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England

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Englands capital city is London they have a few big cities like Liverpool,Manchester,Birmingham and Sheffield.They are in Europe they are famous for their football they have good players such as Steven Gerrard,Wayne Ronney,David James,Jamie Carragher and Joe Hart.Their flag is white and red.

Ghana

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ghanas cities have lots of different attractions
capital citie;accra
area;92/098mi[238/533.
flag;three horizontal stripes/ red/yellow/green.
money; basic unit cedi
climate; hot and humid with some rain

GREECE

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The capital city of Greece is Athens.  The offical languge of Greece is greek.  The population of Greece is 11,197,00.  The flag was adopted in 1822.  It has a white croos symbolizing the greek orthodox.  The currency is euro. The neighbouring countreis are Turkey,Bulgaira, Albamia and macedonia.  Greece is in the continent Europe. The farming industrie grows fruits,tamatoes, wine and tobacco.  MT olympus is the highest point in greece its height is 2,917m [9,570]. More than 12 million pepole vist greece every year.

Italy

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The capital of Italy is Rome. Venice, Florence. There are 58751711 people in Italy. The currency is euro. The language in there is Italian. The neighbouring countries are France, Switerland, Slovina and Austria. The contient is Italy. The major industrie is car making. The biggest mountain is Mt. Vesuvius. The longest river in Italy is the Po which is 652 Km long. Lake garda is the biggest lake in Italy. In 2006 the last world cup before this world cup Italy won it on penalties.


Portugal

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The capital city of Portugal is Lisbon. Other large cities are Porto, Amadora, Gaia, Braga, Queluz, Coimbra, Setubal, Agualva-Cacem, Almada and Funchal. The population is 10,622,413 people. The currency is euro. The language is Portugese. The neighbouring country is Spain. The major industries are textiles, clothing, footwear, wood, cork, paper and food. The two biggest mountain in Portugal are Serra Da Estrala and Ponta do Pico. The longest river in Portugal is Tagus which is 275km long. The Portugal soccer team has a very famous player. His name is called Cristiano Ronaldo. Lisbon the capital of Portugal hosted the Euro 2004.


SWITZERLAND

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name;switzerland
location; central europe
area;41285km2
capital;bern city
currency;swiss france
food;choclate cheese
history;founded in 1291 independent since 1648
language;swiss french german

CHILE

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Chile is a Country in South America.  The capital city Chile is Santiago and the officaial language is Spanish. Sebastiá Pinera is the president of chile.  Chile is the longest north-south country in the world. The population of chile is 16,928,873.  The currency in Chile is the peso and the the language spoken is Spanish. The main sport is soccer and they and have been in seven FIFA world cups. Rodeo is the main sport. The national flower is the copihue. Other large cities are Puente Alto, Vina del Mar, Osoron and Ovalle.   The Andes mountains are in Chile and they have over 600 volcanoes. Chile has a large ice fields and it has  the biggest amount of ice in the world after greenland and  Antartica. The main rivers are the  loq, Elqui and the Aconcague.  The neighbuoring countries of  chile are Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. Chile is on the South American continent. Copper,  wood, seafood and wine are their main industries.  In February 2010 there was an earthquake which started a Tsunami and this caused hundreds of deaths and destroyed most of the country.  A lot of pepole from Ireland volunteered and went to Chile to help.

Serbia

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Serbia’s capital city, Belgrade  is among the most populous in Southeastern Europe.

Serbias official lanquage is Serbian.

Its area is 88 361km2.

Its currency is Serbian dinar ( RSD).

In Serbia cars drive on right side.

Serbia borders Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Harzegovina, Montegro and kind of Albania

Ever since the first game ever played by Yugoslavia’s new team, on 23 December 1994, a 2 – 0 loss to Brazil, the team wore the name Blues.

Newly formed Serbia national team needed a new nickname, as red replaced blue as the team’s primary colour.

Nigeria

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The Nigerian national football team nicknamed the super eagles have not won the world cup yet but had come realy close against Argentina and lost.The final score of that match was 7-6 in peno’s. Nigerias colours are green and white and green and in the middle of the white there is a moon and star. In 1970 when it was the quater final a person in the stand kissed the moon and star when they won the match. The flag was passed around the crowd in the semi final but sadly they lost.

HORSES

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HORSES  ARE  USEFUL  AND  BEAUTIFUL  ANIMALS.   THEY  HAVE  BEEN  FRIENDS  TO  HUMAN  BEINGS  FOR  THOUSAND  OF  YEARS   HORSE  OWNERS  MEARE  THE  HEIGHT  OF  THEIR  HORSE  IN  HANDS  THE  TALLEST  STRONGEST  AND  HEAVIEST  HORSE  ARE  CALLED  DRAFT  HORSE.    MILLIONS  OF  YEARS  AGO  HORSE  WERENO  BIGGER  THAN A  SMALL  GOD/  EARY  PEOPLE  HUNTED  HORSE  AND  ATE  THEM.  NO  ONE  KNOWS  WHO  FIRST  TAMED  HORSE  AND  TRAINED  THEM  TO  CARRY  A  RIDER .  HORSE  ARE  FAMOUS  IN  STORIES  AND  IN  HISTORY.    PEGASUS  WAS  A  HORSE  WITH  WINGS  IN  OLD  GREEK  STORIES.  A  NEWBORN  HORSE  IS  CALLED  A  FOAL.  ITS  MOTHER  IS  CALLED  A  MARE.  A  FOALS  CAN  STAND  UP SHORTLY  AFTER  BIRTH.  SOME  RACE  HORSE  CAN  RUN  AS  FAST  AS  45  MILES  PER  HOUR  WHILE  CARRYING  A  RIDER.  MOST  HORSE  REACH  THEIR  FULL  SIZE  BY  THE  TIME  ARE  5  YEARS  OLD.

