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Australia by Evan-Moor Publishing   Class is a key idea related to inequality, prejudice and discrimination in Australian society. It has been considered out of fashion, because some Australian people think that there is no class difference between people in Australia, everyo... Study Pack: 7 Summaries, 8 Essays, 1 Quotes About 649 pages (194,681 words) in 16 products

Austria   Republic of Austria Republik Österreich CAPITAL: Vienna (Wien) FLAG: The flag consists of a white horizontal stripe between two red stripes. ANTHEM: Land der Berge, Land am Ströme (Land of Mountains, Land on the River). MONET... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 100 pages (30,130 words) in 4 products

Azerbaijan   (2002 pop. of Republic 8.1 million), (2002 pop. of East Azerbaijan, Iran, 3.4 million), (2002 pop. of West Azerbaijan, Iran, 2.8 million). Azerbaijan is a mountainous region in West Asia, bounded by the eastern Caucasus, northwestern Zagro... Study Pack: 5 Summaries, 1 Quotes About 81 pages (24,338 words) in 6 products

Bahrain   For years Bahrain has faced the effects of drug narcotics trafficking. Though Bahrain has never itself had an issue with drug trafficking to the point of instating strict laws or creating narcotics investigators funded by there ... Study Pack: 4 Summaries, 1 Essay About 64 pages (19,160 words) in 5 products

Bangladesh   (2001 est. pop. 131.3 million). Bangladesh (officially Gana Prajatantri Bangladesh, or People's Republic of Bangladesh) is a relatively new nation, having become independent in 1971 following a war of independence against Pakistan (... Study Pack: 7 Summaries About 120 pages (35,913 words) in 7 products

Baptist Tradition   Christianity: Baptist Tradition FOUNDED: 1609 C.E. RELIGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 1.8 percent Overview Baptists, who effectively were founded in 1609 by John Smyth, an English dissenting pastor, have become one of the world&... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 314 pages (94,186 words) in 2 products

Barbados   One of the best places I visited was Barbados. Last Thanksgiving, our family took a seven day Southern Caribbean Cruise on Royal Caribbean's Serenade of the Seas. During those seven days, we stopped at six different Islands, Puerto Rico, St... Study Pack: 4 Summaries, 1 Essay About 55 pages (16,494 words) in 5 products

Belarus   The Republic of Belarus is a newly independent country which, prior to August 25, 1991, was known as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Since 1922 it had formed part of the Soviet Union. Geographically it is located in what is vi... Study Pack: 5 Summaries About 87 pages (26,223 words) in 5 products

Belgium   Belgium, whose official name is the Kingdom of Belgium, is a densely populated country not much larger than the state of Maryland. It covers an area of 11,781 square miles (30,519 square kilometers), bounded on the north by The Netherland... Study Pack: 5 Summaries, 1 Quotes About 143 pages (42,838 words) in 6 products

Belize   Our world has several countries, however, each of them has a lot of similarities and differences among them. In this essay I would like to show the similarities and differences between Belize and Mexico. On the one hand, Belize and Mexico... Study Pack: 4 Summaries, 1 Essay About 55 pages (16,427 words) in 5 products

Benin   Republic of Benin République du Bénin CAPITAL: Porto-Novo FLAG: Two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and red with a vertical green band on the hoist side. ANTHEM: L'Aube Nouvelle (The New Dawn). MONETARY UNIT: Th... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 68 pages (20,423 words) in 4 products

Bhutan   (2001 est. pop. 2 million). Bhutan is a small, landlocked eastern Himalayan kingdom of 47,000 square kilometers. A natural barrier of mountain ranges separates Bhutan from Tibet in the north, Arunachal Pradesh (India) in the east, and Sikk... Study Pack: 6 Summaries About 53 pages (15,798 words) in 6 products

Bolivia   Bolivia, the only landlocked country in the Western Hemisphere, is home to almost eight million people. Twice as large as Texas, Bolivia is a multiethnic society. Of all the South American countries, Bolivia has the largest percentage (60... Study Pack: 5 Summaries About 116 pages (34,645 words) in 5 products

Botswana   Republic of Botswana CAPITAL: Gaborone FLAG: The flag of Botswana consists of five horizontal stripes. The top and bottom stripes are light blue and wider than the middle stripe, which is black. The blue stripes are separated from the blac... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 78 pages (23,261 words) in 4 products

Brazil   The country of Brazil, officially called the Federative Republic of Brazil (or República Federativa do Brasil), is located in central eastern South America. A vast country, it covers 3,290,000 square miles—nearly 45 percent of... Study Pack: 5 Summaries, 1 Quotes About 227 pages (68,073 words) in 6 products

Brunei   (2001 pop. 344,000). Negara Brunei Darussalam, the official title assumed by the former British protectorate upon full statehood in 1984, closely resembles a Southeast Asian equivalent of a Middle-Eastern petroleum state. Independent Brune... Study Pack: 7 Summaries About 56 pages (16,718 words) in 7 products

