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The Problems Of Mexico City
Number of words: 288 - Number of pages: 2.... every day. There are many people that move to
Mexico City and many people that are born there every year. These factors
contribute even more to its overcrowding and overpopulation. Another problem is
Mexico City's habitat. It is located in the Valley of Mexico, which is highly
vulnerable to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. These natural disasters cause
much destruction to Mexico City. Yet still another problem with Mexico City's
habitat is the overall instability that is caused by the fact that much of the
city is located on a weak, dry-lakebed surface.
Mexico City's rapidly .....
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Architecture In India
Number of words: 1187 - Number of pages: 5.... was some kind of interrelationship of these two cultures. The carvings of the caves and rock however, appear to be synonymous with ancient India alone.
The reason why this type of architecture began in India is believed to be a result of the religion, beliefs and culture of India during this ancient time. The people of ancient India had a great belief in the gods and had many assumptions about the world. Their primary belief was that everything worked as a single process, that is, change and perfection, time and eternity, existence and transcendence were one.1 It is this belief that made .....
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North America
Number of words: 495 - Number of pages: 2.... time of year it is. The Southern portion of this region has 4 seasons but all of them are much warmer. The third region includes Western US and northern Mexico. It is mostly dry throughout this region because most of it is made up of deserts and plains. The other part is made up of mountains. Where conditions do depend allot on elevation in this region. The fourth Climatic region is a thin strip of land that extends from Southern Alaska to Southern California. Its almost rainless summers make up for the mild wet winters. The last is considered a tropical climate that consists of Sou .....
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Ohio
Number of words: 1116 - Number of pages: 5.... a dominant position in the early growth of the oil refining
business.รถ Cleveland had many rail lines that brought crude oil from
western Pennsylvania and Ohio, then these rail lines distributed the
finished product to other states. Finally, Clevelands location made it a
major place for the development of the iron and steel industry. Iron ore
was brought to Cleveland in ships owned by Clevelanders from the Lake
Superior region. The water transportation was cheap, and from Cleveland
the ore could be sent by train to the Mahoning Valley and other Ohio steel
centers.
The developme .....
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History Of Athens, Greece
Number of words: 748 - Number of pages: 3.... type of democracy is
"representative" democracy. That means that we take one person to
represent all of our interest and thoughts. Athens(Greece) has a "direct"
democracy which means that everybody gets to vote for them self(their own
thoughts and interest). The Untied States follows Athens ideas on how each
individual is important and everybody's idea on freedom and self rule that
was brought up by the Greeks.
Architecture is another important quality that we got from Athens.
There are many different buildings in the United States that have ancient
architecture. Greek architecture domin .....
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Germany
Number of words: 1959 - Number of pages: 8.... There are many natural resources in Germany. Germany is bordered by
the North and Baltic Seas. These have busy shipping ports. There are also
four main rivers in Germany. In the West is the Rhine River, the Danube is
in the South, the Oder is in the East, and the Elbe and the Weser Rivers
are in the north.
The soil in Germany varies. The North German plains has soil that is
soft and fertile. Much of the rest of Germany has rocky soil.
The minerals in Germany are: Coal, potash, lignite, iron, and uranium.
There are mines in Germany but are mainly coal.
There is a .....
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Chicago: A City Of The Senses
Number of words: 650 - Number of pages: 3.... faces contorted in distress
and I heard laughter and loud sighing. The flash of an Indian woman's
purple sari caught
Holzman 2 my eye. The different facial
expressions, personalities, and wardrobes present added sparkle to the
otherwise dull and uninteresting dimension of public transportation.
While watching these different characters, I was drawn to the
highest floor of the Sears Tower, where lights illuminated the sky and
blended artfully into a pattern of lines. When I walked in the street,
lights from stores and nightclubs permeated above and around me, making m .....
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Climates In Tropical Africa
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3. a region at the northern and southern edges afflicted by drought.
All the climates listed in the previous paragraph are modified in the eastern parts of Tropical Africa by the mountains and monsoons.
The soils of Tropical Africa pose another problem. They are unlike the soils of temperate areas. Soils are largely products of their climates, and tropical soils are different from temperate soils because the climate is different. Because of the great heat of the tropics tends to bake the soils, while on the other hand, the rainfall leaches them. The combined heat and moist .....
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Aztec Jungle Agriculture
Number of words: 2111 - Number of pages: 8.... of every day:
and the grinding bad luck of every day was
like a black cup that they drank, with their hands
shaking.(Bly 71)
In the early 1400's the Colhua-Mexica, Mexica, and Tenochca tribes migrated into the Valley of Mexico which is present day Mexico City(World Book 1004). The valley was about 7,000 feet above sea level and covered, for the most part, by water(World Book 1006). These three tribes united as the Aztec Empire following several concerted victories over neighboring tribes. The largest city in the Aztec Empire was Tenochtitlan which covered a large island in the c .....
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Lassen Peak
Number of words: 270 - Number of pages: 1.... 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 when a .....
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