3894 résultats pour "nationale"

• Maine - USA History.

  temperatures range from 17° to 21°C (62° to 70°F) with the southern interior being the warmest and the east coast and north the coolest. However, daytime summertemperatures may reach the lower 30°s C (lower 90°s F), and temperatures in winter have fallen as low as -44°C (-48°F) in the interior. D2 Precipitation Precipitation (rainfall and snowfall) in Maine is evenly distributed throughout the year. Most areas receive from 860 to 1,020 mm (34 to 40 in) yearly, although parts ofthe coast are som...

• Europe .

  D Vegetation Although much of Europe, particularly the west, was originally covered by forest, the vegetation has been transformed by human habitation and the clearing of land.Only in the most northerly mountains and in parts of north central European Russia has the forest cover been relatively unaffected by human activity. On the otherhand, a considerable amount of Europe is covered by woodland that has been planted or has reoccupied cleared lands. The largest vegetation zone in Europe, cuttin...

• Europe - Geography.

  D Vegetation Although much of Europe, particularly the west, was originally covered by forest, the vegetation has been transformed by human habitation and the clearing of land.Only in the most northerly mountains and in parts of north central European Russia has the forest cover been relatively unaffected by human activity. On the otherhand, a considerable amount of Europe is covered by woodland that has been planted or has reoccupied cleared lands. The largest vegetation zone in Europe, cuttin...

• Guatemala - country.

  C Climate The climate of Guatemala varies according to elevation, from hot coastal plains to cold mountain heights. Most of the population lives between 900 and 2,400 m (3,000and 8,000 ft) above sea level, where there are warm days and cool nights with average annual temperatures of 20°C (68°F). The coastal regions are hot and humid,with average annual temperatures of 28°C (83°F). A rainy season, from May through October, is sometimes called “winter” because it brings cloudy afternoons andlower...

• Sri Lanka - country.

  acacias, and orchids are found in many areas. The animal life of Sri Lanka includes 88 species of mammals, 21 of which are threatened with extinction. The Asian elephant, cheetah, leopard, and several species ofmonkey are endangered and officially protected. The island’s many species of primates include the long-tailed langur, toque macaque, and slender loris. Other mammalsinclude the sloth bear, several species of deer, mongoose, and wild boar. Reptiles are numerous, with 144 known species. Som...

• Martin Van Buren.

  political ambitions. The Clintonians cited as one example of Van Buren's unscrupulous methods his support of a convention in 1821 to revise the state's constitution. Van Buren and hisBucktails said they wanted to make the constitution more democratic. The Clintonians retorted that the real aim was to oust them from office. Both sides were right. Therevised constitution introduced a needed extension of voting rights and improved the operation of the state government. However, it also removed many...

• Martin Van Buren

  political ambitions. The Clintonians cited as one example of Van Buren's unscrupulous methods his support of a convention in 1821 to revise the state's constitution. Van Buren and hisBucktails said they wanted to make the constitution more democratic. The Clintonians retorted that the real aim was to oust them from office. Both sides were right. Therevised constitution introduced a needed extension of voting rights and improved the operation of the state government. However, it also removed many...

• droit constitutionnel

  B/ L’objet du droit constitutionnel ou l’encadrement du jeu politique Le droit constitutionnel a pour objet l’encadrement juridique des phénomènes politiques. La formule de G. Vedel souligne que le droit constitutionnel détermine les conditions dans lesquelles le pouvoir s’exerce, et pose les règles du jeu politique : Les acteurs politiques vont-ils se soumettre à cette règle du jeu ? La règle du pouvoir est une histoire de la violence, car la conquête et l’exercice du pouvoir sont...

• Armenia (country) - country.

  because of ethnic tension brought on by a secessionist conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inhabited predominantly by Armenians in western Azerbaijan. In thereverse direction, many Armenian refugees entered Armenia from Azerbaijan during the conflict. Armenia’s official state language is Armenian, an Indo-European language with no surviving close relatives. It has a unique 38-letter alphabet that dates from the early5th century. Of its many spoken dialects, the most important are Eastern or Y...

• Italy - country.

  C Natural Resources Italy is poor in natural resources. Much of the land is unsuitable for agriculture because of mountainous terrain or unfavorable climate. Italy, moreover, lacks substantialdeposits of basic natural resources such as coal, iron, and petroleum. Natural gas is the country’s most important mineral resource. Other deposits include feldspar andpumice. Many of Italy’s mineral deposits on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia had been heavily depleted by the early 1990s. Italy is rich...