Japan

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Japan’s capital city is Tokyo.The language they speek is Japanese.Their national anthem is Kimigayo.A lot of cars are made in japan such as Hondas,Toyotas and Zondas.Their flag is white with a red middle.Japan is in AsiaThe football jersey is blue and white.They have never won the world cup.

Spain

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Spain in Spanish called Espana. Officially the kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediteranian sea. Spanish territory also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands in the Ocean off the African coast, and two cities in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla, that border Morroco. Their main language is Spanish but other laguages are Basque , Catalan and Galician. Madrids population is 3,213,271. Barcelonas population is 1,615,908 . Valencias population is 810,064. The city is located on the river Manzaranes in the centre of both the . Spain occupies five-sixths of the Iberian Peninsula in far southwestern Europe. The other one-sixth is occupied by Portugal.


Buenos Aires is capital city of Argentina and eigth largest city in the world.

Argentinas official language is is Spanish.

Argentinas area is  2,766,890 km 2.

The name is delivered from the Argentum ( Silver), which comes from the ancient greek.

Argentinos was an ancient adjective meaning ‘ silvery’.

The first use of the name Argtentina was in 16th century.

Argentina is sec0nd largest country in South America.

Motto: En Union y libertad ‘ In Unity and Freedom.

Argentine currency is Peso and centavos.

Argentina has won most international titles in football.

Argentina has won FIFA World Cup twice, Copa America 14 times and Confederatios Cup once.

Earth

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location: Earth is third planet from the sun.
revolution period: 365.2 days
gravitation pull: .9 [your own weight]
satellite: The Moon
rotation period: 23.9 hours

Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to step on the moon. He was
soon joined by Buzz Aldrin. The two astronauts spent 21 hours on the moon.
They did experiments and took pictures.
They also took back 46 pounds of moon rocks.

Moist tropical forest (equatorial forest, tropical forest, rain forest, tropical forest, the forest higromegatermiczny, mistakenly called the jungle) – characteristic evergreen forest formation of the intertropical zone. It grows on poor soils laterytowych, in the year-round climate is uniformly hot and humid. As a result of rapid decomposition of organic matter and dense vegetation is lush. These forests are characterized by the lack of seasonal rhythm in the life of plants, the enormous richness of species of trees (per 1 hectare of tropical forest is about 200 species of trees, while in temperate forest ten times less), multi-layered arrangement of trees and the abundance of lianas and epiphytes. Trees have a simple, high (80 m), then, is a fairly common phenomenon kauliflorii (flowers grow directly from the stem). The interior of the forest is very shady and consequently develops a layer of low shrubs and undergrowth.

Occurrence

Biome occurs in the equatorial zone, in three main areas: the Amazon Basin (South America), the Congo Basin in Africa and the Malay Archipelago. Moreover, there is in the Orinoco basin, on the isthmus of Central America, in the upper basin of the Niger and the Zambezi, partly in Madagascar, in the north-east Australia.


The Apollo 11 crew were Neil Armstrong commander: Micheal Collins commander moudule pilot and Edwin Aldrin jr., lunar moudule pilot.to walk on the moon’s surface the astronauts needed to wear a space suit with a back mounted, portable life support system. This controlled the oxegen temperature and pressure inside the suit. On the surface the astronauts had to get used to the reduced gravity. They could jump very high compared to on earth.

1. Philippine Jeepney

Jeepneys are the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. They were originally made from US military jeeps left over from World War II and are well known for their flamboyant decoration and crowded seating. They have also become a symbol of Philippine culture.

The word Jeepney is a portmanteau of “jeep” and “Jitney”.

History

When American troops began to leave the Philippines at the end of World War II, hundreds of surplus jeeps were sold or given to local Filipinos. The Filipinos stripped down the jeeps to accommodate several passengers, added metal roofs for shade, and decorated the vehicles with vibrant colors and bright chrome hood ornaments. continue reading…

Manchester United football club are an english professional football club who play at Oldd Trafford in Stretford,Greater Manchester.Manchester  United is one of  the most succesful clubs inthe history of English football and are the reigning Premier League champions.Founded by Newton Heath LYR F.C in 1878,the club joined the football league in 1892.Sir Alex Furgeson has been manager since the 6th of November 1986and is the most succesful manager in the clubs history,having won 26 major honours.George best is also Known as the Beatle because of his long wavey hair.He came from Belfast.He was seen by scout Bob Bishop who sent a telegram to the manager at the time Sir Matt Busby.Best made 466 apps for United and scoring 178 goals.Wayne Rooney is currently the star of  Manchester United.

United haven’t always been United. Originally , the club was formed by workers on the Lancashire and yorkshire railway depot in 1878 , under the name of Newton Heath L&YR F.C. In later years the name was simplified to Newton Heath before in 1902 it was changed to Mancheter United. To put Criastiano Ronaldo’s £80 million move to Real Madrid into prespective the clubs first ever transfer , which brought Gilbert Godsmark from Ashford in 1900 cost a whooping £40.

Ryan Giggs is the only player to have scored in every premier league season since the compitition began in 1992 thats 17 consecutive seasons. Ryan Giggs has the most appearances for Mancheter United and in second is Bobby Charlton.