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Mozambique
Number of Words: 643 / Number of Pages: 3
... percent of the
population. The countries official language is Portuguese but few blacks
can speak it. Some Mozambicans speak English when conducting business
activities.
Most Mozambicans are farmers with extremely simple techniques although
farmers in some areas of the country use modern techniques.
Fifty five percent of the people of Mozambique practice traditional
African religions. Of this large group, many are animists who believe that
everything in nature has a soul. Others worship spirits of their ancestors.
About thirty percent of the population is Christian, mostly Roman Cathol ...
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Palestine
Number of Words: 1609 / Number of Pages: 6
... British military forces withdrew to Haifa; although officially neutral, some commanders assisted one side or the other.
After the British had departed and the state of Israel had been established on May 15, 1948, under the premiership of David BEN-GURION, the Palestine Arab forces and foreign volunteers were joined by regular armies of Transjordan (now the kingdom of JORDAN), IRAQ, LEBANON, and SYRIA, with token support from SAUDI ARABIA. Efforts by the UN to halt the fighting were unsuccessful until June 11, when a 4-week truce was declared. When the Arab states refused to renew the truce, ten ...
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Mongolia
Number of Words: 313 / Number of Pages: 2
... a republic was formed in 1924. Officially recognized by China
in 1946, Mongolia became a member of the United Nations in 1961. In 1966 a
Mongolian-Soviet assistance pact reinforced their anti-Chinese position.
Since then Mongolia has developed closer ties with the USSR; relations with
China have been strained, resulting in sporadic border incidents.
Yumzhagiyen Tsedenbal was first secretary and chairman of the Presidium
from 1974 until 1984, when he was replaced for reasons of ill health by
Zhambyn Batmunkh.
PROFILE
Official name: Mongolian People's Republic Area: 604,247sq mi (1,565,000sq
km) Popula ...
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Mexico
Number of Words: 579 / Number of Pages: 3
... the western side of Mexico is Baja California, which is nearly 800 miles long and only about 100 miles wide. The central core is occupied by sky scraping mountains such as the San Pedro Matir and Sierra de Juarez mountain range.
The coastal ranges include picturesque views and beaches, with famous and popular tourist sites such as Manzanillo, Ixtapa-Zihuatenejo, Acapulco, and Puerto Escondido. The Rio Grande de Santiago flows out of Lake Chapala to the northwest, dropping over the dissected border of the mesa central into the pacific. The Rio Grande is known as the Rio Bravo del Norte in M ...
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Rome, Italy
Number of Words: 459 / Number of Pages: 2
... the land next to the river was rich farmland, and that transportation
would be effortless.
The city continued to grow steadily by attracting new settlers and
the promise of a better future. As the Roman Empire expanded, Rome emerged
as an Administrative Center as it came to be acknowledged as the capital of
the great Roman Empire. The city also began to acquire new settlers for
religious purposes. In the sixteenth century the Church of Rome accepted
the term Catholic to apply as a title for Protestant and Reformed Churches,
which became a strong presence of what came to be known as Roman Catholic. ...
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Israel
Number of Words: 337 / Number of Pages: 2
... Most of the work is now done by machines. Agriculture exports provide income to pay for any necessary food import! s. Mining is not very important in . The Dead Sea, the world's saltiest body of water, is 's leading mineral source. Compounds drawn from the sea yield bromine, magnesium, potash, and table salt. Phosphates, copper, clay, and gypsum are mined in the Negev Desert. Energy resources is a resource not much used due to poor energy resources. There are no coal deposits or hydroelectric power resources and only small amounts of crude oil and natural gas. They depend primarily on imp ...
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Mauritania
Number of Words: 2124 / Number of Pages: 8
... and Western Sahara. It's geograph-ic
coordinates are 20 00 N, and 12 00 W. It's neighbors 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 ...
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Italy
Number of Words: 431 / Number of Pages: 2
... historically important since Roman times, and millions
of tourists are attracted each year to its ancient cities and art treasures.
Modern Italy is an important industrial nation and a leading member of the
european community, also known as the "EC". Italy's principal trading partners
are other members of the EC, especially Germany and France.
Italy's government was originally a republic, then was a monarchy, then
a republic, then a monarchy. It was reverted back to a republic for a final
time in 1946. According to the constitution, executive power lies with the
cabinet, and legislative powers ...
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The City Of Pompeii
Number of Words: 752 / Number of Pages: 3
... their building techniques, and the
type of materials they used to construct there buildings, I will also
mention some of the more famous buildings that were constructed at Pompeii.
The buildings that were built at Pompeii were manly constructed out
of a large verity of different types of stones that were found in the hills
of Pompeii. the stones were retrieved from the volcanic mass from mount
vesuvius. Here are some examples of the stones that the Romans used to
reconstruct their buildings, the Sarno limestone it could be sawn into
large blocks this stone is a fair building material and it ...
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The Country Of Thailand
Number of Words: 840 / Number of Pages: 4
... many historic events that made Thailand the nation that it is today. The history of Thailand has many capitals. The first capital of Thailand was Sukhothai. Sukhothai is located in northern Thailand. But from early on Thailand had many problems. One problem they faced was that they were in constant war with their neighboring country of Burma. This led to a re-location of the capital. The Thai capital changed from Sukhothai to Ayutthaya. Ayutthaya is located more towards the center of the country so; it would be difficult for invaders to attack the capital. Thailand would never have full inde ...
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