B. Napoleon invaded Spain and Portugal - situation in Europe particularly in Spain provided an opportunity for Spain's overseas territories to fight for their independence. Napoleon's army occupied Spain and Portugal where he wanted to change a king which resulted into civil war.
The correct answer is - B. Large sandstone formation in the barren outback of Central Australia.
The Ayers Rock, or Uluru in the native language, is a large sandstone formation in the barren outback in the central part of Australia. This rock is actually one of the trademark natural features of Australia and it is a big tourist attraction, but also a sacred place for the indigenous people of the tribe Pitjantjatjara Anangu. The rock has lot of ancient paintings on it, as well as nice surroundings with lot of springs, waterholes, and rock caves. The Ayers Rock/Uluru is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and this natural feature is in a national park.
Answer:
Cold and harsh winters exist in this region, which is known for large cities and universities.
Explanation:
The Northeast of the United States is the most developed and most densely populated region of the country. This regions is by far the smallest of the five major regions of the United States. The Northeast region borders Canada on its north, the Atlantic Ocean on its east, the Southeast region on its south, and the Great Lakes area from the Midwest region in its west.
The climate in this part of the country is known for its fresh and pleasant summers. There is solid amount of precipitation throughout the year. The winters tend to be very cold and harsh, with temperatures often going below -30 C degrees, and intense snowfall being a common occurrence.
As mentioned, this region is very densely populated. The main reason for this is that it is the economic center of the United States, so there are large urban areas in it, and the landscape is dominated by settlements. Some of the largest cities in the Northeast are new York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Buffalo.
There are also numerous student towns in the area, mostly on places further away from the large urban areas. Millions of students visit these universities each year, and they are predominantly with very high reputation.
Geographical details of Saudi Arabia, is as given below.
Explanation:
- Saudi Arabia is slightly more than one-fifth than the size of the US.
- Climate of Saudi Arabia is extreme, it is extremely hot during day time and extremely cold during nights. Mostly a desert type of climate along both the eastern and western coasts. Average monthly temperatures vary as per the season.
- The main natural resource of Saudi Arabia is oil and it is one of the key exporter's of petroleum in the world. The other resources included are natural gas, gold, copper and iron-ore.
- Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the world without a river and extensive coastlines.
- As per the latest census conducted the population was recorded to be 32.55 million.
- In country comparison it ranks to number 14.
- The ethnic composition of Saudi Arabia is 90% of Arabs and 10% of Afro Asians. However, amongst them the top two ethnic groups are Arabs and tribal Bedouins.
- Main religion in Saudi Arabia is Islam. Official citizen of Sunni (85 to 90%) and Shia (10-15%)
- Life expectancy at birth is 75.7 years and their main language official and spoken is Arabic.
- Saudia Arabia has completely monarchy type of government system.
- Capital city of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh.
- Elections rarely occur in Saudi Arabia however the voting age till 2004 was 21. And as of now it is 18 years.
- Saudi Arabia has an oil based economy with strong government controls over major economic activities.
- It possesses about 16% of the world's proven petroleum reserves, ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC.
- Biggest import partners are China, United States, Germany, South Korea and France and Export partners are China, Japan, India and South Korea.
- Egypt- Egyptians making the population of the country. Also the government is working towards improving the education system in the country. Egypt being one of the most populous country has a population of 92,000,000
- Iraq - is inhibited by Iraqi people having a population of about 40,194,216
- Iran- is inhibited by Iranians having a population of about 79.9 million.
- Main ethnic group of Egypt/Iraq/Iran are-Eygptians/Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen and for Iran it is Persians.
- Main religious branch of Egypt/Iraq/Iran are- Muslims and Christians/Islam/Shia and Sunni.
- Main Language of Egypt/Iraq/Iran is-Arabic/Kurdish/Persian.
- Economy or Agricultural products are- Egypt (rice, wheat, barley, figs, melons, pomegranates). Iraq (wheat, barley and dates). Iran (wheat, rice, nuts, cotton and tobacco)
- GDP per capita of Egypt is 2,412.73 USD Iraq it is 5,165.71 USD and of Iran it is 5,415.21 USD.
It's plate tectonics, Earthquakes can be cause by ...
Destructive boundaries (where an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate which causes pressure to build up by friction, and when is released, causes an earthquake)
Or Conservative boundaries where 2 plates rub against each other causing pressure to build up and be released as an earthquake.
Volcanos can be made by...
constructive plate boundaries where 2 plates pull away from each other, leaving large cracks in the earth for magma to erupt.
As well as...
Hotspots which are on the plate itself not a boundary.
