531 résultats pour "trade"

• The Gambia - country.

  The population of The Gambia (2008 estimate) is 1,735,464, making it one of the least populous countries of Africa. Still, the country has a fairly high overall populationdensity of 174 persons per sq km (449 per sq mi), and the population is increasing at a rate of 2.7 percent a year. Banjul, formerly called Bathurst, is the capital andonly seaport. The largest city is Serrekunda, a transportation hub and commercial center. B Religion and Language The great majority of the people of The Gambia...

• Moscow (city, Russia) - geography.

  V RECREATION About 30 percent of Moscow’s territory is occupied by parks and public gardens, which were important elements of Soviet city planning. Gorky Park, which providesactivities such as amusement rides and boating, sits on the right bank of the Moscow River; the park’s display of a retired Soviet space shuttle dominates the riverside.The Moscow Zoo is located just west of the city center. The Botanical Gardens, administered by the Russian Academy of Sciences, offers a diverse display of...

• Biodiversity.

  a common molecule, ribonucleic acid (RNA), and most also have deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). These molecules direct the production of proteins—molecules responsiblefor the structure and function of virtually all living cells. This is the evolutionary chain of life. All species are descended from a single common ancestor. From that ancient single-celled microbe, all inherited RNA. As time goesby, species diverge and develop their own peculiar attributes, thus making their own contribution to biodiv...

• Biodiversity - biology.

  a common molecule, ribonucleic acid (RNA), and most also have deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). These molecules direct the production of proteins—molecules responsiblefor the structure and function of virtually all living cells. This is the evolutionary chain of life. All species are descended from a single common ancestor. From that ancient single-celled microbe, all inherited RNA. As time goesby, species diverge and develop their own peculiar attributes, thus making their own contribution to biodiv...

• Weather.

  hours, and the snow can be much deeper in places where the wind piles it up in drifts. Extraordinarily deep snows sometimes accumulate on the upwind side ofmountain slopes during severe winter storms or on the downwind shores of large lakes during outbreaks of polar air. VI WIND Wind is the horizontal movement of air. It is named for the direction from which it comes—for example, a north wind comes from the north. In most places near theground, the wind speed averages from 8 to 24 km/h (from 5...

• Syria - country.

  D Education Primary education is free and compulsory for all children aged 6 through 12. Some 78 percent of the adult Syrian population was estimated to be literate in 2005.Primary schools enrolled 2.8 million pupils in the 2000 school year, and 1.1 million students attended secondary schools and vocational institutes. In 1998, 94,110 Syrian students were enrolled in institutes of higher education. Syria has universities in Damascus, Ḩalab, Ḩim ş, and Al L ādhiq īyah. Also in Damascus isthe Ar...

• Liberia - country.

  West Atlantic, or Kwa linguistic groups. D Education Education is free and compulsory for children between the ages of 6 and 15. However, a scarcity of educational facilities means that few Liberians progress beyondprimary school. Almost all children of primary school-age attend school, but the figure drops to 23 percent (1999–2000) for secondary school-age children. Just 60percent of the population was literate in 2005. Higher education is provided by the University of Liberia (1862), in Monro...

• John Quincy Adams.

  man of my whole country.” When President Thomas Jefferson requested Senate approval of his treaty for the purchase of the French colony of Louisiana, Adams was the only New EnglandFederalist to vote in favor of it. He realized that the power and influence of his own New England would be reduced if the vast territory were added to the nation, but hewas convinced that the national interest would best be served by the purchase of Louisiana ( see Louisiana Purchase). Adams again broke with his New...

• John Quincy Adams

  man of my whole country.” When President Thomas Jefferson requested Senate approval of his treaty for the purchase of the French colony of Louisiana, Adams was the only New EnglandFederalist to vote in favor of it. He realized that the power and influence of his own New England would be reduced if the vast territory were added to the nation, but hewas convinced that the national interest would best be served by the purchase of Louisiana ( see Louisiana Purchase). Adams again broke with his New...

• Toys. I INTRODUCTION Toys, objects that serve as playthings for children. Although the

  clay. These readily available elements were also used to make more elaborate toys as human society advanced. Archaeologists have found primitive, handmade toys such as wooden or cloth dolls, clay marbles, and terracotta figures that date back thousands of years. In ancientEgypt, Greece, and Rome, people placed dolls or clay figures in the graves or tombs of children for them to play with in the afterlife. The yo-yo may seem like a 20th-century fad, but it actually dates back at least 2,500 years...

• Kuwait (country) - country.

