... the country was Gaelic. Gaelic, or Irish, is one of the oldest languages in Europe. Gradually, this beautiful language was replaced by English, which is now the common language for almost the entire population. For more than fifty years, all of the governmental leaders of the republic have tried to restore Gaelic. So far, they have had little success. Today, it is spoken by only a few people. Religious and moral training is a basic goal of Irish education. Almost all primary education is run by religious groups and is supported by state funds. The Irish people are deeply religious. Most of the inhabitants of the republic are Roman Catholic. As a resu ...
... find wave-lovers, fisherman all across Santa Maria. Sao Miguel is the largest of the nine islands. There are some stories that have been told about this island. One of the tales is about Set Cidades, which is a lake, caught between two mountainsides. When you walk across the lake you see shades of blue and green. The tale states that there once lived a princess whom fell in love with a shepherd. Her father, the king, would not allow them to be together, so he set the princess, who had green eyes, on one mountain top, and the shepherd, who had blue eyes, on the other. They say that their tears of sorrow went all the way down the mountain and collided, creati ...
... sixties it was realized, that the domestic industries have become lethargic and inefficient because of the shelter from international competition. 1965: The Maquiladoras Program To help its manufacturing sector, settled the 's Border Industrialization Program. The BIP allows US and foreign companies to ship components and production equipment into , free of duty, for assembly or processing utilizing Mexican labor. These Mexican facilities are commonly referred to as Maquiladoras, or in-bond assembly plants. The BIP sought to attract foreign manufacturing facilities, technology and know-how. Over the past years, a large portion of US-Mexican trade has been at ...
... CAPITAL TERRITORY, NORTHERN TERRITORY). The country's name derives from the Latin terra australis incognita, meaning "unknown southern land," which resulted from a confusion between Australia and Antarctica on early world maps. In many ways Australia is unusual among continents. It lacks major relief features and has a high proportion of dry land. The continent's isolation from other landmasses accounts for its unique varieties of vegetation and animal life, and for the existence of a Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) culture among the Aborigines. Except for Antarctica, Australia was probably the last continent to be inhabited by humans and the last to be explored ...
... people should follow the Middle Way. This means they should avoid too much denial or too much indulgence. He also taught that there is a continuing cycle of death and rebirth and your happiness in rebirth is based on your behavior in your past life. The best goal is called “nirvana” which is total peace and happiness. The houses in are different from the houses in the United States. Most of ’s houses are made of wood. These houses are built up on stilts because is a very rainy and wet country and it has a lot of floods. The houses also have real high roofs to keep cool. If the people don’t live by a river or stream then they usually live on a farm or ...
... 450 times bigger than Thailand. Thailand's population is 57,200,000 people. The population of the United States is 260,000,000 people. That means that the United States has 4 1/2 times more people than Thailand. Thailand's population density is 285 people per square mile. The population density of the United States is 72.22 people per square mile. Thailand, even though it has a much smaller population and land area than the United States, has a much greater population density. The population of Massachusetts is 6,000,000 people or 9.53 times smaller than Thailand. Massachusetts population density is 750 people per square mile. Massachusetts population densi ...
... railed railways, highways, ports, erchant marines, and small airports.[1][3] Population, Location, Area, Climate Mauritania is located in Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara. It's geograph-ic coordinates are 20 00 N, and 12 00 W. It's neighbors are Algeria to its northwest, Mali to it's west, Western Saharas to it's northeast, Morocco to it's north, and to its south Burkina Faso. It's total area is about 1,030,700 sq miles and it's land area about 1,030,400 sq miles which is slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico. It has land boundaries are Algeria, Mali, Senegal, Western Sahara which make ...
... deficit, equals about one- fifth of total yearly economy. The total work force in Russia numbers 72.5 million. Industry is the country's leading employer, with about 30 percent. Agriculture takes13 percent of all, and construction has 12 percent. Only about 1 million people, 1.5%, are registered unemployed, but the unemployment rate is much higher. Thousands work with no pay or with very few hours. Russia was the main country in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics(USSR). The East European Plain is full of rolling lowlands. The eastern boundary of this region, the Urals, are old mountains that have eroded. The Urals do not go above 6,200 ft. The Caucasus Mo ...
... activity and permanent settlement into the northlands. The principal minerals are petroleum, nickel, copper, zinc, iron ore, natural gas, asbestos, molybdenum, sulfur, gold, and platinum; in addition extensive beds of coal, potash, uranium, gypsum, silver, and magnesium are found. Fresh water covers an estimated 756 276 sq km or 7.6% of Canada. The many rivers and lakes supply ample fresh water to meet the nation's needs for its communities and for irrigation, agriculture, industries, transportation, and hydroelectric power generation. Canada has four principal drainage basins: the Atlantic Basin which drains to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Great Lakes and ...
... Sault Ste. Marie....etc.) Transportation is extremely important in this area. Most mines and mills are located by waterways to make transportation readily available for it's transport's. Coal, limestone, and many other kinds of mines use the Great Lakes to transport, which happens to be in the middle of the Industrial Heartland. They usually have tons of material to move so water transportation can carry lots of material, it's cheap, but it's also slow. Another important route in this region is the St. Lawrence Seaway, which was an significant factor in the decision of industries to locate in this region. Other main waterways in this region are: Ohio ...
