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3. Santiago, The capital of Chile, is located at 33.4500° S, 70.6667° W. It is centred just below the middle of Chile, about 250 kilometres away from the coast of Chile. The nearest major cities/towns from Santiago, is Rancagua, Valparaiso and San Fernando, All are which within 300 kilometres of the capital city. 4. The 3 main zones in Chiles economy is Agriculture, as 13% of workers in Chile work in the Agriculture industry, Tourism, Which has experienced a massive growth in the past 10 years…

objective. Award activities have resulted in growing markets grow, not only in the passenger transport sector, but also of goods (Friebel, et al., 2010). An estimated 30% of global transport of passengers and goods is performed annually through 90,000 kilometres of roads in the Chinese railway system and whose course is in…

Ch#6 Population LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students will be able to:  Describe Population Distribution  Define Population Density  Explain factors affecting population Density  Elaborate factors that repel and attract settlers  Describe population distribution and density of Pakistan  Describe age and sex structure of Pakistan Population Distribution and Density People are unevenly distributed around the world. The difference in distribution is measured by comparing population density that is,…

Trench Warfare WW1 was a brutal war between two sides; Germany, and Austria and the other side being France and Britain but other countries such as Australia and Canada soon joined the fight. Starting in 1914 and finishing in 1918 the First World War was long and unforgiving. This war was the first to employ the use of modern weapons and technologies such as gas, trenches and guns. These new technologies also lead to a new type of warfare. Trench warfare is a form of land warfare using occupied…

Could You…? Math Inquiry Pietro Could you run 0.8 kilometres in one minute? The fastest 100m sprint speed record is held by Usain Bolt , reaching the speed of 43.94 kph. 0.8 km is 800 meters. For you to run 800 meters in 1 minute you would need to reach the speed of Usain bolt speed: 43.94 x 800m= 35152 m/s. Though human endurance comes into play as well, as a person cannot run their top speed for more than 8 seconds. Usain Bolt was able to keep 95% of his top speed for 8 seconds during his…

Roman Empire is the largest empire in the World. It consist a group of countries or states that controlled by one ruler or government. The example of the countries are Portugal, Spain, Italy, England, France, Turkey, Germany, Belgium, Egypt, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Israel and others. The golden age of Roman Empire was reflected in the growth of tourism. There are some factors that encouraged the growth of tourism under Roman Empire. The first factor is economic factor. Economic factor is…

Khayelitsha] because I fear that she will be raped because the majority of rape victims are children" - Amelia Mfiki Sufficient space: Space is a problem in Khayelitsha. 400,000 people living in 39 square kilometres isn’t that pretty, especially when you know that in Melbourne, within 50 square kilometres, there are only 161 people living there. It’s that much of a difference! Clean water: The water is very scarce around the whole of Cape Town as they area counting down the days until Day…

Saturday (Victoria 2009) One of the worst and most recent natural disasters ever recorded in Australia was Black Saturday which happened in Victoria on the 7th of February 2009. Temperatures reached a high of 48.8 °C and wind speeds were up to 110 kilometres. - Cause The cause of this fire is due to many different things, but for all fires to start in the first place it needs materials that can burn like dried out leaves fuel), a source of ignition (heat) and a supply of oxygen. Some other…

Once there was a lonely racetrack, and no one had raced on it for twenty five years. The track was very curvy with a lot of loops. It had jumps over lakes, and it was the hardest training facility in the world. This was why it had to close down. The track was in a city in Québec. There were tons of people getting ready for this race for a long time. Callum, the mayor, called for this race because he wanted to see who was the best driver in Québec. The three main drivers were Ollie, Jack, and…

1918. The initial plan for Germany was to conquer Amiens, which was 15 kilometres west of Villers-Bretonneux. This would make it very difficult for British troops to move supplies and other troops. In the first battle the Germans failed but in the second battle they succeeded. They managed to push through the 8th and 58th British divisions. Germany, with the assistance of 15 tanks had driven the British troops back 3 kilometres. The 14th German brigade had moved the Southern end of its line…