• Switzerland - country.

  formation over higher elevations. The wind reverses direction about sundown and moves down the valley as a cool downdraft. The foehn, which occurs during the wintermonths, is a dry and relatively warm airflow that is drawn northward over the Alps. The foehn can quickly melt snow and ice, increasing the risk of mudslides andavalanches. D Natural Resources Waterpower is the chief natural resource of Switzerland. The principal source of water is runoff from the considerable annual precipitation th...

• New Jersey - geography.

  C Soils Broadly defined, all of New Jersey’s soils are podzolic soils; that is, they are acidic and contain fairly high amounts of iron oxides. The soils in northern New Jersey areirregular in quality and contain rock fragments and small stones deposited by the continental glaciers of the last Ice Age. The soils of the inner coastal plain, unaffectedby glaciation, are the richest in the state, while those of the outer coastal plain are generally infertile. The newer soil classification system d...

• New Jersey - USA History.

  C Soils Broadly defined, all of New Jersey’s soils are podzolic soils; that is, they are acidic and contain fairly high amounts of iron oxides. The soils in northern New Jersey areirregular in quality and contain rock fragments and small stones deposited by the continental glaciers of the last Ice Age. The soils of the inner coastal plain, unaffectedby glaciation, are the richest in the state, while those of the outer coastal plain are generally infertile. The newer soil classification system d...

• Andrew Jackson.

  against a resolution praising President George Washington’s administration. Jackson claimed that Washington’s policy toward Native Americans was too lenient and thatJay’s Treaty, concluded with the British under Washington’s administration, was too damaging to American interests. After one year in the House, Jackson was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate, the other chamber of the Congress of the United States. He servedfrom September 1797 to April 1798 and then retired to p...

• Andrew Jackson

  against a resolution praising President George Washington’s administration. Jackson claimed that Washington’s policy toward Native Americans was too lenient and thatJay’s Treaty, concluded with the British under Washington’s administration, was too damaging to American interests. After one year in the House, Jackson was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate, the other chamber of the Congress of the United States. He servedfrom September 1797 to April 1798 and then retired to p...

• Andrew Jackson - USA History.

  against a resolution praising President George Washington’s administration. Jackson claimed that Washington’s policy toward Native Americans was too lenient and thatJay’s Treaty, concluded with the British under Washington’s administration, was too damaging to American interests. After one year in the House, Jackson was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate, the other chamber of the Congress of the United States. He servedfrom September 1797 to April 1798 and then retired to p...

• Afghanistan - country.

  D Climate Most of Afghanistan has a subarctic mountain climate with dry and cold winters, except for the lowlands, which have arid and semiarid climates. In the mountains and afew of the valleys bordering Pakistan, a fringe effect of the Indian monsoon, coming usually from the southeast, brings moist maritime tropical air in summer.Afghanistan has clearly defined seasons: Summers are hot and winters can be bitterly cold. Summer temperatures as high as 49°C (120°F) have been recorded in thenorth...

• Theodore Roosevelt.

  in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The couple had five children, Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel Carow, Archibald Bullock, and Quentin. They also raised Alice, Roosevelt’s daughterfrom his first marriage. Discouraged with politics, Roosevelt enjoyed family life and literary pursuits. He wrote Essays on Practical Politics in 1888. The same year he also wrote an opinionated biography of Gouverneur Morris, an American statesman who helped draft the Constitution of the United States. The book revealed far mo...

• Theodore Roosevelt

  in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The couple had five children, Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel Carow, Archibald Bullock, and Quentin. They also raised Alice, Roosevelt’s daughterfrom his first marriage. Discouraged with politics, Roosevelt enjoyed family life and literary pursuits. He wrote Essays on Practical Politics in 1888. The same year he also wrote an opinionated biography of Gouverneur Morris, an American statesman who helped draft the Constitution of the United States. The book revealed far mo...

• Angola (country) - country.

  Portugal in 1975, it had approximately 400,000 Portuguese settlers. The vast majority of the Portuguese community has since departed for Portugal. A Population Characteristics The 2008 estimated population of Angola, including Cabinda, was 12,531,357. The population distribution, however, was uneven, with about 70 percent of thepopulation concentrated in the north and along the coast. The rate of population increase was 2.1 percent annually in 2008. The population is overwhelmingly rural; only3...

• International Law.

  merchants), modernized the rights of neutrals during maritime war, and required blockades to be effective. The Declaration of Paris also initiated the practice of allowingnations other than the original signatories to accede (become a party to) to an agreement. In 1864 a conference convened in Geneva, Switzerland, at the invitation of the Swiss government. The conference approved a convention for the proper treatment ofwounded soldiers on the battlefield and the protection of medical personnel;...

