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Papers on Geography
Southeast Asia
Number of words: 1445 | Number of pages: 6.... Southeast
Asia, the countries in this realm were left with little or no industry of
their own. When the colonial powers freed Southeast Asia they constructed
borders that were not beneficial, or would have naturally occurred, in this
realm. For instance, it is improbable that without colonial intervention
the 13,000 islands of and many diverse ethnic groups that inhabit them
would have grouped together to become the world’s fourth largest country in
terms of population. In Southeast Asia, despite an abundance of natural
resources, colonialization stripped nations of their raw materials,
discouraged industrialization and forced .....
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Nicaragua: People And Way Of Life
Number of words: 534 | Number of pages: 2.... was that
there weren't many schools around where they lived. Nicaragua did not have
enough schools, and many rural areas had no schools at all. But since then
the new government has built hundreds of schools. The government also held
a successful literacy campaign headed mainly by young volunteer teachers.
Nicaragua has two universities. The national University of Nicaragua,
in Le¢n and Managua, is the older and larger one. It was founded in 1812
and has more than seven thousand students. The Central American University
is a Roman Catholic institution in Managua.
Government
A president .....
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Old Madison Square Garden: Fond Recollections Of A True Landmark
Number of words: 1887 | Number of pages: 7.... in the world do you get what's in New York.
How all the different lifestyles can live together in harmony, for the most part,
and make New York the greatest city in the world. When the wrecking ball took
down Old Madison Square Garden in 1925, people from not just the city, but from
all over New York came to pay their last respects to a place that had more
meaning than sport (Jackson 68). It represented the hopes and drems of thousands
as well as the stability of the community. As people hace come and gone for 35
years the Garden was always there. As it fell so did the era, so did the dreams.
To move the Garden out of its origin .....
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The Pyramids Of Egypt
Number of words: 448 | Number of pages: 2.... Many of the
pharaohs were buried in hidden temples. A famous discovery is the one of King
Tutankhamen.
King Cheops of the Fourth Dynasty chose a plateau in Giza for his
pyramid. He followed his father's constructions which was the first real
pyramid.
The pyramid of Cheops was also known as the Great Pyramid. One hundred
thousand Egyptians worked on it for twenty years before it was completed. It
was the largest tomb-pyramid ever built. It was said that if the pyramid was
taken apart, the stones could build a wall ten feet tall and one foot wide all
around the entire county of France. The Great Pyramid was made of grani .....
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Lake Erie Islands
Number of words: 460 | Number of pages: 2.... right next to us and they come up every weekend too. They also own a boat, except it is no ordinary boat. It is a thirty-four foot Scarab III powerboat. It has two rebuilt 454 big block motors with 550 horsepower per motor. That’s 1100 horsepower in a boat, which is very extraordinary. The boat has great sound because it doesn’t have mufflers, and its exhaust makes me think of speed. The boat tops out at about seventy-seven miles per hour, which is blistering fast. We like to go places such as Kelley’s Island, Put-In-Bay, and Damon’s, on the boat.
I ride jet skis every weekend. They are not mine, (we sold our t .....
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Pompeii
Number of words: 1386 | Number of pages: 6.... and a small heap of gold and silver coins. Because the restoration and decoration were not finished yet, while a squad of masons was still finishing the roof, and house decorators and painters were still at work in the rooms that had not yet been refitted, the owner thought it probably wise to have his precious silver ware hidden away by a trusted slave within a small and dark recess in the cellar" Maiuri, Amedo à The author was right in all of his observations but then he starts going off into these assumptions about painters and roofers. He got the information about the painters and roofers probably from finding paintbr .....
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Austria
Number of words: 1641 | Number of pages: 6.... its southeastern course, past Linz and Vienna, to Bratislava on the Slovakian border. Austrian tributaries of the Danube include the Traun, Enns, and Ybbs rivers. In the south, important rivers are the Mur and the Mürz. In addition to the rivers, the hydrographic system of the country includes numerous lakes, notably in the south central and the northwestern areas.
Climate
The Austrian climate varies with altitude; with location in relation to Atlantic, continental, and Mediterranean influences; and with certain local wind characteristics. Mountainous regions are partially subject to moderate Atlantic conditions an .....
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Panama: Plenty Of Fish
Number of words: 998 | Number of pages: 4.... areas, they live in wood or concrete houses with roofs of clay tiles or corrugated iron. They wear loose clothing for the tropical weather. They also have the Tocumen Airport, Panama Railroad, and Cristobal Port, along with three universities.
COLONIZED
Panama's first people were mostly the Indian groups of Guaymi, Cuna, and Choco. However, there are traces of Indians, African Americans, and Caucasians. In 1501, the Spaniard, Rodrigo de Bastidas, sailed from Venezuela in search for gold and landed on Panama. The Indians didn't welcome the Spaniards because they were made slaves of died because of diseases, or fled into the .....
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History Of The Marshall Islands
Number of words: 1890 | Number of pages: 7.... are still puzzled of what kind of
machinery they had to move such large stones.
The real knowledge we know about the Marshall Islands history began in
the early sixteenth century. The sea going Europeans were trying to find
sources of the Spice Islands that were in very large demand in Europe. English,
Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese sea captains were all sailing around on their hunt
for riches. One of the first people we know of to definitely land on the
Marshall Islands during this time is Ferdinand Magellan. He landed in
Micronesia on his journey to circumnavigate the world. Forty years later in the
1560's after Magellan's .....
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