tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60764197795133491182024-03-14T07:35:38.184-07:00Where in the World is Village School?Can you name the Country with the Clues we provide?
Each day a video clue will be posted right here, and your guesses can be placed in the box by the large map on the way to the gym at Village School. Click on the photo and see the video for a brand new clue.
Be sure to check back Monday through Thursday. The Mystery Country will be revealed on Fridays during morning announcements!
Have fun learning about other countries and where they are on our map!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17843190021852722335noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076419779513349118.post-11448364897792694342016-05-27T08:07:00.000-07:002016-05-27T08:07:49.842-07:00May 30th-June 3, 2016<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7LMPcuyHB50aHV0SDZXUUk1bW8/view?usp=sharing" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ApbgMGG0aKuJspTtmPazLHpeQ99Datj5uihy19fAiaShXUDwR-pBcT1UjE2VYYZaGpGqRB27vNpTvYr34vsF_6TneEVki_DsaQcT_2MgipG6aptU3-DUaEtKFRRRXMlYgOq2pllb1vup/s200/Screen+Shot+2016-05-24+at+2.07.19+PM.png" width="170" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.24;">We've landed in a country that is filled with vibrant cities and two of those vibrant cities are predominantly French-speaking. It’s also crossed by the Rocky Mountains and home to vast swaths of protected wilderness. The </span><span style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">land of vast distances and rich natural resources, this country became a self-governing dominion in 1867, while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically, the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across the world's longest international border. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="category" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.06px; line-height: 24px; padding-left: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">The Head of State: </span><span class="category_data" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Queen ELIZABETH II <span style="font-size: x-small;">(since 6 February 1952);</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;">represented by </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;">Governor General David JOHNSTON </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;">(since 1 October 2010)</span></span></span><span class="category" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.06px; line-height: 24px; padding-left: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Head of Government: </span><span class="category_data" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Prime Minister Justin Pierre James TRUDEAU (Liberal Party) <span style="font-size: x-small;">(since 4 November 2015)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">This country's public education system consists of schools from Kindergarten to Grade 12. All public schools are provincially accredited, follow a standard curriculum, employ only government certified teachers and are publicly funded. While the education system in each province contains many similarities, each has its own curriculum and guidelines to reflect the culture and history of its region.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the many culinary gems to come out of the French part of this country, poutine is perhaps one of the country’s most outlandish and defining dishes. Several <strong><a href="http://www.readersdigest.ca/travel/canada/top-10-things-do-charlevoix/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_self" title="Reader's Digest - 10 Things to do in Charlevoix">small towns in Quebec</a></strong> claim to have invented this celebrated dish (or side dish), and it’s said to date back to the 1950s. A real poutine uses peppery meat-based gravy and “squeaky” curds on fries.</span></div>
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The country is divided into 2 distinctive multilingual regions: Dutch-speaking Flanders to the north and French-speaking Wallonia to the south. The bilingual capital, Brussels, is home to ornate guildhalls at Grand-Place and an art nouveau-influenced European Quarter.</div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Geographic coordinates: </b></span>50 50 N, 4 00 E</div>
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<span class="s2"><b>Capitals</b><b>: </b><span class="s3">City of Brussels</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Population</b><b>: </b>11.2 million (2013) <span class="s4">World Bank</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><b>King</b><b>: </b><span class="s3">Philippe of Belgium</span></span><br />
<span class="s2"><span class="s3">Government Type: Federal Parliamentary Democracy under Constitutional Monarchy </span></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><b>Continent</b><b>: </b><span class="s3">Europe</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">This country's painters are credited to have invented oil painting in the 15th century (probably <a href="http://www.eupedia.com/belgium/flemish_painters.shtml"><span class="s2">Jan van Eyck</span></a>).<b> </b></span><br />
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There are 3 different kinds of schools in Belgium, namely community schools, subsidized public schools, and subsidized free schools which are normally affiliated to the Catholic Church. Private home education is permissible too, and these numbers are rising slowly. Education is mandatory between ages 6 and age 18. Following an almost universal period of voluntary pre-school, children enter primary school for a period of 6 years. There a curriculum based on reading, writing and basic mathematics encourages interest in a broader range of subjects too.</div>
