Germany
.... in place until 1989. The change in the Soviet government and the protests of the people, helped bring and end to the wall. Free travel and free elections were now a part of all Germany. In 1990 both sides were merged and became the Federal Republic of Germany.
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 .....
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Botswana
.... the GDP had quadrupled to P197.5 million and ten years later it was P1, 390.9 million. The Gross Domestic Product in 1991 was P7 billion since then, the economy has been rising at 13 percent.
Botswana has one of the world’s highest foreign exchange reserves in terms of per capital income. The main cause of economic growth is due to diamonds, minerals, and beef exports. The most important source of income in Botswana is from diamonds.
In 1967 the discovery of diamonds changed the whole economic d .....
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The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository
.... into the repository from above, and water being pushed up from an aquifer 300 feet below by an earthquake. He says there is crystalline evidence in the rocks at the repository level that indicates hot geothermal water from below has been there before and, therefore, could return. DOE mining engineers says those crystalline forms are more likely the result of minute amounts of water migrating from above over thousands of years. The issue was raised by a former DOE employee turned whistle-blower, Jerry Szyma .....
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Cuba's Tourism
.... visitors to Cuba, because it is difficult to tell do to unauthorized travel. Americans travel to the island through third countries like Jamaica to visit place like Varadero, Cuba's premier tourist beach area. Like the other Caribbean islands Cuba as beautiful beaches that attract people who "worship" the sun. Many Americans also may be found at the legendary Tropicana outdoor nightclub where chorus girls dance to Cuban rhythms. Curiosity is another reason people visit, they want to actually see w .....
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Australia
.... (1980 est.).
English is the official language, with modern Australian English a conglomerate
of British, American, and their own phraseology and spelling. Because
Australia is one of the most multicultural nations in the world it is possible
to find vibrant ethnic communities using almost every other world
language.Australian school children have the highest rate of learning Asian
languages, particularly Japanese and Chinese, of any industrialized western
nation - in recognition of their future as a mem .....
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Germany
.... Germany is a federation. The powers of the states cannot be
reduced. Each of the federal states and Berlin has its own constitution, a
democratically elected Parliament, a government, administrative agencies and
independant courts. However, states are binding to the federal constitution, the
federal constitution is binding upon the states and the federal parliament is
responsible for major legislation and policy. The state parliaments main
responsibility is in two major policy areas: education, an .....
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Hawaii: Prologue Of History
.... Five were made up of the
islands' oldest and most well-established haole families; all included
bloodlines from Hawaii's own nobility and ali'i. They looked among themselves
for suitable husbands and 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 th .....
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England
.... Pike, 3,210 ft, and the lowest point in England is The Fens, sea level.
In England there is a lot of sites to see, and one of the greatest would
be the Tower of London. It is a great fortress, with not 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 Buckin .....
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The Population Growth Rate In India
.... better educated
they begin to undertake measures designed to eliminate the size of their
families. (The obvious exception would be families like the Kennedys who
adhere to religious strictures against 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 t .....
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Mozambique
.... people. Also witchcraft and old customs such as
marrying several wives and paying the parents for a bride are slowly dying out
in the towns. most children attend elementary school. but only a fifth 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.
Offic .....
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Austria
.... areas of the country and just south of the Danube River.
Also the capital and largest city, more than one and a half-million of the
Austrian population lives in Vienna. Other cities with more than 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 Cze .....
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Barbados
.... get above 90 degrees
Fahrenheit. The dry season is cool, while the wet season is slightly warmer.
The main rains come during the months of July, August, September, October, and
November. The annual 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 .....
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Brazil
.... country's coastline. Behind the plains
sits a huge interior plateau that runs steeply near the lowlands in front of it.
This drop forms an escarpment, steep cliff that separates two level areas. In
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 .....
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Canadian Identity Test.
.... is the best place to live in because we have beautiful
landmarks, we have free health care that helps my family alot because of my
asthma, we also have a government and a large amount of people that are 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 .....
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China
.... is a reduction of 10 percent in monthly earnings and restrictions of food
supplies and education.
The question the Chinese people have to ask themselves now is what will
happen in the years that 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 p .....
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