The Philipines
.... rains 200 centimeters yearly,97.5 % of the forest is
owned by government,the islands were formed by underwater coral reaves
rising.the population is growing rapidly and more than 37% of the estimated
66milion people are below the age of fifteen and at least 600,000 new jobs
must be created yearly those reaching working age that live in the
povertise group of islands and a large share of crop
harvests,houseing,sanitation,transportation,and comunication need vast
improvements and the demand for improvment for electriciacal power is
great.and still there are unresolved conflict between people who share a
common culture and re .....
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Utah's State Symbols
.... at their
disposal and therefore had to rely on their own "industry" to survive. The
beehive was chosen as the emblem for the provisional State of Deseret in
1848 and was maintained along with the word "industry" on the seal and flag
when Utah became a state in 1896.
Bird
Abundant nesting colonies of the California gull (Larus
californious Lawrence) have been reported as early as the 1850's in Utah.
These gulls are assumed to be the species that saved the crops of the early
Mormon settlers from crickets in 1848-1849. These birds now nest in large
colonies in the islands and dikes of the Great Salt Lake and Utah Lake.
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The Country Of Italy
.... artists such as Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel, which was one of his greatest works. Galileo Galilei who was an
astrologer made many sky maps, and discovered nebulas and created the
theory that the earth rotates around the sun. Dante Alighier who is know
for his many great works, and Giacomo Puccini which were the most revered
musicians at the time.
ITALY IN THE ANCIENT TIMES
Ancient Italy was a time of life, death, and rebirth. Italy was a
big trading post for the Roman Empire with the rest of Europe and the world.
Since Italy is a peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea, it was easy for many
E .....
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Colombia
.... only about 5% of the
country`s land area,chiefly at higher elevations,is cultivated.Soil
exhaustion and erosion,largely the result of primitive slash
burning\farming methods,are problems in argricultural regions}
,salt,oil,gold,fine timber hardwoods,
rice,cacao,tobacco,bananas,beans,maize sugar,illegal drugs is the 2nd most
highest export crop,textiles chemicals,silver,plantium,copper,bauxite,iron
ore,phosphates,uranium,leather,books,and emeralds.
Colombia,republic in South America,situated in the northwetsern
part of the continent,and bounded on the north by Panama and the Caribean
sea,on the east by Venezuala and Brazil, .....
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Mauritania
.... are Algeria to its
northwest, Mali to it's west, Western Saharas to it's northeast, Morocco to
it's north, and to its south Burkina Faso. It's total area is about
1,030,700 sq miles and it's land area about 1,030,400 sq miles which is
slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico. It has land
boundaries are Algeria, Mali, Senegal, Western Sahara which make up the
5,074 sq miles of it's total land.[3][2]
Mauritania is made up of mostly desert and barren plains of the
Sahara. There is only one rainy season from July to October, but it
delivers about 25 inches of precipitation a year. Afternoon temperatures
in the .....
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Ohio
.... Pennsylvania and Ohio, then these rail lines distributed the
finished product to other states. Finally, Clevelands location made it a
major place for the development of the iron and steel industry. Iron ore
was brought to Cleveland in ships owned by Clevelanders from the Lake
Superior region. The water transportation was cheap, and from Cleveland
the ore could be sent by train to the Mahoning Valley and other Ohio steel
centers.
The development of railroad systems also helped this age of Big
Business. Not only did they provide transportation, they also provided
jobs for tens of thousands of construction, maintenanc .....
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Russia
.... are registered unemployed, but the unemployment rate is much
higher. Thousands work with no pay or with very few hours.
Russia was the main country in the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics(USSR).
The East European Plain is full of rolling lowlands. The eastern
boundary of this region, the Urals, are old mountains that have eroded. The
Urals do not go above 6,200 ft. The Caucasus Mountains form the southern
border of the Russian plain. West Siberia is swampy and has many features
in common with the rest of Russia. Eastern Siberia includes the Central
Siberian Uplands .The Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Island, at the
western .....
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El Salvador
.... sulfur, and quicksilver. Other valuable
products include sugar, cocoa, rubber, cotton, tobacco, indigo, and
henequen (for making twine and bags). Most of the farms are small family
holdings and are worked by crude methods. Modern farming machinery is used
on the large estates. The government is trying to change the country's
dependence upon the coffee crop. Farmers who grow cotton for export receive
bonuses from the government.
The population is an estimated 2,072,506, with a population density
of 157 people per square mile. Of the 13, 176 square miles, 63% is rural,
37% is urban. Its greatest length is 60 miles, its greatest w .....
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Mexico
.... at that time. Many different peoples with
their own ethnic differences coexisted. They had a cultural identity, for
instance, they cultivated corn, they had a singular structure of government,
they used the 365 day calendar, they built pyramids, they used similar
rituals and worshipped the same gods and goddesses of the sky, of nature,
of fertility and of war. The same concept of cosmic duality - the beginning
and the end - appears in the religion and art of all early Mexican cultures.
The strongest example of this shared belief is that they worshipped a
feathered snake god, Quetzalcoatl. He was the god of ground and air. While
the .....
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Egypt
.... region where it is
easy to grow crops, the annual temperatures range from 99 degrees to 57
degrees . Wide variations of temperatures occur in the desert, ranging from
114 degrees during the day to 42 degrees at night. The winter season
Temperature often drops to 32 degrees the most humid areas are
along the Mediterranean coast where the Average rainfall is about 8 inches.
Precipitation decreases rapidly to the south; Cairo receives on average
Only about 1.1 inches of rain a year, and in many desert locations it may
rain only in every several years. This all means that by the coast it is
easy lifestyle, but in the south o .....
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Japan
.... The four largest islands are Hokkaido(2), Honshu, Shikoku,
and Kyushu. Honshu, the largest island, is usually divided into five
regions; Tohoku (3), Kanto (4),Chubu (5), Kinki(6), and Chugoku (7).
According to Cultural Atlas of Japan, Hokkaido is Japan's northern
frontier.(1,p.23 ). Dominated by the daisetsu mountain range and national
park, Hokkaido is an island of forests, rivers, sheer cliffs and rolling
pastures. It's located at roughly the same latitude as New England or
southern France. Hokkaido is bounded by the Sea of Okhotsk to the North
and East, the Sea of Japan to the West, and the Pacific Ocean to the Sout .....
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History Of Athens, Greece
.... has a "direct"
democracy which means that everybody gets to vote for them self(their own
thoughts and interest). The Untied States follows Athens ideas on how each
individual is important and everybody's idea on freedom and self rule that
was brought up by the Greeks.
Architecture is another important quality that we got from Athens.
There are many different buildings in the United States that have ancient
architecture. Greek architecture dominates the style of buildings in the
government buildings of Washington D.C. and hundreds of other cities in the
United States. Such as courthouses, libraries, university buildings, .....
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