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    was the most expensive U.S. construction project costing at 350 million dollars. Also it gave power to the U.S. and exemplified them as a world power also. In the video it summarizes how the U.S. has been gaining power throughout countries in the Pacific, and the Panama Canal would allow it to grow even more power linking it to Atlantic Ocean countries also. This evidence basically summarizes of how the Panama Canal gave the US power and linking the oceans would create easier paths for US…

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    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…

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    Fishing is important in Alaska since the Bering Sea and North Pacific salmon, cod, pollock and crab are obtained. Alaska fishing offers the most jobs, and ranks second in revenue after oil. Besides being the main staple in many homes, several areas of Alaska. Fishing in Alaska, for 1990, he went through one of the worst moments, when the shortage of fish began. Hundreds of fishermen were traveling each year for the fishing season, as it was a very lucrative for each business. There was times…

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    background and the title with large fonts successfully appeals to the teenagers. This beautiful picture reveals the main characters and shows the main setting of story. It suggests that Pi lives on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a tiger named Richard Parker. The main setting is the Pacific Ocean. Pi wears a white headband and a pair of trousers. His costume shows that he comes from India. White symbolizes purity and cleanliness and holiness. The tiger no longer looks so fierce. Pi…

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    is about 46.7 years” (“Japan Population World, 2016), and they were not prepared for this type of disaster. The layout of Japan is that it is an island and according to Geography of Japan (n.d.) states that Japan is located in eastern Asia in the Pacific Ocean to the east of China, Russia, North Korea and South Korea, and it is an archipelago that is made up of over 6,400 islands, the largest of which are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. As for their population, they are considered to have…

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    Annexation Of Hawaii

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    trade with the United States, they were not typically pleased about the conspired annexation that the U.S claimed as manifest destiny. However, the acquisition of Hawaii did benefit America as it was a ‘“stepping-stone to the growing trade of the Pacific,’” according to Grover Cleveland (Tindall and Shi 696).…

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    Narrative Essay On Hawaii

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    The warm windy breeze blew over the hillside and rustled the lianas of the palm trees. A man stood apart from them. His round face gave the impression of friendliness. His skin was dark from his Polynesian descent and from his time spent outside in his younger days. The dark eyes scanned the beautiful beach and the setting sun. The water reflected the golden light which stretched out as far as the eye could see and the white beach glowed red as the sun’s warm glow burned onto it. Time was…

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    Polynesia

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    Polynesia Population Polynesia has an estimated 691,346 (Not including New Zealand) people to inhabit the earth and spread over different countries. The records show that the population since 1955 has increased by over 400,000 people and still is increasing today. In 1955, the population was 274,119 then by 1990; it reached 547,896 then after 15 years in 2005; it got to 641,022 then to the present we know as 691,346 (Not including New Zealand). The population each year increases from 3.8…

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    World War II in the Pacific is sometimes called the Pacific War or the Asia-Pacific War. It was the theatre of World War II and it was a war fought in the Pacific Ocean between United States and East Asia. After the chaos at Pearl Harbor, caused by Japan, the Japanese quickly gained control over almost all of the Pacific. They controlled the Philippines to Burma, to the Aleutians, and to the Solomon’s. However, Japan weren’t strong enough to control that much Earth. As a result, the turning…

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    Causes Of Pearl Harbor

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    War. Although the Americans tried their best to avoid involvement into the war, one devastating attack woke the United States from their neutrality. The attack on Pearl Harbor was only part of Japan 's big plan to take over island nations in the Pacific Ocean. The attack instilled an array of emotions into the American people. Japanese forces only took a short amount of time to conduct the attack, but they were still able to create mass destruction among the harbor. The infamous waves of terror…

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