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Secondary schooling unfolds through 3 phases. The 1<sup>st</sup> one creates a solid general basis, while the 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> ones increase in specificity. Overlaid across these are 4 different genres of schools, namely general secondary schools, technical secondary schools, vocational secondary education schools, and art secondary education institutions. Over and above these, students with disabilities can follow special syllabi.</div>
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In Flemish-speaking areas of this country, ongoing vocational education and training provides a good spread of opportunities for further and second-chance adult education. Policy is dynamic, and the system is accordingly under continuous reform.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 25.6px;">The oldest Flemish university is the University of Ghent illustrated here.</span><span style="line-height: 25.6px;"> </span>It was founded by King William 1<sup>st</sup> of the Netherlands in 1817, and currently has a student body in excess of 30,000, plus approximately 7,100 staff in total employed in 11 faculties.</b></span></div>
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The country’s number one fish dish. The best type of fish for classic dish is what Brits call the Dover Sole. As far as Belgians are concerned, they are just sole. Sharing the Channel is one thing, sharing their most cherished fish another.</div>
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Gourmets will rush to the baker’s at lightning speed if there is a fresh batch of éclairs on offer. A coincidence? Not really; as éclair means lightning in the language of Voltaire.<span class="image_right" style="display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 8px; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-align: right;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Welcome to a majestic land covered more than 70% by forest. Known as Suomi in this country's native language it is mostly flat, with more than 50,000 lakes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Let's take an adventure to a land filled with deep, green forests, sparkling lakes and snowy landscapes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's geographic coordinates are <br />64º N, 26º E. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This country gained it's independence from Russia </span></b><b style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">on 6 December 1917 </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Products: </strong>Barley, wheat, sugar beets, potatoes, dairy cattle, fish; metals, electronics, machinery, ships, paper, chemicals</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Interesting fact is that Reindeer is a major diet staple and is eaten domestically in a variety of ways like reindeer stew, reindeer roast, reindeer pate and reindeer pasta carbonara. Remember we found out that this country is known for it's many lakes. So it stands to reason that fish is another major food and even during the winter. Ice-fishing is a very popular past time. The fish found here are Whitefish, Herring, Salmon and the Artic Char. I wonder how good the sushi is?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not exported but this country has some of the best chocolate in the world. The market is dominated by "Karl Fazer" which produces 65 million kilos of chocolate per year in a huge variety of flavors and all contain real milk and can be purchased in giant slabs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.5px;">Since this country implemented a huge education reform 40 years ago, the school system </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.5px;">has consistently come at the top for the international rankings for education systems</span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.5px;">. Teachers must hold a Master's Degree and the highly regarded field is compared to that of Doctors and Lawyers. They have four hours of classroom instruction and 2 days of professional development. The children had 75 minutes of recess less with less classroom instruction, no homework and no testing until High School age. </span></b></span><br />
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<br /><br /><br />In the Andean foothills at an elevation of 2,850m, Quito, the capital, is known for its largely intact Spanish colonial center, decorated with 16th- and 17th-century palaces and churches including the ornate <b>Compañía de Jesús cathedral</b>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="_xdb" style="font-weight: bolder;"><span style="cursor: pointer;">President</span>: </span><span class="_Xbe kno-fv"><span style="cursor: pointer;">Rafael Correa</span></span><span class="_xdb" style="font-weight: bolder;"><span style="cursor: pointer;">Pop</span>: </span><span class="_Xbe kno-fv">15.74 million (2013)</span> <span class="_wdb"><span style="cursor: pointer;">World Bank</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2051&term=Administrative%20divisions" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">Administrative divisions:</span></a><span style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;"><b> </b>24 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Azuay, Bolivar, Canar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galapagos, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Rios, Manabi, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Pichincha, Santa Elena, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, Sucumbios, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;">This country is substantially dependent on its petroleum resources, which have accounted for more than half of the country's export earnings and approximately 25% of public sector revenues in recent years.