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- https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geography/04%3A_Latin_America_(10_days)/4.08%3A_South_America-_The_Southern_Cone_(1_Day)To the east of the northern region—on the other side of the Paraná River and reaching to the banks of the Uruguay River—is the region called Mesopotamia, whose name means “between rivers.” This unique...To the east of the northern region—on the other side of the Paraná River and reaching to the banks of the Uruguay River—is the region called Mesopotamia, whose name means “between rivers.” This unique region has a variety of features, from flatlands for grazing livestock to subtropical rain forests.
- https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/GeographyThumbnail: Kremlin Churches – Photo by Joel Weigand
- https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geography/08%3A_Africa_(10_days)/8.04%3A_West_Africa_(2_Days)Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world, and half the population is under the age of 15, causing a population explosion that taxes the sparse natural resources and brings even more poverty t...Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world, and half the population is under the age of 15, causing a population explosion that taxes the sparse natural resources and brings even more poverty to a country at the bottom end of the index of economic development. There are issues with the Tuareg in the north and refugees from Ivory Coast in the south, but the country is politically stable in spite of the low standard of living and high population growth.
- https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geography/03%3A_United_States_and_Canada_(10_days)/3.05%3A_Canada_(2_Days)However, the French people in Quebec, fearing that English was dominating the media, the Internet, and industry to such an extent that it was endangering their French culture, have declared French as ...However, the French people in Quebec, fearing that English was dominating the media, the Internet, and industry to such an extent that it was endangering their French culture, have declared French as the only official language of the province. Just as in the United States, the most dramatic structural change in the economy has been the rise of the service sector, which now employs about three-quarters of all Canadians and generates over 60 percent of the GDP.
- https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geography/04%3A_Latin_America_(10_days)/4.07%3A_Brazil_(2_Days)Though the index of economic development indicates that urbanization will increase incomes for the population as a whole, poverty is a standard component of any large urban area in most places of the ...Though the index of economic development indicates that urbanization will increase incomes for the population as a whole, poverty is a standard component of any large urban area in most places of the world, and the favelas of Brazil are similar to slums found in other places around the world.
- https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geography/09%3A_South_Asia_(10_days)/9.04%3A_India_(2_Days)Food is an important part of the culture of societies, and there are clear distinctions between the cuisine of the north and of the south in India. United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a US gover...Food is an important part of the culture of societies, and there are clear distinctions between the cuisine of the north and of the south in India. United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a US government agency website that provides scientific information about the natural hazards that threaten lives, the natural resources we rely on, the health of our ecosystems and environment, and the impacts of climate and land-use change.
- https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geography/08%3A_Africa_(10_days)/8.03%3A_Human_Geography_of_Sub-Saharan_Africa_(2_Days)This region has one of the fastest-growing populations of the world and economically lags behind countries in the Northern Hemisphere, which have transitioned into the higher stages of the index of ec...This region has one of the fastest-growing populations of the world and economically lags behind countries in the Northern Hemisphere, which have transitioned into the higher stages of the index of economic development. The shift in population and the increase in military arms along the Zairian border resulted in an extensive civil war in the Congo that has resulted in the deaths of more than five million people, many by disease or starvation.
- https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geography/06%3A_Russia_the_Caucasus_and_Central_Asia_(10_days)/6.02%3A_The_USSR_and_the_Russian_Federation_(3_Day)From the end of World War II in 1945 until the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the Soviet Union and the United States competed in the global community for the control of labor, resources, and world powe...From the end of World War II in 1945 until the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the Soviet Union and the United States competed in the global community for the control of labor, resources, and world power. The export of Russia’s vast quantities of natural resources, such as oil, natural gas, and timber, to Europe and the rest of the world helped the country rebound from the economic collapse of the 1990s.
- https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geography/03%3A_United_States_and_Canada_(10_days)/3.02%3A_Early_Development_and_Globalization_(2_days)In its magnificent domain of space and time, the nation of many nations is destined to manifest to mankind the excellence of divine principles; to establish on earth the noblest temple ever dedicated ...In its magnificent domain of space and time, the nation of many nations is destined to manifest to mankind the excellence of divine principles; to establish on earth the noblest temple ever dedicated to the worship of the Most High—the Sacred and the True. By the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, immigrants were coming in large numbers from southern and Eastern Europe and moving to industrial cities of the Northeast.
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