• Peinture flamande et école hollandaise (Histoire des Arts) - (Exposé – Art – Collège/Lycée)

  En 1639, Van Dyck épouse une aristocrate anglaise, Mary Ruthven. Il meurt peu après la naissance de sa fille. • Ses thèmes -A ses débuts, Van Dyck réalise des compositions religieuses ou mythologiques dans la veine de Rubens. Mais ce sont ses portraits de monarques et d'aristocrates dans le plus pur style baroque qui feront sa gloire. • Ses œuvres les plus célèbres - -La Princesse Mary Stuart et Je Prince Wtlliam d'Orange, 1632 (Rijksmuseum, Am...

• Missouri - geography.

  Saint Francois Mountains, at the eastern end of the crest of the dome. Only in these mountains have the sedimentary rocks been sufficiently eroded away so that theunderlying igneous rocks are exposed. They form the rounded, knoblike peaks of an old mountain range. The peaks project, in isolation or in clusters, between 230 and300 m (750 and 1,000 ft) above the surrounding sedimentary basins. One of these knobs, Taum Sauk Mountain, reaches 540 m (1,772 ft) above sea level and is thehighest point...

• Missouri - USA History.

  Saint Francois Mountains, at the eastern end of the crest of the dome. Only in these mountains have the sedimentary rocks been sufficiently eroded away so that theunderlying igneous rocks are exposed. They form the rounded, knoblike peaks of an old mountain range. The peaks project, in isolation or in clusters, between 230 and300 m (750 and 1,000 ft) above the surrounding sedimentary basins. One of these knobs, Taum Sauk Mountain, reaches 540 m (1,772 ft) above sea level and is thehighest point...

• La Vème République est différente des précédentes par sa constitution.

  sujets qui méritent de longs débats. Il s'agira de voter pour ou contre le Président de la République bien évidemment lors d'un référendum national.Régulièrement, la question est évitée, pour finalement revenir à un seul choix : La « Droite » ou la « Gauche » ?Il s'agit donc de maintenir les deux pôles de la politique française. Importe si la loi nous parait favorable ou non, il s'agira de voter contre une personne précise, comme pour le référendum de 2005, qui concernait la « Ratification du Tr...

• John F.

  by the United States, was unable to withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). By the end of 1949 government troops had beenoverwhelmingly defeated, and Chiang led his forces into exile on Taiwan. The triumphant Mao formed the People’s Republic of China. Truman’s critics, includingKennedy, charged that the administration had failed to support Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists. Kennedy easily won reelection to Congress in 1948 and 1950. In 1952 he decided to r...

• John F.

  by the United States, was unable to withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). By the end of 1949 government troops had beenoverwhelmingly defeated, and Chiang led his forces into exile on Taiwan. The triumphant Mao formed the People’s Republic of China. Truman’s critics, includingKennedy, charged that the administration had failed to support Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists. Kennedy easily won reelection to Congress in 1948 and 1950. In 1952 he decided to r...

• Chicago (city, Illinois) - geography.

  VI EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Chicago has one of the largest public school systems in the United States. The Chicago Board of Education administers the system in a centralized fashion; in recentyears it has been experimenting with local school councils as a means of partial devolution of authority. These councils, established in 1989, have authority in severalareas, including the ability to approve budgets and curriculum. In addition, Chicago has many private schools, including larg...

• Europhile-Eurosceptique

  concurrence et de suprématie de la loi des marchés et du libre-échange, en est à mes yeux grandement responsable Mais les règles seront de plus en plus « tatillonnes » : sur les ascenseurs, sur les périmètres de protection, sur les normes industrielles, sur les hannetons dorés ; normes contraignantes remettant en cause l’identité d’un produit gastronomique : par exemple pour la France, intervention de l’Europe sur le foie gras(et le mode de gavage des oies), sur le roquefort,...

• Nunavut - Canadian History.

  The Arctic Lands is a complex geological area that is centered on the Arctic Ocean. It includes coastal plains, plateaus, and mountains. Coastal plains and plateaus arefound in the western Northwest Territories section of the Arctic Lands, such as on Victoria Island, which is mostly a large, flat plateau. In striking contrast to theserelatively gentle landscapes, the eastern Nunavut section of the Arctic Lands is dominated by a jagged chain of ice-covered mountains. The mountains on EllesmereIsl...

