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spain

at first they didn't speak any language because the spaniards didn't want them to learn a language so they don't communicate so they can make a plan to escape from labor and when they finally took over they went to guatemala and learned spanish from time he spaniards didn't want them to learn a language so they don't communicate  because they needed them for labor and didn't want them doing anything else but farming for them and for their needs

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there official language is spanish but some indians speak english and indian Guatemala's country's official language is spanish and for indians it is english or they speak one of their own languages like indian and hindu

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Guatemala is the third largest country in Central America and shares borders to the north and west with Mexico, to the southeast with El Salvador and Honduras, to the northeast with Belize and the Caribbean Sea, and to the south with the Pacific Ocean. Guatemala is very rugged it has many mountains and steep hills
Guatemala is the third largest country in Central America and is next to the caribbean sea and to the south of guatemala is a pacific ocean

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guatemala national bird and flower

Guatemala's national bird is  the Quetzal is holding on with only nearly a thousand left it is almost becoming extinct . Guatemala's national flower, Lycaste Skinneri Alba

animals in guatemala

Guatemala is a place with many beautiful destinations which are also filled with an amazing amount of exotic species of animals. Here is a list with some of the most popular animals of this beautiful Central American country
the Quetzal is guatemala's national bird but on the bad side it is going extinct and only a few thousand left in the world the picture below is a picture of a questel. Guatemala is filled with many exotic animals  like the ocelot and vampire bat.

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Thomas de Merlo

his artwork are few of the ones that survived from 1690’s the art work was outstanding and can still be found  museo  de arte colonial.
the famous dances they had are about 100 Thomas de merlo was one of the biggest guatemalan most of his work is lost over the years he is a very big scenssiocin for the guatemalas below is one of his artworks

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Thomas de Merlo

his artwork are few of the ones that survived from 1690’s the art work was outstanding and can still be found  museo  de arte colonial.

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for daily life of guatemala

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Farming
everyday guatemalans go out to the field and get their to their crops it is like part of their routine like how we eat breakfast and go to school. They use tools like hoe machete and digging stick.

breakfast and houses some things guatemalans have for breakfast is arroz con leche which is rice with milk usually served warm (this is one of my favorite things to eat) and pupas which is like a cooked bread with beans and cheese and vegetables inside of eat ( i also like this a lot) there houses are usually two rooms made of wood and leaves and sticks with straw

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food

most of the foods they eat are really unique and have different things in them. Some of the foods they eat are

Samosa

Butter chicken

Momo

Roti

clothing. almost every indian community in guatemala has its own colorful style of clothing. Indians usually travel far from home to get the clothing. That is why when you go to central and western guatemala  you see different type of clothing

Here is some traditional indian clothing

Almost every single community in guatemala has their own color in the picture below there is a idian and as you can see he has many different color.

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Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. They have christmas every year to honor the birth of jesus it is a time of year to see your loved ones and family members and give out presents and also have fun and be thankful for what you have and what jesus has given you and your family

Judaism, monotheistic religion developed among the ancient Hebrews. Judaism is characterized by a belief in one transcendent God who revealed himself to Abraham, Moses, and the Hebrew prophets and by a religious life in accordance with Scriptures and rabbinic traditions.

They have some of the same religion and some don't even don't even have a religion some are Judaism legalism and christiny

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Guatemala shares many holidays with the U.S. and the rest of the world, including Christmas and New Years. Christmas is an interesting mixture of indigenous and Catholic traditions. Many towns hold religious processions during the nine days leading up to Christmas Day.They also celebrate easter and april fools day

Guatemala has many of the same holidays and most of the rest of the world celebrate these holidays too. Some holidays are Christmas, Hanukkah, new years except we celebrate at different times

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n september 15 1821 guatemala and other central american  states declared their independence they later became part of mexico empire, but they later broke away in 1823 and the united provinces of policies.

This research note is about how the spanish and the guatemalans got their independence. In 1821 guatemala got their independence because of how they fought back against the spaniards and got their freedom

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indian period

historians don't know that much about people who lived there until the farming developed. Much of the famous mayans thrived in guatemala. They also recorded important dates on tall blacked carved blocks they were called stelae. Mayans built large cities. These cities were beautiful places and also some temples were made. All the mayans abandoned these places in 900’s

colonial period

in 1523 a Spanish expedition led by pedro de alvarado set out from new spain. A spanish colony in mexico, They went on to invade guatemala. Alvarado defeated the guatemalans and established spanish in the country. In 1570 spain set up the audiencia of guatemala a high court of judges and administrators. The Standards found little gold and silver in guatemala but they stayed in plantations with indian labor.in 1776 the audiencia was move guatemala because of an earthquake that had occurred.

Throughout guatemala's history there have been war and battles for this land and before the guatemalans settled there was the indians and the mayans and they built many ruins like in the picture below. Indians and mayans just left all of this behind and the spaniards just picked it up and built what it is today

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exports Guatemala exports more than import the country exports bananas,cardamom,clothing,coffee,crude and sugar.

imports include iron and steel,machinery,motor vehicles,petroleum products and medicinal drugs
these imports come from around the world some places being england,

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the agriculture provides a tenth of guatemala’s gross.Employs about a third of the country’s labor force. The nation depends on export farm goods. Bananas,coffee and sugarcane are there leading product. Cardamon an expensive import grows on the southern edge regions. Other important crops are beans,corn,rubber and tomatoes. Corn is the country’s main food crop. Fishing also plays a small role in the guatemalan agriculture and money.  Fishing fleets catch shrimp and tuna with many other fish. Shrimp and tilapia is are the most valuable fish products in guatemala. service industry
trade,restaurants and hotel are

The most important category of services . These tourists come from el salvador

having jobs in guatemala could be hard because all of the steep hills with rocks and making a farm with crops could be hard getting to all of the crops without falling over. in  the picture you can see horses that they are walking and they have are hard time getting up. Also the weather could affect if they even go to work that day

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There are elected four years and only allowed to serve one term. The  president appoints a cabinet

Jimmy morales was a comedian before running for president
This is the president this picture was taken in 2016 when he was giving a speech so he can be declared the new guatemalan president. I couldn’t find find the other president that ran for the chair.

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Presidential system

A presidential system is a system of government where an executive branch is led by a president who serves as both head of state and head of government. In such a system, this branch exists separately from the legislature

unitary state

A unitary state is a state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme
constitutional system

constitution definition. A nation or state's fundamental set of laws. Most nations with constitutions have them in written form, such as the United States Constitution

This paragraph was about how they run their government and what they are about and what they do like the presidential system,unitary system and constitutional system