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Papers on Geography
Peru
Number of words: 917 | Number of pages: 4.... the late 1980s, were sugarcane (6.2
million), potatoes (2 million), rice (1.1 million), corn (880,000), seed cotton
(280,000), coffee (103,000), and wheat (134,000). Peru is the world's leading
grower of coca, from which the drug cocaine is refined.
The livestock population included about 3.9 million cattle, 13.3 million
sheep, 1.7 million goats, 2.4 million hogs, 875,000 horses and mules, and 52
million poultry. Llamas, sheep, and vicuñas provide wool, hides, and skins.
The forests covering 54 percent of Peru's land area have not been
significantly exploited. Forest products include balsa lumber and balata gum,
rubber, and a v .....
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Immigration To The United States (Maryland)
Number of words: 992 | Number of pages: 4.... show that they are just as many illegal immigrants as legal one’s coming in each year. Over time, these immigrants find that even though they have many freedoms that they didn’t previously have, they still face many discriminations and hardships in America.
Obviously, with all these immigrants comes the problem of over population, finding jobs, education for these people, and finding suitable living conditions for these immigrants. The three states with the highest immigration totals are California, Texas, and Florida. This is easy to explain because California and Texas are bordering Mexico, which means as long as the bor .....
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Morocco
Number of words: 601 | Number of pages: 3.... the lucky ones don't really do anything. The just eat and enjoy themselves. They have servants to live with them to do all their work. They get married pretty young. It is like an honor to have your daughter get married. Like my aunt got married when she was 15. She has good life. Most of the people drive moepads or Mercedes. At home they like to design there ceiling to look nice. Architecture is one of 's great arts. Most of the people wear robes called djellaba. Spain gave the Western Sahara to them. Other foods they eat like soup is Harira. They cook a famous meal with meat and vegetables call couscous. French food is on .....
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Culture, And Arts Of Argentina
Number of words: 1339 | Number of pages: 5.... standards.
Latin American writing can be divided into three broad periods:
colonial literature, from the time of European conquest to independence;
the literature of independence, which began in the early 1800s in most of
Latin American; and modern literature, which began in the late 1800s and
was accompanied by the comprehension of a distinguishing national voice, at
some point in the 1900s. Additionally, a native tradition, which began
before the European conquest, consists of literature in Native American
languages.
At the time of the European conquest, some Native American
literature was written down. However, most .....
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Nicaragua
Number of words: 1032 | Number of pages: 4.... and the remainder is Native
American (4%) and black (9%). The population of Nicaragua is 3,745,000,
yielding an overall density about 75 per sq. mi. Approximately 60% of the
population is concentrated in the western part of the country, and more than 55%
is urban.
Political Divisions and Principal Cities
Nicaragua is divided into six regions and three special zones. Managua, with a
population of 682,100, is the capital and commercial center. León is an
important religious and cultural center. Granada is the terminus of the railway
from the main port of entry, Corinto, on the Pacific coast.
Spanish is the official languag .....
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Mexico City
Number of words: 361 | Number of pages: 2.... that are
located throughout the city. The Museum of Anthropology, Modern Art, and
the National Historical Museum, have exhibits of pre-Columbian artifacts.
Another part of Mexico City's culture are the Ballet Folklorico
performances at the Palace of Fine Arts and Mexico's most important
religious shrine, the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadeloupe, is located on
the outskirts of the city.
History
The history of Mexico City began in 1325 when a group of nomads
from the north settled on an island in Lake Texcoco. Later the city was
named Tenochitlan, and reached a population of 250,000. Then Spanish
explorers made Mexico City t .....
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From Village To City
Number of words: 1319 | Number of pages: 5.... deposits often risked
their lives to collect it and eventually barter it off for food or money.
Obsidian comes from volcanoes and was a kind of glass, the only of the
times. The value of Obsidian was great, and so therefore was the supply and
demand. Salt, ore, copper, and soapstone were accepted trade materials
around 8000BC. Most of the Village to City civilization took place during
the copper age, when copper was mined and used for many purposes. Trade
developed between different cities, Jericho, Sumer, Adab, Eridu, Isin, Kish,
Kullab, Lagash, Larsa, Nippur and Ur. Most of the trade consisted of
livestock and other things .....
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The Civil Rights Museum
Number of words: 548 | Number of pages: 2.... it tells us the
many voices of struggle, Nat Turner, Dred Scott, Fredrick Douglass, etc…
who fought against bondage by stealing from their owners, escape arson,
even homicide.
The civil rights museum is a useful place, because I need to know
where I've been to know where I'm going. There are still thousands of
African-Americans who do not know of such a place, and that poses a big
problem.
I personally think that finding information for the museum was a
little difficult. No one in my English class but a non-African American
knew how to bring up the web page, and that was the first time for many
students to see what the .....
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Saigon
Number of words: 360 | Number of pages: 2.... Vietnam immigrated south.
In the '60 and '70, was bustling with commerce and business .It was the cultural center and the Capital city of South Vietnam.Already heavily influenced by the French in term of culture and style,the City had an air of a French provincial town with a Vietnamese twist. was dubbed the " Pearl of The Orient" by foreign press. The city alive with activities and cultural diversity that rivaled any Asian city at the time.
After the fall of South Vietnam to communist in 1975,The city and many of its inhabitants were in a State of chaos and turmoil.In 1976 ,the new government renamed the city Ho Chi Minh City .....
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Chico And The Growth Issue
Number of words: 1045 | Number of pages: 4.... have told me, and I agree. Chico is a fun place to live. That is the side we need to put forward. We have a large community that feels like a small town, but that will not stay, much as we may like it. It is also not conducive to growth or industry. We must remind ourselves that Chico is truly a small city, and not a large town. As a city we can not continue to function economically without jobs. Chico, besides the fast food, and other low wage jobs, has no significant job market.
We have an over abundance of retail, certainly enough restaurants, a lot of medical, and many services, but none of these provide the jobs for th .....
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