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- 831: Evolution Of Canada
- ... territories--Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory--are in the N and NW. The outstanding geological feature is the Canadian Shield, a 1,850,000-sq- mi (4,791,500-sq-km) arc of Pre-Cambrian rock from Labrador around Hudson Bay to the Arctic islands. The Shield, site of once great mountain chains worn down and covered by the sea, contains valuable minerals--gold, silver, platinum, copper, nickel, cobalt, iron, and ...
- 832: Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
- ... about the sight. The website was not overwhelmingly considering the amount of information, but it had just enough to get you interested. The sort concise phrases, and the consistent use of directional words(Behind the rock, over this way, as we pass the river, etc) helped to make me feel like someone was actually giving me a tour as if I was there. As I said before, the overview map was ...
- 833: Ancient Egypt
- ... these waters stretched the barren wastes of the Sahara desert. On the edge of the desert, the Egyptians built giant pyramids as burial places for their pharaohs. They carved the Great Sphinx out of solid rock as a guardian of King CheopsΥ Great Pyramid at Giza. The ancient Egyptians called their country Kemet, which means black (after the land). The Greeks called the country Aigyptos, from the name Ha-ka-ptah ...
- 834: Italy
- ... Yugoslavia. This area is not very well suited for farming. The fourth region is the Apennines. This region stretches almost the entire length of Italy. The mountains in this region have steep inclines of soft rock and are constantly eroding as a result of heavy rain. The northern Apennines have some of the largest forests in the country and much pasture land. The central part of the range has productive farmland ...
- 835: The Dominican Republic
- ... of the country. Although agriculture is the most important resource in the Dominican Republic it has many mineral resources. Some of these resources are nickel being the leading export as well as bauxite, gold, and rock salt. The population of the Dominican Republic is around 7.8 million. Close to 40% of that population is under the age of 16. More and more Dominicans are migrating to the cities for a ...
- 836: Tropical Africa: Food Production and the Inquiry Model
- ... 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 surface rock is rapidly broken down by chemical weathering. All this causes the food's rate of growth to slow down or maybe even stop and as a result food production won't even come close in ...
- 837: The Pyramids of Egypt
- ... 200 feet high and covered around 12,000 square meters. The pyramid was made mostly of limestone blocks and desert clay. Inside the pyramid Zozers burial chamber was quarried 25 meters below out of the rock beneath it. The tomb, like those that followed, was meant to be a replica of the royal palace. The pyramids built on the Giza plateau at Memphis are the largest of all of the pyramids ...
- 838: Evolution Of Canada
- ... territories--Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory--are in the N and NW. The outstanding geological feature is the Canadian Shield, a 1,850,000-sq- mi (4,791,500-sq-km) arc of Pre-Cambrian rock from Labrador around Hudson Bay to the Arctic islands. The Shield, site of once great mountain chains worn down and covered by the sea, contains valuable minerals--gold, silver, platinum, copper, nickel, cobalt, iron, and ...
- 839: "The Baltics: Nationalities and Other Problems"
- ... this kind of reaction off. In Tartu in Estonia, one thousand students demonstrated in 1976 when a concert was cancelled because of its "political nuances." In the Latvian city of Liepaja in 1977, a Estonian rock group was not allowed to perform, whereupon the audience wrecked the place, and ran through the streets shouting "Freedom!." Riots occurred in Lithuania in 1956 and in 1960, but in May, 1972, a student named ...
- 840: Germany
- ... community, government and personal services. Community services include jobs in education and health care, and personal services include such jobs as repair shops and beauty salons. Mining is also an industry in Germany. Potash and rock salt are mined, as well as low quality coal called lignite. Some lead, copper, petroleum, tin, uranium and zinc are mined in Germany too. There is agriculture in Germany with potatoes being one of the ...
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