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Alberta
1350 Words - 5 Pages.... to see the province ALBERTA.
Physical Diversity
In Alberta there are thousands among thousands of oil like material trapped in sands, which are called oil sands. Alberta also has fairly large coal beds. Alberta is a Natural Vegetation Region. Northern and some of central Alberta are in the boreal forest region.
(Clarke and Wallace, 1983)
The south east of Alberta consists of Parklands and grasslands. Far southwest is the West Coast Forest.
(Clarke and Wallace, 1983)
There are no existing glaciers in Alberta. In Alberta 60% was covered by lakes, the other 40% of Alberta are areas of glacial erosion and deposition. In the wintertime there usually is not a whole lot of sn ....
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Ghana
498 Words - 2 Pages.... it as illegal and immoral. The British abolished it in 1807,
the Danish is 1804 and the Dutch in 1814.
In 1821, British forts were transferred from private ownership to
government control. The Gold Coast became a British colony and the new
government was known as the British Colony of Sierra Leone.
In 1850, there was movement to establish a constitution. In 1851, an
assembly convened to establish a legislative body of 84 members, as a
result of mass rioting. In 1853, a Supreme Court was established to
maintain justice and to ensure that the citizens would obey the laws of
Britain. In 1895, municipal governments were established for the larger
towns of; Ac ....
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Lake Erie Islands
460 Words - 2 Pages.... because I can take it out anytime that I want. My boat is great for skiing and tubing, two of my favorite things to do on the water. It is easy to pull someone who is skiing because of a Chevy 350 motor. The boat runs about fifty-two miles per hour, which is very fast on water. Except for my car, my boat is my most prized possession.
There are many people that we associate with at our place on the bay. My father’s best friends have the camper 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. T ....
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The City Of Pompeii
752 Words - 3 Pages.... on
mount Vesuvius broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several
points, their bright glare emphasized by the darkness of night."
Roman Architecture is very spectacular and very simuler to Greek
Architecture. The Romans like to build temples to dedicate to their gods,
Romans also have a lot of art that is included in there architecture. In
this research I will talk mostly about their building techniques, and the
type of materials they used to construct there buildings, I will also
mention some of the more famous buildings that were constructed at Pompeii.
The buildings that were built at Pompeii were manly constructed out
of a large verity of di ....
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Chad
1227 Words - 5 Pages.... is between the Central African Republic and Libya. The total
area is 1,259,200 km2, and the land area is 1,259,200 km2.2 The total size in
area of Chad is slightly more than three times the size of California. The land
boundaries of Chad are; Cameroon (1,094 km), Central African Republic (1,197 km),
Libya (1,055 km), Niger (1,175 km), Nigeria (87 km), and Sudan (1,360 km).3 All
of these countries total to 5,968 km. Chad is landlocked which has no coastline.
It has no marital claims. The disputes between Chad and other countries is that
Libya claims and occupies the 100,000 km2 Aozou Strip in the far north. The year
around climate is tropical in the south, and desert in the ....
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Tahiti
702 Words - 3 Pages.... can claim French, Chinese, American and Polynesian ancestry. This accounts for the physical beauty of the inhabitants and the total abscence of racial prejudice, either from the Europeans or the Tahitians.
Education
Formal education is mandatory in Tahiti for every child to the age of 14. Primary education begins at age five, and continues to the age of 12, when children begin secondary education.
There are several technical and vocational schools in Tahiti, as well as a large adult education program. Vocational training includes hotel, restaurant, nursing and teaching programs.
Arts and culture
As weaving was unknown in the old days, tapa cloth was made by wom ....
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The United States
562 Words - 3 Pages.... of North America, with a 10,780-km (6,700-mi) coastline on the Pacific and Arctic oceans.
is geographically one of the world's largest countries, and it is the third most populous (after China and India). The 50 states are blessed with a variety of resources that provide the basis for a highly productive economy--in fact, is the world's wealthiest nation. For most of the 20th century the country has enjoyed economic preeminence, particularly during the post-World War II era. Yet the population, per-capita wealth, and general welfare are unevenly distributed, with affluent areas often contiguous with areas of poverty. Beginning in the 1970s faced economic difficulties broug ....
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Gabon: An Example For All Of Africa
1132 Words - 5 Pages.... countries in Africa. It has a
population of approximately 1,155,000 (July 1995 est.) There are 11 people per
square mile. The majority of the Gabonese are of ages 15-64 years. The average
life expectancy is 55.14 years. Women live to be around 58, while men are
usually around 52 when they die. This is why only 5% of the population is older
than 65. The infant mortality is lower than many other African countries, 92.4
per 1,000 live births. (The World Fact Book 1995)
As in most African countries, there are many Bantu tribes make up the
ethnicity of the country. There are four major tribal groups. The Fang, Eshira,
Bapounou, and the Bateke. (The World Fact Book) ....
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