.... meters above sea level. has many natural resources, which are very useful for today’s society. Some of them are petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, lead and zinc. However, has many dangerous natural hazards. Period droughts, frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides, and volcanic activity are just some of these natural hazards. has a population of almost 67,274,000 people. Most of ’s population is made up of the age group from 15 years of age to 64 years of age. In this age group, about 20,604,000 are males and 20,211,000 are females. This age group makes up 61% of the total population of . ’s population r ....

.... used as the base for primary industry. The Industrial Heartland has many different mining sites throughout it. (ex-the nickel mine in Ontario, mines in Pittsburgh, Gary, Baltimore, Hamilton, Sault Ste. Marie....etc.) Transportation is extremely important in this area. Most mines and mills are located by waterways to make transportation readily available for it's transport's. Coal, limestone, and many other kinds of mines use the Great Lakes to transport, which happens to be in the middle of the Industrial Heartland. They usually have tons of material to move so water transportation can carry lots of material, it's cheap, but it's also slow. Another import ....

.... developed into a major kingdom and the city of Koumbi was established as the capital. Each trading city including the capital were divided into two sections; one half for the Muslims, and the other for the Soninke and other African natives. fell out of Soninke rule in 1076 when a group of Islamic converted West Africans called the Mandinke overthrew them. Meanwhile, another empire called Mali was slowly beginning to gain power and eventually conquered the Kingdom. An ideal location is what led the ians to be so prosperous. They grew very wealthy from their control of the southern gold fields, and even wealthier from tax collected on traded goods. The people in the gold ....

.... arable land amounts to less than 9% of total acreage."1 Soil deficiencies and the intense heat and sunlight allow continued cultivation only by expensive underground pipe-fed irrigation or by hydroponics. Ordinary irrigation under these conditions results in gradually increasing soil salinity. this phenomenon has been the cause of the estimated 1% annual decrease in arable land for the region as a whole. Hence, development of traditional agriculture is severely restricted. 1El Mallakh, Ragaei (Kuwait, Trade and Investment. Boulder, Westview Press Inc., 1989) pg 117 Kuwaitis are under no illusion that self-sufficiency will take less than 20 to 30 years t ....

.... in 1822 an earthquake partially damaged the roof. In 1835 reconstruction of a second adobe building began only to be all but destroyed by an earthquake in 1868. According to San Jose and Its Cathedral by Marjorie Pierce, an architect by the name of Theodore Lenzen was given the job to reconstruct the church a third time in 1869. On April 23, 1875 the church was completely destroyed by fire. This time an architect named Bryan Clinch was given the job to completely redesign a whole new church. Clinch’s design still stands today after a recent 3 year 17 million dollar restoration. Theodore Lenzen was born in Prussia in 1883. He came to the United States with his family w ....

.... powerful and was very spectacular. can be divided into eight different physiographic regions. The largest is the Mexican Plateau which extends from the mountain Tehuantepec northward to the border of the United States. This plateau can also be broken down into two major areas, the arid north, which is sparsely populated, and the southern area, which is more agricultural and fertile with heavier population. On the western side of Mexico is Baja California, which is nearly 800 miles long and only about 100 miles wide. The central core is occupied by sky scraping mountains such as the San Pedro Matir and Sierra de Juarez mountain range. The coastal ranges include pictu ....

.... study is mainly aimed at correctly dating the units of limestone using micropalaeontological data. The micropalaeontological data has also given light into the palaeoenvironment/geography during deposition. Chapter 2 Introduction 2.0.1 Introduction Between the 24th of June and the 24th of July 1995 Glen Burnham and I ventured to Catalunya. More precisely to Torroella de Montgris. Torroella is in the North East of Spain, just inland of the Mediterranean sea. This remarkable old town lies at the foot of the rather imposing Massif Montgris. Locally known as "El Montgris" (literally the grey Mountain) the massif rises up over the town and dominates the skyline. Torr ....

.... of ecological characteristics that is unique worldwide. They have a wealth of different soil and plant species as well as being rich in mineral resources. Mexico has a rich history in music and art and their culture is a rich, complex blend of Native American, Spanish and American traditions. The people of Mexico were developing art and cultures long before the Spanish thought of “discovering” the “New World”. Their cultures were far ahead of any European cultures at that time. Many different peoples with their own ethnic differences coexisted. They had a cultural identity, for instance, they cultivated corn, they had a singular structure of government, they ....