.... of Europe, in which decisions are taken as closely as possible to the citizen.' The European Union has its own flag, anthem and it celebrates the Europe Day on the 9th of May. Each Community had, and still has, its own legal base, a Treaty. The Treaties provide a set of policy objectives or goals, institutions to execute them, a decision-making process, and definition of the legal forms to bring those decisions to reality. Over the years, the Treaties have been substantially amended, affecting the Union's competence, institutional structure, and decision-making processes. Some future objectives of the Union are: - to implement the Treaty of A .....

.... Celsius. The low temperature in Tokyo, Japan occurs in the months of January and February when temperatures only reach 30 degrees Fahrenheit or –1 degrees Celsius. The language spoken in Japan is Japanese. The other languages are minority languages. The religion in Japan is made up of 85% of Shinto and/or Buddhism and the other 15% are made up of others such as Shinko Shakyo (new religions) and Christianity. People in Japan have the ethnic backgrounds of 99% Japanese. The other 1-% includes Koreans, Chinese, and Ainu. The food and drink that is eaten here is mostly rice. The drink is sake, which is a strong alcoholic beverage. Sake i .....

.... three days at a time, with no bathroom, sometimes cramming up to 75 men, women, and children in at a time. The little ones and the weak ones had to be careful when they opened the doors because of the rush of the people getting off, they would often be trampled. When they reach the train station Soribor Station. They were hurried along so fast that they never realized that the station was fake and was just connected round to deportation centers. The hands on the clock did not move, and the timesheet arrivals were fake also. When they first arrived at , the victims were checked in and given an I.D. number. The I.D. number was then tattooed onto their .....

.... got covered with a thin layer of ash and lava from the close volcanoes and the Western Cascades. This layer of rock is called Sintustus formation. This rock is easily distinguished from the Deschutes formation because of the coarseness of the Deschutes compared to the Sintustus. There was then a break in geologic activity of about 5 million years landing us around 8 million years ago. This is when the new Cascades were created. The new Cascades caused there to be a great difference in the climate on the West Side and the East Side of the mountain range. Our field trip started by driving through the city of Bend and its geology. In Bend there .....

.... needed to be flawless. One look outside, from the close quarters of such a place revealed to me a different world entirely: commuters rushed about continuously, convinced they would never reach their destinations on time. On the elevated train, faces contorted in distress and I heard laughter and loud sighing. The flash of an Indian woman's purple sari caught Holzman 2 my eye. The different facial expressions, personalities, and wardrobes present added sparkle to the otherwise dull and uninteresting dimension of public transportation. While watching these different characters, I was drawn to the highest floor of the S .....

.... of commerce and sport to bring the people together. The friendly confines of Old Madison Square Garden was a melting pot for not only residents of the community, but for athletes all over the world. Athletes would come to New York not just for competition, but also for the experiences and different cultures (Jackson 72). Nowhere else in the world do you get what's in New York. How all the different lifestyles can live together in harmony, for the most part, and make New York the greatest city in the world. When the wrecking ball took down Old Madison Square Garden in 1925, people from not just the city, but from all over New York came .....

.... Nicaragua are primarily agricultural. Deposits of volcanic material have enriched the soil, which is extremely fertile. About half the land is covered with forests. The country has some deposits of gold, silver, and copper. About 77% of the Nicaraguan population is mestizo (people of mixed white and Native American descent), about 10% is white, and the remainder is Native American (4%) and black (9%). The population of Nicaragua is 3,745,000, yielding an overall density about 75 per sq. mi. Approximately 60% of the population is concentrated in the western part of the country, and more than 55% is urban. Political Divisions and Principal Citi .....

.... of our ancestors in their unremitting struggles. African-American experience is deeply rooted by protest against injustice for many years. Afro-Americans has striven to gain the opportunity to participate in every political, economic, and social life America. This museum has specific information about my ancestors in civil rights movements. For example; it tells us the many voices of struggle, Nat Turner, Dred Scott, Fredrick Douglass, etc… who fought against bondage by stealing from their owners, escape arson, even homicide. The civil rights museum is a useful place, because I need to know where I've been to know where I'm going. There are stil .....

.... any other economic activity. In the Coastal Lowlands, bananas, beef, cacao, coffee, corn, milk, oranges, potatoes, rice, sugarcane, and wheat are most of the crops that are grown there. Crops that are grown on the haciendas in the Andes Highlands are grains, vegetables, and pyrethrum- group of small flowers used in making insecticides. Farmers raise cattle for meat and dairy products. On the coastal waters, fishing is rich. Ecuador is the leader in the tuna fishing. Ecuador also fishes herring, mackerel, and shrimp. Transportation The lack of all-weather roads held back economic development in Ecuador for many years. In the 1960's new roads .....

.... population growth due to the abundance of food. Sheep, goat and pigs had been originally domesticated for use as food, not as sources of clothing. The main economic activity during this time was trade and barter. Obsidian, a volcanic glass was fashioned into razor sharp tools and weapons. It was also used as trade. People who lived near Obsidian deposits often risked their lives to collect it and eventually barter it off for food or money. Obsidian comes from volcanoes and was a kind of glass, the only of the times. The value of Obsidian was great, and so therefore was the supply and demand. Salt, ore, copper, and soapstone were accepted trade m .....