</span><br /><br /><b style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;">Agriculture Products: </b><span style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;">bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, cassava (manioc, tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products, fish, shrimp and balsa wood</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.06px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Natural hazards</b>: </span><span style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;">frequent earthquakes; landslides; floods; periodic drought and its</span><span class="category_data" style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">volcanic activity is concentrated along the Andes Mountains; Sangay (elev. 5,230 m), which erupted in 2010, is mainland is this country's most active volcano. It's additional historically active volcanoes in the Andes include Antisana, Cayambe, Chacana, Cotopaxi, Guagua Pichincha, Reventador, Sumaco, and Tungurahua. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 20.4px;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is believed that in approximately 1,088 primary schools with an average of 1.5 teachers per school are responsible for educating <br />an average of 63 pupils throughout 6 grades. </span></span><span style="line-height: 27px;"><br />The majority of schools require students to wear a uniform, but there are a few private schools that do not require uniforms. Requiring uniforms can make attending school expensive, especially at private schools. Most schools have two uniforms, one formal the other informal for physical education days.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Girls uniforms usually consist of a skirt, polo or button-down top, white socks and black shoes for the formal uniform. And a tee shirt and sweat pants for physical education. Private schools can be much more complicated with ties, special socks and shoes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #707070; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;">We are in Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan. This country actually dominates South Asian subcontinent and is near the Indian Ocean trade routes. This country is also home of the third largest mountains in the world (</span><span style="color: #707070; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;">Kanchenjunga) </span><span style="color: #707070; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;">lies on the border with Nepal.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #707070; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;">This country's administrative divisions are 29 states and 7 union territories*; Andaman and Nicobar Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli*, Daman and Diu*, Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry*, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal</span><br />
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<span style="color: #707070; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;">Legal System: common law system based on the English model; separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus; judicial review of legislative acts.</span><br />
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<span class="s1">This week we've landed in a mountainous Central European country, home to numerous lakes, villages and the high peaks of the Alps. <br /><br />The country is also a destination for its ski resorts and hiking trails. Banking and finance are key industries, and is famous for watches and chocolates </span></div>
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Exports: machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural products</div>
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<span class="s1">This country is completely landlocked, meaning it is surrounded by land and has no coastlines.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">This country is east of France and north of Italy. </span>Geographic coordinates: 47 00 N, 8 00 E</div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Bordering countries (5): </b></span><span class="s2">Austria 158 km, France 525 km, Italy 698 km, Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 348 km </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Climate is temperate, but varies with altitude. It can be cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers</span></div>
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7LMPcuyHB50T19kU1doUjd5T28/view?usp=sharing" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMz7EQc44uvLaRmZnJdeTi1k4mfAqBV5ydKFRzUyeHZRROl532yXuBkoxDf7xldITABAywpRq9NrPvTmiRNxQSiUZ6tlrS2FcZ9kHI4c5v7rp-aKrwTmHV6JCfziI8Xqg3K6LDJhZTWLgS/s320/Screen+Shot+2016-03-31+at+8.19.53+PM.png" width="209" /></a><span class="s1" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We've landed on another primarily French speaking country this week. This new country is slightly smaller than the state of West Virginia. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> If we were to stand in the middle of this country and look North we would see the country of Burkina Faso, to our East we would see Benin, to our South is the Gulf of Guinea and our VES student, Brooke shares what country is to the West. </span><br />
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We're flying out of Europe on our way to the Middle Eastern country found on the Mediterranean Sea. This country is regarded by Jews, Christians and Muslims as the Holy Land, and its most sacred sites can be found in Jerusalem. <span class="s1">Within its Old City, the Temple Mount complex includes the Dome of the Rock shrine, the historic Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque and Church of the Holy Sepulchre.</span>Its financial hub, Tel Aviv, is known for Bauhaus architecture, beaches and nightlife. </span></h3>
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<span class="s1"><b>Geographic coordinates: </b></span>31 30 N, 34 45 E<br />
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<span class="s1"><b>Location: </b></span>Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon</div>
