly's Family tree http://www.geni.com/family- tree#6000000010409857376

10. Leslie's Family tree http://www.geni.com/family-tree

11. Oral History Person: Delbin Espinal (Boyfriend) Kim :What do You Like about Dominican Republic? Delbin: What I like about the Dominican Republic is the camaraderie between the people in the country. It's almost as if everyone is part of a family with a strong sense of togetherness. Kim :What do you think about the president of the Dominican Republic? Delbin: I think that President Leonel Fernandez should incorporate a variety of social and economic programs to help restructure the country. Kim :Describe The Dominican Republic with 1 Word. Delbin: Platano Person: Ana Cristina Urena (Mother) Kim : Whats The Difference from here and the Dominican Republic? Ana: The difference between here and the Dominican Republic is that over there its a great place to relax and get away from your problems. Over here life is not easy... you have to work for what you want. Kim : What made you leave?' Ana: What made me leave is that me and my husband wanted to start a family in America.

12. Leslie's Oral History Deyaniris Fernandez(Mother) Me: How was Dominican Republic when you lived there? Mom: It didn't have so much burglars, everything was more affordable, and the streets were different. Me: What's the difference of the US and in R.D? Mom: There's more opportunity in jobs and your future,like better colleges and can get more money. Jose Fernandez (Father) Me: How was Dominican Republic when you lived there? Dad:It was good there was not a lot problem, and it didn't have a lot of offenders. Me:Why you came to America? Dad:I came here looking for a better opportunity and a better life to live because there is more things here then in my country.

13. Delbin Espinal Interviewed 1st Ana Cristina interviewed 2nd Kim's interviewer s

14. Leslie interviewed her parents

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16. CASSAVA Cassava is a Vegetable that we eat with most of are food but we mostly eat it in the morning. PLANTAINS We are known for eating plantains a lot, Specially in the morning. TROPICAL Dominican Republic is a tropical place. It has many beautiful Beaches and its a great place to relax. Environment

17. POLLUTION DEFORESTATION Dominican Republic is the World's 10 worst pollution spot. Many kids get sick by the pollution in the air. The nation was losing 20,000 hectares per year of its forest lands largely due to commercial interests. The Dominican Republic has environmental problems in the area of deforestation, water supply,and soil erosion. Environment

18. Pesos The Money we use in the Dominican Republic its called "Pesos" but is not the same way as we use it in America. Tourism Dominican Republic has a lot of resorts and beautiful beaches to enjoy, which make them a lot of money. ECONOMY

19. Trades Many of there trades come from America. It's the most important. High & Low ECONOMY Exports not only from Missouri is always high or low it changes all the time throughout the years.

20. Leonel Fernandez Leonel Fernandez is the president of Dominican Republic his the one that makes all the decisions. Julieta Gomez de Cortés Casanare Julieta Gomez is one of the governors from Dominican Republic. Esther Ramirez Dajabon Esther Ramirez is also one of the governors from Dominican Republic. POLITICS

21. Rosario Rodríguez Nova Elías Piña Governors: Rosario Rodriguez is the third governor from the Dominican Republic. These three are all the governors from Dominican republic that help out the president Leonel.

22. BACHATA Bachata is a very popular type of genre we listen to in The Dominican Republic. Aventura is one of the popular artist that sing bachata and also come from our country. MERENGUE Juan Luis Guerra is a famous Merengue singer and also a bachata singer. He was born in Dominican Republic. Merengue is a famous genre as well as bachata. Society/Culture

23. Baseball Baseball is a huge passion in The Dominican Republic. Baseball was introduced in the Dominican Republic 1866 by Cuban dockworkers whom had learned the game from American sailors. FEB 27 FEB 27 is the independence of the Dominican Republic we celebrate it with 27 Festivals,mask, and many more. its really important for us because it was wen our country was born. CHURCH The Nights of Prayer is celebrated the night before Altagracia day.Dominican Republic is very Catholic we mostly believe in the Virgin Mary we always pray for her to cure us,help us in our problems,and also give her thanks for everything. SOCIETY/CULTURE

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