Should probably look this up?
Changes in the orbit of the earth caused the ice sheets to spread across Canada.
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Since 1962, when France stationed military personnel in the region, French Polynesia has changed from a subsistence agricultural economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry. Polynesia's government is a Parliamentary system.
West Siberian Plain, Russian Zapadno-sibirskaya Ravnina, one of the world's largest regions of continuous flatland, central Russia. It occupies an area of nearly 1,200,000 square miles (3,000,000 square km) between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisey River valley in the east.