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Distinctly Canadian

... of natural resources, notably timber, petroleum, natural gas, metallic minerals, and fish. The name Canada is derived from an Iroquoian term meaning "village" or "community." In Canada we have many images, practices, and items that make us one of the best, younger countries in the world. In such a short time for a country to exist, we have many images that make us very culturally rich in everyway. Probably the most important images, practices, and items come for our friend, the American Indians (or Native Americans). They were a definite a ...

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Jordan

... of Nations put Palestine under British rule. In 1921, Britain created a unit called Trans-, and in 1928 Amir Abdullah became ruler of the country. During 1948, the first Arab-Israeli war broke out. During the war 700,000 Palestinian refugees fled to the West Bank from Israel. We, the country of , offered these needy refugees immediate citizenship. After the word got out, thousands of Palestinian refugees entered . Thousand of them, though, stayed in camps and that lead to the break up of Israel. Palisenians didn’t just flee to ...

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The Finger Lakes

... who visit the Finger Lakes will quickly realize that New York includes, along with concrete jungles, wilderness on the other end of the spectrum, wilderness created by the forces of our planet. Glaciers formed the hilly terrain characteristic of the Finger Lakes region, by carving out the lakes and valleys. Lush deciduous forests with an ample amount of pines cover the countryside, providing homes for abundant wildlife. A very popular method of exploring and experiencing the forest is on horseback which gives riders a completely differen ...

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"The Baltics: Nationalities And Other Problems"

... of the situation as it is today and in the recent past of the past two decades. "Until the twelfth century the marshes and forest-lands along the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea were left in the more or less undisturbed possession of a number of pagan tribes. The Esths and Livs in the northern regions belonged to the Finnish branch of the Ural-Altaic family, while another group farther to the south, subdivided into Letts, Borussians and Lithuanians, ... was of Indo-European stock. The Borussians, who moved southward to what is ...

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Atlantis

... say that one of the most significant Atlantean colonies was Egypt. They believe it is very probable that Egypt was originally one of the first Atlantean colonies to be settled. Architecture in ancient Egypt is very similar to ancient Atlantean architecture, which is strong proof that Egypt was a colony. Mexico and Peru are also supposed Atlantean colonies. The Peruvian numerical system is very similar to Atlantean numerals. Mexico has a culture very similar to that of the people of . is closely related to a multitude of islands, peni ...

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The Philipines

... exports.The climate is usually warm,the area is 115,830 square miles the Philipines are an archipelago,valcanos and mountains.T he main cities are Quezon city,Davao,Cebu,and the capital Manilla.Some plants and animals the Philipines have are dugong,sika,tamarau,anoa,monkey eating eagle,leperouse`s megapode,tinan monarch,and a cologo,some fauna are coconut,rubber tree,redlaun,mahogany,pines,palm trees,papya,pineappleplants,bamboo,bananatrees,cassava,rice,orchids, the national tree narra.Some governmental people are president Marcos,some langua ...

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China's Population Problem

... of China's total area (Hsu 1). The eastern half of China contains its most populous cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin. However these cities have a low fertility rate due to recent bandwagons of birth control. The average density in the eastern half of China averages around two-hundred and thirty-six people per square kilometer, whereas the density in the west half averages around ten point six people persquare kilometer (Hsu 1). Current enforcement of Chinese laws prevents migration between provinces without proper authorization ...

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Luxembourg

... distinct regions. The Ardennes, or northern region, is mountainous. The Bon Pays, or southern region, is mostly fertile farmland. The climate is cool and moist, with snow in the mountains. There are rich deposits of iron ore creating many jobs in the steel industry. There is also fertile farmland to the south, also creating many jobs in farming. The people of Luxembourg have no native costume. They borrow much of their culture from Belgium, Germany, and France. Today, modern Luxembourgers dress like other Europeans. The ...

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Ghana

... Soninke kings conquered neighboring towns with their iron tools and weapons compared to the other cities' inferior and crude stone weapons. Pretty soon, developed into a major kingdom and the city of Koumbi was established as the capital. Each trading city including the capital were divided into two sections; one half for the Muslims, and the other for the Soninke and other African natives. fell out of Soninke rule in 1076 when a group of Islamic converted West Africans called the Mandinke overthrew them. Meanwhile, another empire called Mal ...

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Botswana

... in the rural areas. But throughout all of these hardships had remained in control, do to the strong government and connection to a free market. In 1966 through 1967 the Gross Domestic Product was around P36.9 million. The government’s budget that same year was estimated around P17.9 million. depended on the British because of their grants, and aid to help their economy. Six years later the GDP had quadrupled to P197.5 million and ten years later it was P1, 390.9 million. The Gross Domestic Product in 1991 was P7 billion since t ...

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Mexico

... coastal plains in the west and east. The two mountain chains, the Sierra Madre Occidental to the west and the Sierra Madre Oriental in the east, meet in a region called La Junta in the southeast. At La Junta the two ranges form the Sierra Madre del Sur, a maze of volcanic mountains containing the highest peaks in (see Sierra Madre). The Sierra Madre del Sur leads into the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which lies between the Bay of Campeche and the Gulf of Tehuantepec. The prominent topographical feature of the country is the central plateau, a cont ...

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Comparison Of Mexico And The United States

... certain powers are delegated to the national government and all other powers fall to the states. The national government consists of the same three branches as Mexico, which each branch specifically designed to check and balance each other, all interrelated and overlapping, yet each quite distinct. (Adrian, 1978). In Mexico, supreme executive authority is vested in the president, who is elected to serve one six-year term; a bit longer than a U.S. president who is elected to serve a four-year term.. The Mexican president's power of appoin ...

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