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... the rain forest in Latin America. This essay will describe the effects of these features on there nation. Japan is a group of islands called an archipelago. This influences the development of Japan because it limits the size of their usable land and since much of the land is mountainous it leaves even less usable land. The areas which are usable are heavily populated. Also another effect of the lack of land is limited farming. This leads Japan to one of there most plentiful resources, the ocean. Most of the Japanese nutrition is from fish and other sea foods. Since there is so much water it effects the temperature. There are no very cold winter or very warm summers. T ...
... giraffes. Now Egypt has very few large animals. Most people think that the camel came from Egypt but it did not. There have been reports of ostrostriches in Egypt but none have been confirmed. 3,000 years before the birth of Crist the Egyptians had a goverment, built pyrmids and knew how to write. They were also very religious. One of the things that they beleived in was life after death. Before then, in the prehisoric era, Egypt had rain and a lot of grasslands. Then the Egyptians hunted with either a bow and arrow, an ax or both. The arrows were made of flint. Gradually the rains decreased and the lands dried up. The animals went to where water was still flowing, along the Nil ...
... flowers used in making insecticides. Farmers raise cattle for meat and dairy products. On the coastal waters, fishing is rich. Ecuador is the leader in the tuna fishing. Ecuador also fishes herring, mackerel, and shrimp. Transportation The lack of all-weather roads held back economic development in Ecuador for many years. In the 1960's new roads have helped people to get from one place to another. The Pan American Highway runs through Ecuador from north to south. Communication The largest newspaper, El Universo, is published in Guayaquil. The daily sale of this newspaper is 84,000 copies. Ecuador has 300 radio stations and 10 television stations, which are privately owned. ...
... for many as people from North and central Vietnam immigrated south. In the '60 and '70, was bustling with commerce and business .It was the cultural center and the Capital city of South Vietnam.Already heavily influenced by the French in term of culture and style,the City had an air of a French provincial town with a Vietnamese twist. was dubbed the " Pearl of The Orient" by foreign press. The city alive with activities and cultural diversity that rivaled any Asian city at the time. After the fall of South Vietnam to communist in 1975,The city and many of its inhabitants were in a State of chaos and turmoil.In 1976 ,the new government renamed the city Ho Chi Minh City and shut ...
... a general direction of the government's policys. A house of peoples Representatives is the nations parlament, however, in practice neither the assembly nor the house has real power. Instead, it is the president who makes all of the important decisions. The president is elected to a five year term the Peoples Consulative assembly. Te assembly has 1,000 members. It includes the 500 members of the peoples representives. It also includes 500 members of regional, occupational, and other groups. All assembly members serve five year terms. The assembly usually is only held once every five years. The 500 members of the People's Representatives includes 400 who are elected through a sys ...
... eve of the French Revolution one-fifth of the population had no resources at all. World War I broke out August 1914, setting , Russia, Britain, Belgiumand Serbia at war with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Everyone assumed the war would be over in a few months. Instead, the war lasted for four years. Germany finally agreed to sign an armistice on November 11, 1948. (A kind of peace agreement). The death toll had been the largest of any previous wars. had lost over 1.4 million men and in all of Europe over 8.5 million were killed. People said it was the war to end all wars. Only twenty years later was plunged into another war with Germany. On June 22, 1940 was forced ...
... Every country has their own individual style. For instance, Thailand's work is either cast-bronze figures of gods and goddesses, heavenly beings, or mythological animals. Their art always expresses religious beliefs made primarily of curved lines and slick features. The art of Indonesia also expressed religious beliefs but was much more defined. The art of Indonesia had more carving and molding which portrayed much more work and love of art. One thing that all of Southeastern Asian art has in common is the depiction of their devotion to Buddah. It is said that "If, one day, one would want to count the number of stupas, pagodas and temples dedicated to Buddah throughout Burma, one wo ...
... were to keep records for the Assembly and account for anything they had done. Solon started a council called the Boule which was set up in order to prepare business for the Assembly. Solon introduced ideas of democracy to Athens, but did not please all the people of Athens. After Solon, Cleisthenes built on the already present ideas helped to modernize the political system until it became renowned for it’s political system. Sparta grew not by obtaining a strong political system, but by building and maintaining a military aristocracy. Sparta conquered lands directly around them. The society was set up with the warriors at the top, perioikoi next and serfs at the bottom. The ...
... island. While the defensive necessity of diminished over time (the island never fired its guns in battle), its role as a prison would continue for more than 100 years. In 1909, the Army tore down the Citadel, leaving its basement level to serve as the foundation for a new military prison. From 1909 through 1911, the military prisoners on built the new prison, which was designated the Pacific Branch, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks for the U.S. Army. It was this prison building that later became famous as "The Rock." "The Rock" The U.S. Army used the island for more than 80 years--from 1850 until 1933, when the island was transferred to the U.S. Department of Justice for use by the Federa ...
... architect named Bryan Clinch was given the job to completely redesign a whole new church. Clinch’s design still stands today after a recent 3 year 17 million dollar restoration. Theodore Lenzen was born in Prussia in 1883. He came to the United States with his family when he was 21 years old. Before he designed St. Joseph’s he was known for a few other local buildings: City Hall; Auzerais House; Vendome Hotel. Bryan Clinch was of Irish decent he was the author of a book called California and Its Missions. Clinch was given much recognition of an earlier project of his. He reconstructed the Santa Clara Mission after the severe earthquake of 1868. The design of St. Joseph Cathedral tha ...
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