• Article de presse: Le départ du général de Gaulle

  Mémoires, il révèle le rôle qu'il s'assigne dès le lendemain du 20 janvier 1946 : " Dans le chef tenu à l'écart, on continuait de voirune sorte de détenteur désigné de la souveraineté, un recours choisi d'avance. " Il ne doute pas qu'il continue d'incarner lalégitimité et que le pays fera appel à lui pour peu qu'il se sente menacé de déchirement. Retiré dans son village, le général tente,une première fois, de forcer le destin : le 16 juin 1946, à Bayeux, première sous-préfecture libérée deux ans...

• North Dakota - geography.

  Bismarck, the growing season averages 134 days, as the average date of the last killing frost is May 11 and that of the first killing frost is September 22. The length ofthe growing season drops to about 110 days in the northerly reaches of the state. The long periods of summer sunshine at this latitude, providing as much as 16 hoursof daylight in summer, help crops to mature quickly, thus compensating somewhat for the relatively short growing season. Temperatures in the north are, on the averag...

• North Dakota - USA History.

  Bismarck, the growing season averages 134 days, as the average date of the last killing frost is May 11 and that of the first killing frost is September 22. The length ofthe growing season drops to about 110 days in the northerly reaches of the state. The long periods of summer sunshine at this latitude, providing as much as 16 hoursof daylight in summer, help crops to mature quickly, thus compensating somewhat for the relatively short growing season. Temperatures in the north are, on the averag...

• Le nationalisme sous les Lagides

  Même si le clergé continue à soutenir officiellement le pou­ voir ptolémaïque, une partie de ses membres encouragent - au moins indirectement - les insurrections qui ébran­ lent régulièrement l'Égypte à partir de la fin du Ill° siècle. Une véritable opposition de certains prêtres transparaît même à travers des textes prophétiques au 11• siècle. Soucieux de conserver l'appui de la classe sacerdotale, les souverains lagides multi­...

• Communism.

  In Britain, Robert Owen, a philanthropic Welsh manufacturer, strove against the social problems brought about by the Industrial Revolution and sought to improve thewelfare of workers. As manager of a cotton mill, he enhanced the environment of his workers by improving their housing, modernizing mill equipment for greater safetyand sanitation, and establishing low-priced stores for the workers and schools for their children. Owen believed that workers, rather than governments, should createthe in...

• Communism .

  In Britain, Robert Owen, a philanthropic Welsh manufacturer, strove against the social problems brought about by the Industrial Revolution and sought to improve thewelfare of workers. As manager of a cotton mill, he enhanced the environment of his workers by improving their housing, modernizing mill equipment for greater safetyand sanitation, and establishing low-priced stores for the workers and schools for their children. Owen believed that workers, rather than governments, should createthe in...

• Nationalistes arabes

  commencent à accepter les Idées de socialisme et de transformation sociale. Ils suivent fidèlement Nasser dans ses querelles avec le parti Baas et accusent celui-ci d'avoir trahi la révolution arabe. Cependant, certains d'entre eux s'interrogent sur tel ou tel aspect de la politique nassérienne. 4 Cette tendance s'affirme lors de la Conférence pana­ rabe de Beyrouth (avril-mai 1964). Une aile gauche appa­ rait : elle attaque le "sommet arabe,. de j...

• Article de presse: Les nationalistes hindous remportent les élections

• Indien - geographie.

  immergrüne Pflanzen, Bambus und Edelholzarten wie etwa Teakholzbäume. In den sumpfigen Tiefländern und entlang der tiefer gelegenen Hänge der Westghats befindensich ausgedehnte Dschungelgebiete. Die Vegetation im Hochland von Dekkan ist zwar weniger üppig, es finden sich aber auf der gesamten Halbinsel immer wieder Bambus-und Palmenbestände sowie Laubwälder. 2.4 Fauna Die Wälder, Ebenen, Hügel und Berge in Indien sind Lebensraum einer vielfältigen Tierwelt. Das gilt auch für Großkatzen wie Tige...

• Welfare.

  industrializing societies. Governments typically financed social insurance programs with tax funds and direct levies on the wages of potential recipients. Social insurancereplaced part of incomes lost when workers became disabled, were laid off, or had reached an age that forced them out of the labor market. Later, governments of Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, and other countries developed forms of social insurance that provided population-wide, or universal,coverage. Such forms included chil...

• Amerikanische Literatur (Sprache & Litteratur).

  toleranten Aufklärers Kritik sowohl am Christentum wie auch am Atheismus, wobei ersteres heftige Reaktionen von Seiten des amerikanischen Publikums nach sich zog.Äußerst stark rezipiert hingegen wurde die gegen England gerichtete Satire M’Fingal (1775-1782) des Rechtsgelehrten und Dichters John Trumbull. Politisch engagierte Lyrik schrieb auch der vielseitig interessierte Dichter Philip Morin Freneau, dessen allegorisches Gedicht The House of Night (1779) Merkmale der in der Romantik verbrei...

