plants‚ animals‚ insects‚ and even people. Rainforest Geography All of the tropical rainforests grow in hot‚ humid places. All of the tropical rainforests are in Costa Rica‚ the Peruvian Amazon‚ the Brazilian Amazon‚ the Brazilian coast‚ Congo basin‚ Madagascar‚ Borneo‚ New Guinea‚ Tasmania‚ and Australia. The biggest rainforest is the entire Amazon region. The temperate rainforests and tropical rainforests are on both sides of the equator. The equator provides perfect conditions for
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Chapter 16 Summary Most of the world’s largest countries are extremely multicultural. China is a great exception. The vast majority of Chinese people speak Mandarin or a similar language‚ and most Chinese families have considered themselves Chinese for millennia. Diamond theorizes that China was once as linguistically and culturally diverse as Russia or Brazil‚ but that China began its process of unification far earlier. To support this point‚ Diamond turns first to Chinese languages. Mandarin
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First of all‚ the BaMbuti inhabit the dense Ituri forest located in the modern Republic of Congo on the western coast of Africa‚ an area that is difficult to occupy as seen when Turbull described abandoned villages where‚ “The forest destroyed everything but its own” (Turnbull 167). The horticulturalists found it difficult to sustain a food producing
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Main articles: Middle Eastern and North African music traditions‚ Arabic music‚ and Middle Eastern music North Africa (red region on map below) is the seat of ancient Egypt and Carthage‚ civilizations with strong ties to the ancient Near East and which influenced the ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Eventually‚ Egypt fell under Persian rule followed by Greek and Roman rule‚ while Carthage was later ruled by Romans and Vandals. North Africa was later conquered by the Arabs‚ who established the region
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Nature with Technology With the movie Avatar‚ Pandora is presented as a virgin land of unspoiled beauty‚ a paradise with a vast landscape full of wildlife‚ huge trees‚ plants that react and move like animals‚ astonishing rainforests‚ wonderful waterfalls‚ lakes‚ rivers‚ massive cliffs hovering above the ground‚ impressive mountains and magnificent animals. It is nature as something divine and marvelous. Contrary to Pandora’s magnificent natural landscape‚ the base’s environment is purely a military
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1) Which primate species did you choose (common [English] name)? I choose the Bonobo. They were formerly called the pygmy chimpanzee. 2) What is its scientific (Latin‚ binomial) genus and species name? Species: Pan paniscus - Genus: Pongo 3. Is this a prosimian‚ New World monkey‚ Old World monkey‚ or ape? (for this‚ you’ll have to read ch. 5 and learn what those categories mean). Since Old World Monkeys’ are associated with Africa and Asia‚ the Bonobo would fall into this category. There are
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high commissioner of Uganda‚ and he wanted to add a new member to the roster of mammals” (Slack). To add a new mammal to the roster is a big accomplishment for a naturalist. Johnston was able to get pieces of the okapi’s skin from the native tribe Pygmies. The skins were sent to the British Museum. Scientists in London announced the new species. This was not the end of Johnston’s discovery. He wanted a complete specimen of
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epoch approximately 1.5 million years ago‚ the Congo River was formed in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (San Diego Zoo 2) The river geographically segregated groups and individual chimpanzees south of the river resulting in these chimps being reproductively isolated. Allopatric speciation took place as a response to new selective pressures and from this separated population a new species evolved‚ the bonobo. (Jurmain 121) Today the Congo River is the bonobo’s northern and western
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Christianity. By the early 1990s‚ Rwanda‚ a small country with an overwhelmingly agricultural economy‚ had one of the highest population densities in Africa. About 85 percent of its population is Hutu; the rest is Tutsi‚ along with a small number of Twa‚ a Pygmy group who were the original inhabitants of Rwanda. Part of German East Africa
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January 1‚ 2000 and May 21‚ 2002. That might not seem like a lot but that equals out to over 2‚000 dead elephants‚ in less than a year and a half. In some African tribes animals are thought of as having magical and medicinal value. Many tribes in the Congo believe that the leopard is a highly magical creature and is killed so that the witch doctors can wear the skins to show just how magically powerful they are. Other animals are used as sacrifices to cleanse away bad omens or curses. If it
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