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Term Papers on Geography
Lassen Peak
Number of words: 270 - Number of pages: 1.... chose this volcano because it's
located in California, and California is one of my favourite places in the
world.
Now I'am going to tell you a little bit about Lassen Peak.This volcano is
located in Northern California.The volcano consists of a chain of vents aligned
roughly north to south, extending at least 8km north.Volcanism began at Lassen
Peak between 600,000 and 350,000 years ago. The people that studied this
volcano only use the last 35,000 years to predict the volcanoes next eruption.
The most recent eruption at Lassen Peak was in 1914-1917 A.D. The eruption
began on May,30,1914 wh .....
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Geographic Features Of A Region Has Important Effects On Development
Number of words: 283 - Number of pages: 2.... in Latin America. This essay will describe the effects of
these features on there nation.
Japan is a group of islands called an archipelago. This influences the
development of Japan because it limits the size of their usable land and since
much of the land is mountainous it leaves even less usable land. The areas
which are usable are heavily populated. Also another effect of the lack of land
is limited farming. This leads Japan to one of there most plentiful resources,
the ocean. Most of the Japanese nutrition is from fish and other sea foods.
Since there is so much water it effects the temperat .....
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Italy
Number of words: 648 - Number of pages: 3.... completely within the city of Rome.
boasts several world-famous cities. Rome, the capital and largest city in , was the center of the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago. Florence was the home of many artist of the Renaissance, a period of great achievements in the arts. Venice, with its intricate canal system, attracts tourists from all over the world.
Italians take great pride in the quality of their cooking. They traditionally eat their meals at midday. Large meals usually consist of a pasta course, followed by a main course of meat or fish. Sometimes a course of .....
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Montenegro
Number of words: 346 - Number of pages: 2.... and the Adriatic Sea to the west, is a mainly mountanous country with thick forests growing over much of the land. has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. The coast has a milder climate neighboring the Adriatic. The Montenegrins name is Serbo-Croatian and the republics name is Crna Gora, which means black mountain. Podgorica, formerly Titograd, is the present day capital. The University of Podgorica is located there and is their best known university.
During its time in the six republics of Yugoslavia, had one of the weakest economies of the republics .....
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Brownsville, Tennessee
Number of words: 283 - Number of pages: 2.... located side by side with Civil War-era homes such as Davie Place or “Prospect,” emblematic of Haywood county’s care and attention in providing the best lifestyle for its citizens.
Throughout Haywood County, attentions to community values abound. This is the home of the Brownsville Blues Festival, an annual event inaugurated in 1995 and has quickly become an opportunity to celebrate the rich “Blues History” found in west Tennessee.
Like Brownsville, the town in which it’s located, Methodist HealthCare, is steadily growing. With that growth has come and industrial medicine program, a teleradiology p .....
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Liberia
Number of words: 1641 - Number of pages: 6.... united and Liberia became
the first independent republic in black Africa.
The new nation faced many problems. Some of them were tribal wars, low
exports, and land claimed by other countries. Liberia was able to maintain its
independence only with the help of the United States. Following World War II,
the modern port, airport, hospitals, hydroelectric station, and other projects,
all financed by the United States, were opened. There has been frequent
military conflicts and civil wars. In August 1990, forces from several African
countries entered Liberia to .....
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Mexico City
Number of words: 361 - Number of pages: 2.... City there are nine Universities. The biggest University
is the National Autonomous University of Mexico, which is located at the
south of the city. Most of Mexico City's culture is the museums 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 .....
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Distinctly Canadian
Number of words: 2428 - Number of pages: 9.... the most important images, practices, and items come for our friend,
the American Indians (or Native Americans). They were a definite asset to
Canada's cultural growth.
The American Indians came into Canada in a series of migrations that
occurred during the last stages of the Pleistocene Ice Age, Mongoloid peoples
from Asia entered North America, probably crossing the Bering Strait. Gradually
they spread over the continent and into South America. By 1600, more than
250,000 of their aboriginal descendants inhabited what is now Canada. Developing
a S .....
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