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At one time, bison were widespread from Alaska to northern Mexico. Now bison have been exterminated in the wild except in Yellowstone Park in Wyoming and Wood Buffalo Park, Northwest territory, Canada. The bison are gone in the prairie of the United States along with many of the ecosystem’s species. Deep scars mar the landscape…

Puerto RicoPuerto Rico is an island. It’s rectangular in shape. It’s coasts measureapproximately 580 kilometers. It is the smallest and most eastern island of theGreater Antilles. Puerto Rico has many Mountains; they cover 60% of the island. The territory also consists of a large amount of rain forests, deserts, beaches,caves, oceans and rivers. A few…

Puerto Rico served as a bridge between the north coast of South America and Florida for Amazonian tribes in the south and North American inhabitants before Columbus landed in the Caribbean. In 1493, on his second trip, Columbus claimed Puerto Rico for Spain and found it populated by up to 60,000 friendly Arawak or Taino…

Latin American IndependenceLatin American IndependenceThe Spanish amassed great wealth and power in their American colonies through oppression, slavery and racism. An amazing variety of classes developed and created a social gap in the people. At the turn of the nineteenth century, the American-born population began to advance towards independence. The process did not happen over…

After reading Janice Mirikitani’s poem “Loving from Vietnam toZimbabwe” there is a profound amount of imagery used by Mirikitani thatexplains a reality of sex, love, and war. Mirikitani uses an interesting andunique format in the way she has written her poem. The “I” thatMirikitani uses is not referring to herself but rather another woman who…

Contemporary ChinaThe Republic of China has undergone many dramatic changes within a relatively short period of time. After centuries operating in the relative stability of Confucian ideals and tradition, Chinese society has been bombarded by the inflow of western ideals and commercialism. In his book Streetlife China, Michael Dutton makes observations concerning contemporary Chinese society…

During the 1980’s, Japan had one of the most profitable and efficient economies in the world. But a recent recession has forced Japan to make changes and pushed them back, out of the realm of being an economic superpower. This leaves just one question; when analyzing Japan’s strengths and weakness, is it likely for them…

The South Africa which was born in 1910 included people from Africa, Europe and Asia, and the system of government was modeled on the common law of the Netherlands, supplemented by modern English law. In many respects, this new country was a compromise. It would acquire two official languages (Afrikaans and English); three capitals (an…

My Acquaintance With AfricaI thought I knew enough about Africa, this wonderful and strange continent with a hot tropical climate and a wealthy nature, which is populated by many different nations and tribes. I saw many movies, mostly about African nature and often read newspapers or magazines about frequent wars and economical problems. But I…

History 315AN ALTERNATE CHINAThe obituaries that marked Deng Xiaoping’s death on February 19, 1999 were extremely outspoken in their praise of the economic reforms he had unleashed on China. However, while getting rich has been glorious for many Chinese, a much larger number, although enjoying some of the reform’s benefits live a less capital existence….