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D.The land is populated with a group of people
B.There is a government ruling land and people
Despite Hong Kong historically being part of China and being inhabited by Chinese people, that drastically happened in the last century. Hong Kong got into the hands of the European colonial powers, and even after they left the area, they didn't left Hong Kong. The reason why the presence in Hong Kong was kept was because of its excellent strategic position.
The newly formed nation had excellent ports and excellent location. It was quickly industrialized. That led to rapid economic growth. The economic growth and the prosperity of the small nation made, as well as it deep connections with the Western World, attracted lot of people to move in it. The Chinese population is still dominant, but over time people from all over the world moved in, thus the ethnic structure of this nation changes significantly, to a point where now it has citizens from pretty much every corner of the world.
1.) Polders - b.) A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
2.) Strait - a.) A stretch of land reclaimed from the sea or a lake.
A biome is defined as the large ecological area where the formation of plants and animals with common characteristics gather due to the similar climates. If I were an ecologist, and i will be determining whether an entire river and lake biome is being threatened by human activity, the indicator species that i might look for are the ones that have been introduced into the biome.
According to surveys carried out in 2006 and 2008, less than 40% of the population of Japan identifies with an organized religion: around 35% are Buddhists, 3% to 4% are members of Shinto sects and derived religions, and from fewer than 1% to 2.3% are Christians.