Kimberly Richardson Period 2

Table Of Contents Economics Politics Environment Society and Culture

EconomicsEconomics  MoneyMoney  AgricultureAgriculture  TradeTrade

 $1=36 pesos  balance of money always changes  The financial system is underdeveloped MoneyMoney

 almost 30% of the total land area suitable for crop production  the second-largest Caribbean producer of sugarcane AgricultureAgriculture

TradeTrade  August 2, 2005, President Bush signed into law the bill to implement the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement  March 1, 2007 the CAFTA-DR Free Trade Agreement was implemented  allowed almost 80% of U.S. goods to enter the DR duty free

TourismTourism  Santo Domingo, Boca Chica, Punta Cana, Playa Dorada and Cabarate are the main areas to stay  alive with restaurants and bars and historical monuments  Resort areas in Punta Cana is perhaps the DR's most popular vacation destinations

PoliticsPolitics

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Society andCultureSociety andCulture

Quisqueyanos valientes, alcemos Nuestro canto con viva emoción, Y del mundo a la faz ostentemos Nuestro invicto glorioso pendón. ~ ¡Salve el pueblo que intrépido y fuerte, A la guerra a morir se lanzó Cuando en bélico reto de muerte Sus cadenas de esclavo rompió. Ningún pueblo ser libre merece Si es esclavo indolente y servil; Si en su pecho la llama no crece Que templó el heroísmo viril. ~ Mas Quisqueya la indómita y brava Siempre altiva la frente alzará: Que si fuere mil veces esclava Otras tantas ser libre sabrá. National Anthem -Emilio Prud’Homme-

 Monument of Dominican Republic located in Santiago de los 30 Caballeros

El faro a Colon located in Santo Domingo ( the capital ) Dominican Republic. It is said that Christopher Columbus was buried here.

Los tres padres de la patria Juan Pablo Duarte, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez y Ramón Matías Mella Juan Pablo Duarte, Francisco del Rosario Sanchez and Ramon Matias Mella, Heroes of the Independence of the Dominican Republic are known as the Dominican Founding Fathers. Dominican sovereignty and represent the struggle for this nation's first independence (February 27, 1844), as well as dreams of creation.

Junot Diaz  Dominican Novelist  Diaz urged students not to go through the motions of getting an education. They should allow themselves to be “transformed,” he said.