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Aztec Jungle Agriculture

... very edge of endurance, and beyond, and not only death, but many deaths, came to each one: each day a tiny death, dust, worm, a light flicked off in the mud at the city's edge, a tiny death with coarse wings pierced into each man like a short lance and the man was besieged by the bread or the knife, the cattle-dealer: the child of sea-harbors, or the dark captain of the plough, or the rag picker of snarled streets: everybody lost heart, anxiously waiting for death, the short death of every day: and the grinding bad luck of ...

Number of words: 2111 | Number of pages: 8

China

... Party (CCP) and Nationalism have historically hindered the people of China; a growing need to conform to capitilism is plainly obvious if there will ever be success in the global market. The Marxist theory is based on a classless society where the proletariat or working class is given the opportunity to exist on an equal social level with the remainder of the people while given a form of leadership of its own for the first time. The dictatorship of the proletariat in communist China called the " peoples democratic dictatorshi ...

Number of words: 1391 | Number of pages: 6

Italy

... population resides in rural areas. Some of Italy's major imports include industrial raw materials, petroleum, meat, and cereal grains. The principal exports are manufactured goods and craft items, along with fruits and vegetables. Italy usually suffers a trade deficit, but the difference is partly offset by its large and profitable tourist industry and by money sent by Italian citizens working abroad. Italy is a country far from being land-locked, with 9 major ports including Genoa, Trieste, Taranto, Venice, Savona, and Naples. Italy has ...

Number of words: 431 | Number of pages: 2

Culture, And Arts Of Argentina

... present. Latin American literature is tremendously varied in its scope. It encompasses narratives by early explorers and settlers, which tell of their encounters with the land and people of the New World; satiric writing that comment on colonial society and it imitation of Europeans trends; and works that bring together Native American themes and imagery in an effort to express an experience that is uniquely Latin American. A continuing predicament for writers arises from the desire to define a distinct Latin American identity while not ap ...

Number of words: 1339 | Number of pages: 5

Tropical Africa: Food Production And The Inquiry Model

... developmental solutions. Rainfall reliability is closely connected to rainfall quantity The rainfall in the equatorial heart is very plentiful and reliable. However, there is much less rainfall towards the outer edges of the rain belt. Periodic and unpredictable droughts are a characteristic feature of these border zones. There are three climatic zones in Tropical Africa: 1.a region of persistent rain at and near the Equator 2.a region on each side of this of summer rain and winter drought, and 3.a region at the northern and southern edge ...

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Lake Erie Islands

... the islands so much is because there are so many things for me to do. We own a twenty-one foot Chris-Craft Scorpion ski boat. It is mostly my boat because I can take it out anytime that I want. My boat is great for skiing and tubing, two of my favorite things to do on the water. It is easy to pull someone who is skiing because of a Chevy 350 motor. The boat runs about fifty-two miles per hour, which is very fast on water. Except for my car, my boat is my most prized possession. There are many people that we associate with at our place ...

Number of words: 460 | Number of pages: 2

Austria

... Noric Alps, and the Karawanken Mountains. Besides these eastern- western ranges, several series of mountain spurs extend in a northern-souther direction. The mountain barriers of are broken in many places by passes, including the Brenner Pass and the Semmering Pass. The principal areas of that are not within the Alps are the northern and eastern border sections. The northern section consists of rolling upland, and the eastern border section comprises part of the Danube Basin, including Vienna. The principal river is the Danube, which ente ...

Number of words: 1641 | Number of pages: 6

Disneyland

... all of the rest of my favorite Disney characters. It was a truly euphoric experience to meet stars of all my favorite cartoons that I so loyally watched every morning. When I reached preschool, and found out how to “brag”, my trip to Disneyland was some of my best ammo. I laugh now at the fact that Mickey and Goofy were just normal people, yet I was overwhelmed at the time to meet such stars. Several years passed, and I was now a twelve year old who remembered Disneyland as a place where “little kids” go to meet Mickey Mouse. For ...

Number of words: 532 | Number of pages: 2

Australia

... Gulf of CARPENTARIA and the GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT are few. A self-governing member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Australia celebrated its bicentennial in 1988z. It is a federation of five mainland states (NEW SOUTH WALES, QUEENSLAND, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA) and one island state (TASMANIA), as well as two territories (AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, NORTHERN TERRITORY). The country's name derives from the Latin terra australis incognita, meaning "unknown southern land," which resulted from a confusion between Australia a ...

Number of words: 374 | Number of pages: 2

Jamaica

... swamps, moist fern- forests, sprawling open plains, plateaus, rushing rivers, and magnificent waterfalls. The Blue Mountains are the highest mountains in Jamaica and Blue Mountain Peak which is the highest peak in Jamaica rises to 2256 m or 7 402 feet. They are made up primarily of limestone. Farther to the west in the cockpit country the limestone has eroded over many years to form large depressions, narrow valleys, underground caverns and rivers. Most of the surface rivers are short, swift flowing and descend quickly to the coast and consi ...

Number of words: 3668 | Number of pages: 14

Mexico

... core, while the arid north and the tropical south are sparsely settled. The stereotype of Mexico is that it is a country with a population consisting mainly of subsistence farmers has little validity. Petroleum and tourism dominate the economy, and industrialization is increasing in many parts of the nation. Internal migration from the countryside has caused urban centers to grow dramatically: more than two thirds of all Mexicans now live in cities. Mexico City, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 16 million p ...

Number of words: 3913 | Number of pages: 15

Israel

... Israel celebrates it's becoming a state. Israel Produces many crops such as figs, dates, apples, pairs, oranges, and olives. They are a very self-sufficient nation and do not need to import much. Probably the most renowned person in the country is the Prime Minister. He is similar to a President. The current Prime Minister is Benjamin Netanyahu. One of his biggest problems right now is to try and negotiate a peach agreement with the arabs. Two of the biggest Ethnic groups, the Arabs and the Jews, have been fighting every since ...

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