When I pulled up the link it showed something on mountains. Is that what it is?
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All of the planets move around the Sun in a direct (eastward) direction, but three of them (Venus, Uranus and Pluto) rotate in a retrograde (westward) direction, and are said to have a retrograde rotation. Do not confuse revolution, or motion around an orbit, with rotation, or turning about an axis.
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b. new interest in mining for gold and silver;
The people in Southeast Asia have kind of stopped with the mining of gold and silver for few centuries, even though until the 14th century there was a lot of mining of this two precious metals. The French changed that, and they encouraged, or rather forced, the mining of the gold and silver again, which brought them a lot of wealth.
d. establishment of plantations;
The climate in Southeast Asia is very suitable for certain types of crops and trees, so the French used that. They established a lot of large plantations and made the locals work on them, giving them enough payment just to be able to survive.
The answer is tourist dollars
At the equator, the sun is directly overhead at noon on these two equinoxes. the nearly equal hours of day and night is due to the refraction of sunlight or bending of lights Ray's that causes the sun to appear above the horizon when the actual position of sun is below the horizon.
