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Term Papers on Geography
Galicia
Number of words: 1430 - Number of pages: 6.... outsiders, and willing listen to their ideas. People believe that many
of these traits came from the Celts who came in 1000 B.C. and ruled until A.D.
137. They seem to have many things in common with the Irish and the Scots
because of this. Including a bagpipe-like instrument called a Gaita.
The language of Galicia is different from the rest of Spain also, they
speak a variation of Castillian which has some French tones as well as
Portuguese. They have their own favorite foods also, which consist mainly of
seafood. Some of their specialty dishes are: mer .....
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Auschwitz
Number of words: 1099 - Number of pages: 4.... when they opened the doors because of the rush of the people getting off, they would often be trampled.
When they reach the train station Soribor Station. They were hurried along so fast that they never realized that the station was fake and was just connected round to deportation centers. The hands on the clock did not move, and the timesheet arrivals were fake also.
When they first arrived at , the victims were checked in and given an I.D. number. The I.D. number was then tattooed onto their body, usually the arm. Over 404,000 I.D. numbers were given out .....
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The Civilization Of Ancient Egypt
Number of words: 4529 - Number of pages: 17.... and historical writing have made Egypt a subject of general public interest.
The image of Egyptian history moves continually closer to reality as new facts are discovered and new kinds of research--anthropological and other--supplement more traditional archaeological techniques. Egypt's well preserved pyramids and cemeteries on the dry desert, and sturdy stone-built temples, have been studied by archaeologists since the early 19th century, but river-plain town mounds and all sites in densely settled northern Egypt now receive more attention than previously. F .....
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Nicaragua
Number of words: 1032 - Number of pages: 4.... with forests. The country has some deposits of gold,
silver, and copper.
About 77% of the Nicaraguan population is mestizo (people of mixed white and
Native American descent), about 10% is white, 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 .....
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Australian Immigration And Its Effects
Number of words: 1167 - Number of pages: 5.... Asian seafarers are believed to have traveled
to Australia to trade on the north shores. Experts are not sure, but they
believe that these seafarers are the ones who first introduced the dingo into
Australia almost 3,500 years ago. The dingo rapidly became the top predator and
is probably the cause of the disappearance of the Tasmanian wolf and the
Tasmanian devil from Australia. They will hunt down almost anything but they
are not known to attack humans. They will attack kangaroos, wombats, rabbits,
and even lizards. After the settlers arrived and the sheep .....
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Canada
Number of words: 2056 - Number of pages: 8.... The principal minerals are petroleum,
nickel, copper, zinc, iron ore, natural gas, asbestos, molybdenum, sulfur, gold,
and platinum; in addition extensive beds of coal, potash, uranium, gypsum,
silver, and magnesium are found.
Fresh water covers an estimated 756 276 sq km or 7.6% of Canada. The many
rivers and lakes supply ample fresh water to meet the nation's needs for its
communities and for irrigation, agriculture, industries, transportation, and
hydroelectric power generation. Canada has four principal drainage basins: the
Atlantic Basin which dra .....
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Iraq: A Country On The Rise
Number of words: 1808 - Number of pages: 7.... and occasional heavy snows. Iraq has few
natural resources, consisting of Crude oil, natural gas, various phosphates, and
sulfur. Their maritime (ocean) clams are just the continental shelf on their
coastline, and twelve nautical miles beyond that.
Iraq and Iran have just recently restored diplomatic relations in the
year 1990, but are still trying to work out written agreements settling their
disputes from their eight-year war concerning definite borders, prisoners-of-war,
and freedom of navigation and sovereignty over the Shatt-al-Arab waterway. In
Ap .....
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Spain
Number of words: 1260 - Number of pages: 5.... on this coast and further up the Guadalquivir River is
the ancient transportation center Seville. Some other major rivers in Spain are
the Douro, Tagus, and Ebro rivers. Spain's currency is the peseta and is
currently equal to one hundred centimos. The exchange rate has one U. S. Dollar
for 134.61 pesetas.
More that thirty-nine million people reside in the country of Spain. That is
because it is made up of a large ethnic diversity. Its location between Europe
and Africa has resulted in a great mixing of races and cultures. The only
distinct minority group gen .....
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