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Lincoln, Nebraska
<view this essay>.... Also located in Lincoln are a veterans' hospital and the
regional headquarters of the Veterans Administration and the United States
Department of Agriculture.
The University of Nebraska was founded in Lincoln in 1869. The city is also
the home of Nebraska Wesleyan University and Union College.
The State Capitol, designed by the architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and
completed in 1932, has a central tower that rises 400 feet (120 meters) from a
massive two-story base and is considered a showpiece of American government
architecture. `The Sower', a statue symbolizing Nebraska's farms, stands atop
the tower. Museums include the State Museum of History, the .....
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Canadian Identity Test.
<view this essay>.... our identity are the
amount of racism in our country compared to the U.S. , also the beauty of the
land compared to the overpopulated cities in the U.s. We have the Rocky
mountains and many other clean and famous landmarks. Also the crime rate is
alot lower than in the U.s., and also unlike them we have free health care and
a lower pollution rate.
3: Canada to me is the best place to live in because we have beautiful
landmarks, we have free health care that helps my family alot because of my
asthma, we also have a government and a large amount of people that are nice to
other countries and are less hated. One main thing known about Canada is that
we are a ce .....
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The Country Of Italy
<view this essay>.... African nation.
Many of the world's most famous artists, sculptors, writers,
musicians, and scientists came from Italy. Probably the best known was
Leonard Da Vinci. He is famous for his art, sculptures, inventions, and
scientific discoveries. He drew the Mona Lisa, which is the most famous
painting in the world. The real life Mona Lisa was the wife of an officer
in Renaissance Italy. He also made prerequisites to the helicopter, tank,
and sub marine among other things. He also invented the crane and an early
day cannon, which he never made public because of the vile applications.
Other artists such as Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistin .....
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Architecture In India
<view this essay>.... into the walls of caves creating rock-cut shrines and sanctuaries that eventually evolved into large and complex temples and monasteries. Thousands of these temples were carved and built along the Indus Valley, the most ancient of brick and mortar and still remain in Mohenjo-daro and Harappa (now in Pakistan). Within these caves were found sculptures and pictographs similar to objects found in Mesopotamia that make historians believe that there 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 believ .....
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The Philipines
<view this essay>.... climate is usually
warm,the area is 115,830 square miles the Philipines are an
archipelago,valcanos and mountains.T he main cities are Quezon
city,Davao,Cebu,and the capital Manilla.Some plants and animals the
Philipines have are dugong,sika,tamarau,anoa,monkey eating
eagle,leperouse`s megapode,tinan monarch,and a cologo,some fauna are
coconut,rubber tree,redlaun,mahogany,pines,palm
trees,papya,pineappleplants,bamboo,bananatrees,cassava,rice,orchids, the
national tree narra.Some governmental people are president Marcos,some
languages spoken are fillipino,english,spanish,tagalong,and some native
languages,some religions are roman catholic,and muslim,the Phili .....
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Israel
<view this essay>.... Israel Produces many crops such as figs, dates, apples, pairs, oranges, and
olives. They are a very self-sufficient nation and do not need to import much.
Probably the most renowned person in the country is the Prime Minister. He
is similar to a President. The current Prime Minister is Benjamin Netanyahu.
One of his biggest problems right now is to try and negotiate a peach agreement
with the arabs. Two of the biggest Ethnic groups, the Arabs and the Jews, have
been fighting every since the Jews came to the land in the early 20th century.
The Jews want Peace and the Arabs wanna kick the Jews out. One of the Biggest
debates is over the Mosque in Jerusale .....
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Botswana
<view this essay>.... these hardships had remained in control, do to the strong government and connection to a free market.
In 1966 through 1967 the Gross Domestic Product was around P36.9 million. The government’s budget that same year was estimated around P17.9 million. depended on the British because of their grants, and aid to help their economy. Six years later the GDP had quadrupled to P197.5 million and ten years later it was P1, 390.9 million. The Gross Domestic Product in 1991 was P7 billion since then, the economy has been rising at 13 percent.
has one of the world’s highest foreign exchange reserves in terms of per capital income. The main cause of economic growth .....
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Mexico
<view this essay>.... Territory. The volcano Chinchon, which exploded a year after St. Helens, was even more powerful and was very spectacular.
can be divided into eight different physiographic regions. The largest is the
Mexican Plateau which extends from the mountain Tehuantepec northward to the border of the United States. This plateau can also be broken down into two major areas, the arid north, which is sparsely populated, and the southern area, which is more agricultural and fertile with heavier population.
On the western side of Mexico is Baja California, which is nearly 800 miles long and only about 100 miles wide. The central core is occupied by sky scraping mount .....
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