MY HERITAGE-DISCOVERY AND CELEBRATION

KimberlyRichardsonPeriod 2

Table Of ContentsEconomicsPoliticsEnvironmentSociety and Culture

Economics Money

Agriculture

Trade

$1=36 pesos balance of money always changes

The financial system is underdeveloped

Money

almost 30% of the total land area suitable for crop production

the second-largest Caribbean producer of sugarcane

Agriculture

TradeAugust 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

TourismSanto 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

Politics

Kimberly

Carmen

Rafael

Carmen

Maria

JoseIsaias

Society and

Culture

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

lanzóCuando en bélico reto

de muerteSus cadenas de

esclavo rompió.

Ningún pueblo ser libre mereceSi es esclavo indolente y servil;Si en su pecho la llama no creceQue templó el heroísmo viril. ~Mas Quisqueya la indómita y bravaSiempre altiva la frente alzará:Que si fuere mil veces esclavaOtras 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.