Buddhism   'Buddhism in a Nutshell' explains Buddhism to be a religion of wisdom, where knowledge and intelligence predominate. Devoted to the conditioning of the mind; within a milieu of social developments teetering between beneficial and harmful, B... Study Pack: 9 Summaries, 6 Essays, 1 Quotes About 1,025 pages (307,411 words) in 16 products

Bulgaria   Republic of Bulgaria Republika Bulgariya CAPITAL: Sofia (Sofiya) FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of white, green, and red horizontal stripes. ANTHEM: Bulgariya mila, zemya na geroi (Dear Bulgaria, Land of Heroes). MONETARY UNIT: The lev (LV) ... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 105 pages (31,415 words) in 4 products

Burkina Faso   Republic of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Jamahiriya CAPITAL: Ouagadougou FLAG: The flag consists of two equal horizontal stripes of red and green divided by a narrow gold band. A five-point gold star is at the center. ANTHEM: The national ant... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 63 pages (18,882 words) in 4 products

Burundi   Republic of Burundi République du Burundi; Republika yu Burundi CAPITAL: Bujumbura FLAG: The national flag consists of a white circle in the center with arms extending to the four corners. The circle contains three red stars. Upper ... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 60 pages (18,075 words) in 4 products

Cambodia   (2001 est. 11.4 million). Cambodia occupies 181,040 square kilometers of peninsular Southeast Asia. Modern Cambodia is bordered by Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and the Gulf of Thailand, which is a part of the South China Sea. It is all that re... Study Pack: 11 Summaries About 148 pages (44,448 words) in 11 products

Cameroon   Republic of Cameroon République du Cameroun CAPITAL: Yaoundé FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of green, red, and yellow vertical stripes with one gold star imprinted in the center of the red stripe. ANTHEM: The national anthem be... Study Pack: 5 Summaries About 98 pages (29,479 words) in 5 products

Canada by Evan-Moor Publishing   We are quite lucky to live in a country like Canada and to have the government that we do. They do a good job of providing our rights and not interfering with our freedoms. I believe that Canada has the right amount of rights and freedoms. ... Study Pack: 6 Summaries, 9 Essays, 1 Quotes About 5,437 pages (1,631,171 words) in 16 products

Cape Verde   Republic of Cape Verde República de Cabo Verde CAPITAL: Praia FLAG: The flag consists of two white horizontal stripes above and below a red horizontal stripe in the lower half of a blue field. A circle of ten gold stars (representin... Study Pack: 5 Summaries About 51 pages (15,370 words) in 5 products

Chad   Republic of Chad République du Tchad CAPITAL: N'Djamena (formerly Fort-Lamy) FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of blue, yellow, and red vertical stripes. ANTHEM: La Tchadienne begins "Peuple Tchadien, debout et à l&#... Study Pack: 5 Summaries About 89 pages (26,570 words) in 5 products

Chile   Chile is a Spanish speaking country located on the western border of South America. It occupies a very narrow strip of land along the Pacific Ocean. The capital of Chile is Santiago, which is located in central Chile near the border of Ar... Study Pack: 6 Summaries, 1 Essay About 151 pages (45,208 words) in 7 products

Christianity   Introduction. `Deep within his conscience man discovers a law which he has not laid upon himself but which he must obey. Its voice ever calling him to love and to do what is good and to avoid evil...'Gaudium et Spes (64). This opening... Study Pack: 9 Summaries, 11 Essays, 10 Criticisms, 1 Quotes About 1,952 pages (585,602 words) in 31 products

Colombia   Republic of ColombiaRepública de Colombia CAPITAL: Bogotá FLAG: The national flag consists of three horizontal stripes; the yellow upper stripe is twice as wide as each of the other two, which are blue and red. ANTHEM: Himno ... Study Pack: 4 Summaries, 1 Essay About 116 pages (34,921 words) in 5 products

Comoros   Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros République Fédérale Islamique des Comores; Jumhuriyat al-Qumur al-Ittihadiyah al-Islamiyah CAPITAL: Moroni FLAG: Four equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), white, red, and blue... Study Pack: 5 Summaries About 63 pages (18,902 words) in 5 products

Confucianism   Confucianism Confucianism is an East Asian philosophy built up by a Chinese philosopher, Confucius (K'ung Fu-tzu), in the 6th - 5th century BCE. It's a philosophy based on human morals and relationships. To really understand Confucianism,... Study Pack: 5 Summaries, 4 Essays About 460 pages (138,077 words) in 9 products

Conservative Judaism   CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM evolved out of the desire of Eastern European Jewish immigrants to find their way in the United States; it was one of a myriad of syntheses of Jewish identity and modernity invented by acculturating Jews. While its int... Study Pack: 3 Summaries About 148 pages (44,383 words) in 3 products

Coptic Christianity   COPTIC CHURCH. The Coptic church is the ancient church of Egypt; the name Copt derives from the Greek Aiguptioi ("Egyptians"). According to tradition within the church, its founder and first patriarch was Mark the Evangelist,... Study Pack: 3 Summaries, 1 Quotes About 332 pages (99,580 words) in 4 products