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<b>Geography - note: </b>Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) is an important freshwater source; the Dead Sea is the second saltiest body of water in the world (after Lake Assal in Djibouti); in 2014, there were 423 settlements in this country's occupied territories - 42 settlements in the Golan Heights, 381 sites in the occupied Palestinian territories to include 212 settlements and 134 outposts in the West Bank, and 35 settlements in East Jerusalem; there are no Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip because all were evacuated in 2005 (2014 est.)</div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Industries: </b></span>high-technology products (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics, fiber optics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, construction, metal products, chemical products, plastics, cut diamonds, textiles, footwear<br />
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This week we're visiting a nation whose varied terrain is full of tropical Atlantic beaches, a labyrinthine system of rivers and Sub-Saharan desert that extends across its borders. The country's colonial history is reflected in its Portuguese-influenced cuisine and its landmarks including Fortaleza de São Miguel, built by the Portuguese in 1576 to defend the country's capital.<br />
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<span class="s1">The original inhabitants are thought to have been Khoisan speakers. After 1000, large numbers of Bantu speakers migrated to the region and became the dominant group. The country's name is derived from the Bantu kingdom of Ndongo, whose name for its king is <i>ngola.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Explored by the Portuguese navigator Diego Cão in 1482, this country became a link in trade with India and Southeast Asia. Later it was a major source of slaves for Portugal's New World colony of Brazil. Development of the interior began after the Berlin Conference in 1885 fixed the colony's borders, and British and Portuguese investment fostered mining, railways, and agriculture.</span><br />
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Following the withdrawal of the Portuguese colonial masters in 1975, the rival former independence movements competed for power until 2002.</div>
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Much of this country's oil wealth lies in Cabinda province, where a decades-long separatist conflict simmers.</div>
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The government has sent thousands of troops to subdue the rebellion in the enclave, which has no border with the rest of it's country. Human rights groups have alleged abuses against civilians.</div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Agriculture:</b> bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fish. <br /><b><br />Labor force:</b> 9.018 million; agriculture 85%, industry and services 15% (2003 est.). <br /><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2088&term=Independence" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; color: #607e86; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">T</a>his country gained their independence from France on<span style="color: #707070; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 16px;"> 1 January 1804</span></div>
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Attention Village Students be sure to share your individual guesses and not your entire class guesses as prize supplies are limited.<br />
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During our travels to this tropical country we encountered a bit of bad weather resulting in us landing a couple of days late and a very bumpy ride. We've landed on the country that lies opposite the country of Mozambique. It is the world's fourth-largest island and is twice the size of the State of Arizona. The country's low-lying coastal area gives way to a central plateau. The once densely wooded interior has largely been diminished due to severe soil erosion, deforestation and overgrazing.<br />
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<b>Natural resources:</b> graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, and hydropower.</div>
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<b><br />We're experiencing this new country's mild winter but the locals say that the summers are cool, consistently humid and overcast about half the time.</b></h3>
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<b>We're tasting the local food. This country is famous for oysters (Galway Bay Oysters).</b><b><br /></b></h3>
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<b>We've learned that this country's agriculture is primarily beef, dairy products, barley, potatoes, and wheat.</b></h3>
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<b><br />It's industries are in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, computer hardware and software, food products, beverages and brewing, and medical devices.</b></h3>
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<b>#1 Rylee's Clue:</b></div>
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<b>This European Country marks the end of Summer with Halloween.</b></div>
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<b>#2 Amelia's Clue"</b></div>
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<b>This European Country has the population of 4,125, 000</b></div>
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<b>#3 Madeline's Clue:</b></div>
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<b>A famous band from this country is "Stiff Little Fingers"</b></div>
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<b>Some of the Patron Saints of this Country are Saint Brigit and Saint Columcille </b></div>
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