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Aztec Jungle Agriculture
Number of Words: 2111 / Number of Pages: 8
... every day was
like a black cup that they drank, with their hands
shaking.(Bly 71)
In the early 1400's the Colhua-Mexica, Mexica, and Tenochca tribes migrated into the Valley of Mexico which is present day Mexico City(World Book 1004). The valley was about 7,000 feet above sea level and covered, for the most part, by water(World Book 1006). These three tribes united as the Aztec Empire following several concerted victories over neighboring tribes. The largest city in the Aztec Empire was Tenochtitlan which covered a large island in the center of Lake Texococo(Stuart 81). The Empire surrounding T ...
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Mexico
Number of Words: 788 / Number of Pages: 3
... is home to about 14,987,051 people of Mexico's total population of about
93,670,000, according to a 1990 census. Although most of Mexico's population is
from Mexico City, which is the biggest city in the world, Mexico's other cities
include Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Puebla. Most of Mexico's population lives
in urban areas, about seventy-five percent, and the population density is about
forty-eight people per square kilometer, or one-hundred and twenty-four people
per square mile.
Mexico's official language is Spanish, although another language that is
fairly widely spoken is Native American. ...
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Canada - Environment And Economy
Number of Words: 528 / Number of Pages: 2
... is one of a giant land mass
extending from west to east, capped by hundreds of archipelagoes. The
extent northward is often taken for granted given the practically
nonexistant population (there are no large centres in the north) and the
severed land.
4. There are few people living in the area north of 60 degrees for a few
very obvious reasons. The sheer isolation is enough to drive any person
from the area. There are no major commercial centres, and trade
international trade is near impossible. The distance from Canada's single
largest trading partner (The U.S.) is practically imeasurable. Even if ...
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The Dust Bowl
Number of Words: 293 / Number of Pages: 2
... In its original state, the region was covered with hardy
grasses that held the fine-grained soil in place in spite of the long
recurrent droughts and occasional torrential rains characteristic of the
area. A large number of homesteaders settled in the region in the 30 years
before World War I, planting wheat and row crops and raising cattle. Both
of these land uses left the soil exposed to the danger of erosion by the
winds that constantly sweep over the gently rolling land. Beginning in the
early 1930s, the region suffered a period of severe droughts, and the soil
began to blow away. The orga ...
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Mt. St. Helens
Number of Words: 333 / Number of Pages: 2
... little earthquakes before the eruption. The ash in the eruption reached speeds of 200 miles a hour. Mt. St. Helens was 9,677 feet high before the eruption, after the eruption it was 8,364 feet high. Sixty people died in the eruption. 230 square miles of timber lay dead and burnt on the ground! All the animals had left the surroundings of Mt. St. Helens. Slime was formed in the lakes by Mt. St. Helens by the eruption.
A senior citizen (84) named Harry Fruman would not leave his home on Mt. St. Helens, even after a warning of an eruption. He quoted "I talk to the mountain, the mountain talks to m ...
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Germany
Number of Words: 692 / Number of Pages: 3
... elections were now a part of all . In 1990 both sides were merged and became the Federal Republic of .
Government
Originally the country of Germany was ruled by leaders who appointed themselves kings when they conquered some of the early East German tribes. The government went through many changes over the centuries. The country was ruled by many and the rulers were often religious leaders.
Germany had all types of government. It was a democracy for awhile but many Germans rejected that government. It was also run by many dictators and communists. The leaders were in charge and the people o ...
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The Philippines And The United States
Number of Words: 374 / Number of Pages: 2
... years old while the men live to an average of
61.8 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%
arabl ...
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Indonesia
Number of Words: 648 / Number of Pages: 3
... 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. ...
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The Five Themes Of Geography
Number of Words: 1213 / Number of Pages: 5
... These five
themes include location, place, human-environment interactions, movement, and
regions.
Location answers the question of "where?". If you plan to meet someone
at a specific time, and a specific place, the question of "Where will you meet?"
must first be answered. To resolve this situation, Geography employs Absolute
Location, and Relative Location.
Absolute Location applies a grid-matrix system to the earth's surface
in the form of coordinates. These coordinates, longitude and latitude, allow
geographers to pinpoint exact areas of the earth's surface, and other planetary
bodies a ...
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Tropical Africa: Food Production And The Inquiry Model
Number of Words: 446 / Number of Pages: 2
... edges afflicted by drought.
All the climates listed in the previous paragraph are modified in the eastern parts of Tropical Africa by the mountains and monsoons.
The soils of Tropical Africa pose another problem. They are unlike the soils of temperate areas. Soils are largely products of their climates, and tropical soils are different from temperate soils because the climate is different. Because of the great heat of the tropics tends to bake the soils, while on the other hand, the rainfall leaches them. The combined heat and moisture tend to produce very deep soils because the surfac ...
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