Croatia   Republic of Croatia Republika Hrvatska CAPITAL: Zagreb FLAG: Red, white, and blue horizontal bands with the Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered). ANTHEM: Lijepa Nasa Domovina. MONETARY UNIT: The Croatian kuna (HRK was introduced... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 89 pages (26,596 words) in 4 products

Cuba   Cuba is an island country in the West Indies, about 90 miles south of Florida. Cuba consists of one major island and more than 1600 smaller islands. Cuba is almost as large as the state Pennsylvania. Havana is the capitol of Cuba and is als... Study Pack: 4 Summaries, 1 Essay, 1 Quotes About 139 pages (41,643 words) in 6 products

Cyprus   UN Crisis Report-Cyprus Between Who: In this certain UN crisis, Britain and the Turkish Cypriots, had a conflict between the EOKA (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters) and Greek Cypriots. The UN sent peacekeeping forces. When: This... Study Pack: 6 Summaries, 1 Essay About 132 pages (39,658 words) in 7 products

Czech Republic   Czech Republic Ceskaá Republika CAPITAL: Prague (Praha) FLAG: The national flag consists of a white stripe over a red stripe, with a blue triangle extending from hoist to midpoint. ANTHEM: Kde domov muj (Where Is My Native Land). MO... Study Pack: 5 Summaries About 102 pages (30,438 words) in 5 products

Denmark   Kingdom of Denmark Kongeriget Danmark CAPITAL: Copenhagen (København) FLAG: The Danish national flag, known as the Dannebrog, is one of the oldest national flags in the world, although the concept of a national flag did not develop ... Study Pack: 5 Summaries, 1 Quotes About 109 pages (32,595 words) in 6 products

Djibouti   Republic of Djibouti République de Djibouti Jumhouriyya Djibouti CAPITAL: Djibouti FLAG: A white triangle, with a five-pointed red star within, extends from the hoist; the remaining area has a broad light blue band over a broad ligh... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 44 pages (13,043 words) in 4 products

Dominica   Commonwealth of DominicaDominica CAPITAL: Roseau FLAG: On a green background appears a cross composed of yellow, black, and white stripes; in the center is a red disk with 10 yellow-bordered green stars surrounding a parrot. ANTHEM: Isle o... Study Pack: 5 Summaries About 53 pages (16,003 words) in 5 products

Dominican Republic   1.0 Introduction The following report examines the extent of development within the Dominican Republic in relation to economic, social and political development. It shall also examine some of the problems that are preventing further develo... Study Pack: 4 Summaries, 2 Essays About 116 pages (34,926 words) in 6 products

Ecuador   Ecuador is a small country on the northwestern coast of South America. It measures 280,000 square kilometers—roughly the size of Colorado. It is bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the south and east, and the Pacific Ocean o... Study Pack: 7 Summaries About 149 pages (44,692 words) in 7 products

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Egypt   Arab Republic of Egypt Jumhuriat Misr al-'Arabiyah CAPITAL: Cairo (Al-Qahira) FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of three horizontal stripes—red, white, and black—with the national emblem in the center white stripe. ANTHEM: ... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 329 pages (98,567 words) in 4 products

El Salvador   Republic of El SalvadorRepública de El Salvador CAPITAL: San Salvador FLAG: The national flag consists of a white stripe between two horizontal blue stripes. The national coat of arms is centered in the white band. ANTHEM: Saludemos... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 72 pages (21,654 words) in 4 products

Equatorial Guinea   Republic of Equatorial Guinea República de Guinea Ecuatorial CAPITAL: Malabo (formerly Santa Isabel) FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of green, white, and red horizontal stripes; a blue triangle joins them at the hoist. The arms in the ... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 49 pages (14,729 words) in 4 products

Eritrea   A land of dramatically changing terrain, Eritrea spans 670 miles of coastline along the Red Sea on the northeast Horn of Africa. It has six provinces covering mountainous highlands and arid lowlands over a total of 48,000 square miles. To... Study Pack: 5 Summaries About 99 pages (29,794 words) in 5 products

Estonia   Republic of Estonia Eesti Vabariik CAPITAL: Tallinn FLAG: Three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white. ANTHEM: Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm (My Native Land, My Pride and Joy). MONETARY UNIT: The Estonian ... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 67 pages (20,098 words) in 4 products

Ethiopia   Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Yeltyop'iya Federalawi CAPITAL: Addis Ababa FLAG: The national flag is a tricolor of green, yellow, and red horizontal stripes with a blue disk and a yellow outlined star and rays in the cente... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 89 pages (26,664 words) in 4 products

Evangelicalism   Christianity: Evangelicalism FOUNDED: Seventeenth century C.E. RELIGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 12 percent Overview Evangelicalism is a movement within Christianity that emphasizes reliance on Scripture over tradition and that... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 313 pages (93,937 words) in 2 products

Fiji   Republic of Fiji CAPITAL: Suva FLAG: The national flag of Fiji consists of the red, white, and blue Union Jack in the upper left corner of a light blue field, with the Fiji shield in the lower right corner. ANTHEM: God Bless Fiji. MONETARY... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 59 pages (17,540 words) in 4 products