Hawaii: Prologue Of History
.... wives, so breaking in from the outside even through
marriage was hardly possible. The only time they were successfully challenged
prior to statehood was when Sears, Roebuck and Co. opened a store on Oahu.
Closing ranks, the Big Five decreed that their steamships would not carry
Sears's freight. When Sears threatened to buy its own steamship line, the Big
Five relented. In the end, statehood, and more to the point, tourism, broke
their oligarchy. After 1960 too much money was at stake for Mainland-based
corporations to ignore. Eventually the grip of the Big Five was loosened, but
they are still enormously powerful and richer than .....
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England
.... to pleasurable memories.
In there Queen Elizabeth 1 and Sir Walter Raleigh were imprisoned. Anne Buleyn
was killed there. You could take a tour deep below the castle to see the
beautiful crown jewels.
England is also famous for the Buckingham Palace. There is where the
Queen of England lives. At the Buckingham Palace you can see a wonderful
ceremony called the Changing of the Guard. In this ceremony men with red tunics
and black helmets march down the street.
One major thing England is famous for is Big Ben. Big Ben is a really
big clock tower. This clock determines the right time for every clock in the
world.
The main reason .....
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The Population Growth Rate In India
.... artificial birth control, but the major
Indian religions have traditionally lacked such strictures.) Ironically, the
state of Kerala which had long had a Communist-led government had for many years
represented a population planning model because of its implementation of
programs fostering education and the emancipation of women. The success of such
programs has indicated that even the poorer classes can be induced to think in
terms of population control and family planning through education, but increased
affluence correspondingly increases the pressure for the limitation of family
size, for parents who enjoy good life want .....
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Mozambique
.... of them
go to high school. It only has one university which was founded in 1965.
Corn is the main food .Also a favorite dish is nshima, a thick porridge made
from corn.
Facts about the country
People
Population : 8.745,284 m density: 12 persons per sq km.
Distribution: 43% urban , 57% rural.
Official language: English
Major religions: traditional, roman, Catholicism, and protestian.
Education
Literacy: 81% of adult population.
Universities: 1
Life expectancy: women-59 men-55.
Government
Type:republic.
Government leader: Fredrick Chiluba.
Legislature: National Assembly.
Political subdivisions: nine provinces. .....
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Austria
.... 100,000 people
living in them consist of Graz, Innsbruck, Linz, and Scuzburg.
Culture
Austrians do not like being classified as Germans, Austria is basically
Germanic in language and ethnic association. Some minorities include 40,000
Croats, 70,000 Solvenes, and a small group of Hungarians (11,000) and Czechs
(5,000). Most Austrian's live south of the Danube River. Austrians enjoy an
array of fine foods such as a Viennese Clich otherwise known as a Wiener
Schnitzel, and many fine cakes and pastries. The average life expectancy for
males is 72 and females 78.
Traditions
In May and June Vienna hosts the Vienna Festival. T .....
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Barbados
.... average rainfall is 40 inches in the coastal areas and 90
inches in the central areas.
The net migration into Barbados is 4.82 per 1000. The annual growth rate
is 0.4%, which is one of the lowest in the world. The annual birthrate is 15.45
per 1000, and the annual deathrate is 8.27 per 1000. Barbados ranks fourth in
the World in population density with the overall density being 1526 per square
mile. The whole island is inhabited, leaving no sparsely populated areas. The
main race is Negro, which is about 92% of the population. The remainder of the
population is consists of Whites (3.8%), Mulattoes (3.8%), and East Indi .....
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Brazil
.... there is much poverty. People make a living there by subsistence farming.
Even though they do farming subsistintly, they use much advanced farming there.
Aside from farming there is much more to there culture. People there are
involved a lot in astronomy and mathematics. Architecture is another way of
living there. This used not only as a money making job, but private uses also.
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION OF BRAZIL
In the 1500s, the Portuguese colonist built big sugar plantations along
the fertile coastal plain and port cities to ship crops to Europe. Brazilian
government has been tearing desolate slums, called .....
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Canadian Identity Test.
.... nice to
other countries and are less hated. One main thing known about Canada is that
we are a center for sports, we also have less racism than the U.s., because if a
black child walked into a school in the U.s. 30 years ago he would be made fun
of called names and even failed by the teachers because of his skin color. But
back in the 1800's black people thought of Canada as the free land.
4: I think Canada and the U.s are very different because, we have way
less violence, we have less pollution, we are more friendlier to our neibouring
countries, we have less pollution and free health care for that matter. Most of
the popular .....
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China
.... follow? The statistics show us that in the middle of
the 21st century there will be a disadvantageous distribution of the Chinese
population according to age. There will be a small group of workers that will
have to support a large group of retired people.
The only way China can maintain a constant population of 1.2 billion is if
married couples average less than two children for much of the 1990's.
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Colombia
.... is 440,831 sq. mi. The capital and largest
city is Bogota.
Population Characteristics, Religion, and Language
The population of Colombia (1993 estimate) was 34,942,767, giving the country an
overall population density of about 79 per sq. mi. About 95 percent of the
people are Roman Catholics. Small Protestant and Jewish minorities exist. The
official language of Colombia is Spanish. The racial makeup of the Colombian
population is diversified. About half the people are mestizo (of mixed Spanish
and Native American ancestry), about 20 percent are of unmixed European ancestry,
and about 14 percent are mulatto (of mixed black a .....
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The Philippines And The United States
.... years old.
The United States is a hole different place in many ways. The population
of the united states is around 248.7 Million. The United States Exports
Machinery, food(Miscellaneous), and Chemicals. And they import Petroleum,
petroleum products, and motor vehicles. People in the United states tend to live
longer than the people in the Philippines. Females live around to the age of
78.3 while the males live around to the age of 71.4. There are 769 telephones
per 1,000 population and 769 televisions per 1,000 population. There is 21%
arable land in the United states. Many people have moved to the United States
seeking fo .....
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The Dominican Republic
.... the total population is
located between Santiago de los Caballeros and San Pedro de Macoris. Another
1/3 of the population is located in the capitol city of Santo Domingo and
between the cities of La Romana and San Cristobal. The annual growth rate is
estimated to be at 1.71% for the next couple of years until the year 2000.
Mulattos form the largest ethnic group in the Dominican Republic being roughly
73% of the population. The next largest group is 16% Caucasian and 11% Black.
The life expectancy from birth is for males 65 years and for females 69 years.
Out of 100,000 live births 61.4% of the babies die.
The start religion fo .....
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