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This world has a lot of diverse destinations that are waiting to be explored. There are millions of options. It can be hard to narrow down your vacation destination. Tahiti, Banff, and St. Lucia are three awesome destinations most people don’t know much about. People from all around the world would probably consider visiting these places if they knew more about them. Tahiti is the largest island in French Polynesia. The island was formed from a volcano and is highly elevated. Tahiti’s beaches…

That is a great question Susie. Hawaii wasn't always a part of the United States, and shouldn't be a part of the United States now since it is an illegally occupied nation. In 1898, a couple of American business men living on the independent island of Hawaii started to say that the United States should make Hawaii one of their territories. They said this because it would be profitable to them if Hawaii became a state. Although president McKinley was hesitant to annex (dissolve the border and…

Bill Gates, Nintendo, lumber, Pacific Ocean, or Seattle, apple, Starbucks, tourism. This essay would like to introduce the state's breathtaking geographical features, its rich history and other interesting facts. As the name shows, Washington State is the only state which was named after a president. The name honors the first president of United States, George Washington. Geographically, Washington State occupies 71,303 square miles. The state is in the Pacific Northwest Region of USA; this…

Okinawa is the Japanese Prefecture located at 26o 30'N, 128o 00'E. The main island sits in the Pacific Ocean and the East China sea, virtually isolated from major land masses; it is the largest of the 72- island chain. Okinawa is home to over one million people, the most densely populated island of the Ryukyu archipelago, with a vast majority residing in Naha city. Okinawa's islands are comprised of limestone and coral rocks; the limestone formation has resulted in many caves and, because of the…

Japan was on the march throughout the Pacific and a few hours after the attack in Hawaii, a group of Japanese warplanes led another attack on Clark Field. Clark Field was the main American airbase in the Philippines, in America’s most forward and important territory in the Pacific. General Douglas MacArthur, who at the time was serving as the commanding general of all U.S. and Filipino forces, had only just heard about Pearl Harbor when his base was struck. A few days later, Japanese forces…

Chile is the longest north-south trending country in the world at over 4,600 km in length, however on average it is just 150 km wide from west to east. The main indigenous people of southern and central Chile are called the Mapuche. Today just 5% of the population is Mapuche or other native people. The official language of Chile is Spanish. Chile is home to some 17 million people (17,216,945) as of July 2013. The capital city of Chile is Santiago which has a population of around 7 million…

Canada is the second largest country in the world, after Russia, and covers approximately 10 000 000 squared km. Canada’s population is 35.16 million as of 2013 and their unemployment rate is 7.1% in 2015 which puts them above both the U.S and the U.K. With mountains in the west, vast open greenland, and many forests and rivers, Canada has huge access to both natural and agricultural resources and because 90% of Canada is inhabitable, they have huge amounts of resource wealth and are a…

wanted the best for me and for my future of being successful. Not only does my family want that for me, but I also want to be successful in life independently. After graduating from high school in 2018 I plan on going into a 4 year community or university college. I’m not sure what I want a degree in yet but I know for sure that I want to graduate from college. What motivates me to go to college is cause my mom got a degree in business and she is doing an excellent job in the government for…

“Drowning the Oceans in Plastic” Summary The article, “Drowning the Oceans in Plastic,” by Mark Gold and Cara Horowitz is about how marine pollution is a global and international problem that costs billions of dollars each year to clean. To mend the problem, the people of this world should not litter. To begin, plastic garbage is extremely costly. In the article, it states, “… 20 million tons of plastic pollution enters the ocean each year… litter is also costly.” (1) This shows how a lot of…

On the early Saturday morning, October 3, 2015, I took the Blue and Gold Ferry from pier 41 of San Francisco to Angel Island to attend a Nikkei Pilgrimage organized by the Nichi Bei Foundation. Since I grew up and got educated in San Francisco, Angel Island is not a strange place for me. Throughout the years, I have taken many school field trips to Angel Island to learn about the tragic history of the island. I have learned about the “Chinese’s Angel Island experience” so I am familiar with the…