1. General information Facts Population: 1‚080‚264‚388 (est. 2005) Area: 3‚287‚590 sq km Location: Southern Asia. Neighbours are Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ Burma‚ China‚ Nepal and Pakistan. It Borders the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Capital: New Delhi Government type: Federal republic. President: A.P.J. Abdul KALAM Currency: Indian Rupee = 100 Paise Language: Hindi is the national language (30% of the population). There are 14 other official languages: Telugu‚ Bengali‚ Marathi
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Antarctica is a remote continent‚ the fifth largest of the Earth’s seven continents. It is considered the as the largest desert in the world due to the very little precipitation there‚ it can get up to 8 inches per year generally around the coast and less and less as you get towards inland. The southernmost‚ coldest‚ windiest‚ highest‚ most remote‚ and most recently discovered continent‚ it surrounds the South Pole‚ the point at the southern end of the Earth’s axis. Almost completely covered by ice
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The ocean is one of Earth’s most valuable natural resources. It provides food in the form of fish and shellfish—about 200 billion pounds are caught each year. It’s used for transportation—both travel and shipping. It provides a treasured source of recreation for humans. It is mined for minerals (salt‚ sand‚ gravel‚ and some manganese‚ copper‚ nickel‚ iron‚ and cobalt can be found in the deep sea) and drilled for crude oil. The ocean plays a critical role in removing carbon from the atmosphere and
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Good luck to current and future Cal students! Happy studying! ** There is a Table of Contents at the bottom of this page. It can be used to index the terms‚ but the terms must be in a Heading form. Amah Mutsun Ohlone Professor Lightfoot is going to be working on collaborative archaeology with this tribe at Pinnacles National Monument this summer. Refer to 11-24 Notes Related reading‚ authors‚ Cuthrell‚ Striplen‚ Lightfoot (from 11-22) IDEA: Native landscape management practices
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I. Answer the following questions as completely as possible. Use The American Pageant chapters 2‚ 3 and 4 and any other source you’d like. List all sources after each answer. 1. Who were the Puritans? Why did they come to America to settle? The puritans were a group of religious reformers wanted to purify the Church of England they were unpopular and oppressed therefore they got a charter and left England the king was very happy to sign the charter and get them out of their land. They came
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support for meetings of states party to the Convention‚ the UN has no direct operational role in the implementation of the Convention. There is‚ however‚ a role played by organizations such as the International Maritime Organization‚ the International Whaling Commission‚ and the International Seabed Authority (the latter being established by the UN Convention). Contents [hide] • 1 Historical background • 2 UNCLOS I • 3 UNCLOS II • 4 UNCLOS III • 5 Part XI and the 1994 Agreement • 6 Signature and
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Since the discovery of the New World by European powers‚ the newly established European settlements on American soil varied from region to region. Two such regions were The Chesapeake and The New England regions. Although both were settled vastly by the English people the societies they formed were different. These differences were due to a few factors. The factors include motivation for migration‚ geography‚ social‚ political and economical structures of the settlements. These factors are what contributed
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Cited: 1) Goring‚ Rosemary‚ Frank Whaling‚ John Marshall‚ and David Brogan. Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions. Edinburgh: Larousse‚ 1994. Print. 2) Lopresti‚ Matthew. "INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE AND RELIGIOUS PLURALISM: A Philosophical Critique of Pope Benedict XVI and the Fall of
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Introduction The geography of Antarctica is like most countries‚ it has two main parts which are the east and the west. The west of Antarctica is an extended part of the Andres mountain range and this means that 99% of Antarctica is pure ice which also means that in Antarctica there is 70% of the worlds water supply. It is very mountainous with a low point of 2499m and a high point of 4897m. This very mountainous landscape is part of the reason for Antarctica being so cold. The winds and cold air
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The Interview - Sir Stephen Tindall The retailer‚ philanthropist‚ angel investor and patriotic Kiwi flew into town to launch the Nelson Bays Community Foundation. by Sue Farley‚ photograph by Daniel Rose “Just call me Stephen‚” he said as we fussed around with sound and light checks before sitting down to interview this tall‚ no-fuss‚ Kiwi giant of a man. ‘Sir Stephen’ was already sounding very formal and clumsy‚ and we hadn’t even we’d not yet begun to get got down to business yet. Stephen
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