• Les DOM-TOM

  • Situation économique et sociale très contrastée: des peuples dits «premiers» (Indiens d'Amazonie) côtoient des ingénieurs aéronautiques. la Guyane souffre du décalage entre sa forte croissance démographique et un retard en équipements, notamment en logements et en écoles. • Chef-lieu: Saint-Denis. • Population: 706180 hab. • Superficie: 2 510 km2• • Densité: 281 hab./ km'. STATUT POLITIQUE • 1946 : statut de DOM. • 1982 : statut de région....

• Le comité national d'éthique (TPE)

  SA COMPOSmON d'un ou de plusieurs membres présents. qui publient le texte intégral de ses avis, de recherche ou de ses applications • le CCNE est pluraliste -il comporte En cas de vote avec partage égal des de ses recommandations et de ses possibles. les problèmes d'éthique des personnalités relevant des grandes voix, le président a voix prépondérante. rapports ; par son site Internet sur donnent lieu à un questionnement familles philosophiques et sp...

• La France face à la décolonisation (1945-1962) - Histoire

  Fin de la guerre 7 mars 1954 : le camp français de Dîen -Pîen -Phu chute. \ L es militaires français avaient tendu un piège au Vietminh pour être en position de force lors des négociations à venir entre la France et Ho Chi Minh ; mais le camp a été encerclé (seule l’aviation américain aurait pu aider l’armée française mais elle n’est pas intervenue) . 21 juillet 1954 : les accords de Genève mettent fin à la gu...

• Terrorism.

  exploitation, ethnic discrimination, and religious persecution. Perceived inequities in the distribution of wealth and political power have led some terrorists to attempt tooverthrow democratically elected governments. To achieve a fairer society, they would replace these governments with socialist or communist regimes. Left-wingterrorist groups of the 1960s and 1970s with such aims included Germany’s Baader-Meinhof Gang, Italy’s Red Brigades, and the Weather Underground ( see Weathermen) in the...

• Le conflit israelo-palestinien

  nationalisme arabe au Proche-Orient.   Le sionisme est une idéologie politique prônant l'existence d'un centre spirituel, territorial et étatique peuplé par les juifs en Terre d'Israël. Cette Terre serait, d'après la Bible, une promesse divine (terme religieux), une terre allant du fleuve d'Egypte au fleuve Jordanien (terme géographique) et une terre donnée aux Juifs pour s'y installer et construire un Etat (terme politique). Elle est également appelée Terre sainte par les chrétiens en référence...

• Fiche composée par sylvain sylvain.

  Fiche composée par sylvain [email protected] ministère Guizot refuse toute concession, réforme et interdit le banquet réformiste qui doit clôturer la campagne à Paris le 21 Février 1848.  Les journées de Février à Paris. Au banquet interdit se substitue, le 22 Février, une manifestation de masse. Le 23, la garde nationale se déclare en faveur de la réforme. Même si le roi accepte de remplacer Guizot par Thiers, les manifestations se poursuivent. L'une d'elles s'oppose violemment à la for...

• ARAGON: Le politique, l'intellectuel engagé.

  => Son premier grand roman est Le Paysan de Paris, publié en 1926, écrit durant sa période surréaliste.=> Mais il est surtout connu en tant que romancier pour l'écriture du cycle romanesque "Le monde réel".Les cloches de Bale, inaugure ce cycle, en 1934. Ce roman dresse le portrait de trois femme, à travers lesquelles le lecteur verral'envergure des bouleversements que connut le début du XXeme siècle, dans son organisation sociale, sur le plan français etinternational.Suivra, en 1936, Les Beaux...

• Canadian Parliament.

  government’s legislative program. Members of Commons can also present a motion in response to the Budget Speech, which reviews the government’s economicrecord, taxation, and expenditure plans, and to Supply Motions, which concern budgets for individual departments. If a majority of MPs support a no-confidence motion,the government must resign. Also, if Parliament rejects a significant government proposal, the government is expected to resign and request the governor-general to call an election....

• Cameroon - country.

  seminomadic herders of the north. Cattle, goats, and fowl are the most commonly raised animals. B Forestry and Fishing Timber is traditionally one of Cameroon’s most valuable exports, consisting mainly of mahogany, ebony, and teak. The timber cut in 2006 amounted to 11.4 million cu m(401 million cu ft). Most of the fish caught in Cameroon come from the country’s rivers and lakes and are consumed locally. However, deep-sea fishing activity isincreasing, especially from the port of Douala. Some 1...