  Oil revenues have allowed Kuwait to build an extensive educational system, yielding a literacy rate of 84 percent. Public school is free and compulsory from the age of 6to 13, and several private schools also teach this age group. Kuwait University (founded in 1966) is also free and offers programs in a wide range of professional andscientific fields at several campuses. Both the extensive library system at Kuwait University and the collection at Kuwait National Museum (1957) were heavily damage...

• Great Depression in the United States - U.

  prices would continue to rise and they could soon sell their stocks at a profit. The widespread belief that anyone could get rich led many less affluent Americans into the market as well. Investors bought millions of shares of stock “on margin,” arisky practice similar to buying products on credit. They paid only a small part of the price and borrowed the rest, gambling that they could sell the stock at a highenough price to repay the loan and make a profit. For a time this was true: In 1928 the...

• Kansas City (Missouri) - geography.

  Major institutions of higher education in Kansas City are a branch (established in 1929) of the University of Missouri, Avila College (1916), Rockhurst College (1910),DeVry Institute of Technology (Missouri) (1931), and the Kansas City Art Institute (1885). Schools in neighboring suburbs include Park University (1875), in Parkville,and William Jewell College (1849), in Liberty. Baptist, Nazarene, and Methodist theological schools are also located in the area. Midwest Research Institute, one of t...

• Bhutan - country.

  languages ( see Indo-Iranian Languages) and follow Hinduism. Nepalese people constitute a significant portion of Bhutan’s population. They are the most recent settlers, occupying south central and southwestern Bhutan. TheNepalese are mainly Rai, Gurung, and Limbu ethnic groups from the eastern mountains of Nepal. Nepalese immigration has been banned since 1959, when theBhutanese government feared the minority would become too populous. Nepalese are not permitted to live in the central Middle Hi...

• Sudan - country.

  B Principal Cities and Political Divisions The principal city is Khartoum, the capital; other major cities include Omdurman and Khartoum North, major industrial centers, and Port Sudan, a seaport on the RedSea. Sudan is divided into 26 states. C Religion and Language About 70 percent of the people of Sudan are Muslims, some 15 percent are Christians, and most of the remainder follow traditional religions. The people of northernSudan are predominantly Sunni Muslims (Sunni Islam). Most of the pe...

• 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...

• Native American Art.

  folding, braiding or weaving, could also be sewn onto the hide. The production of decorated clothing and bags increased after contact with Europeans as a greater variety of textiles and other materials became available throughtrade. Imported glass beads inspired native women, who quickly adapted quillwork techniques for the creation of beaded apparel. European curvilinear and floraldesigns of the 19th century proved as meaningful for the native women who worked with them as they were for the non...

• Ottoman Empire .

  fleets at Suez, Egypt; though the Portuguese were not expelled, Selim did manage to prevent the establishment of a total Portuguese monopoly over the spice trade. Selim I died in 1520 after having spent most of his short reign on matters pertaining to the east. His son and successor Süleyman I (reigned 1520-1566) again turnedthe attention of the Ottomans to the west. In August 1521 Süleyman, later known as Süleyman the Magnificent, opened the road to Hungary by capturing Belgrade, aHungarian str...

• Ottoman Empire - History.

  fleets at Suez, Egypt; though the Portuguese were not expelled, Selim did manage to prevent the establishment of a total Portuguese monopoly over the spice trade. Selim I died in 1520 after having spent most of his short reign on matters pertaining to the east. His son and successor Süleyman I (reigned 1520-1566) again turnedthe attention of the Ottomans to the west. In August 1521 Süleyman, later known as Süleyman the Magnificent, opened the road to Hungary by capturing Belgrade, aHungarian str...

• Mexico City - geography.

  The park houses some of Mexico's most important public buildings, including Chapultepec Castle. Construction of the castle began in 1783. Positioned on the park’shighest elevation, the castle functioned as a fortress during colonial times. It once served as the presidential residence and now houses the National Museum of History,which includes murals by 20th-century Mexican painter Juan O'Gorman. Los Pinos, the official residence and working offices of the president, is also on the grounds, buti...

• Russian Revolutions of 1917 (Histoire) .

  as Marxists. They believed that the working class—with its struggles to organize trade unions and to bring about political reforms of benefit to the majority ofpeople—would become the primary force for revolutionary change. The Russian Marxists formed the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) in 1898. By 1903,however, the RSDLP had split into two factions. The faction called the Bolsheviks (from the Russian word for “majority”), led by Vladimir Ilich Lenin, favored a more centralized a...

• Préambule aux Institutes de Justinien (533), trad. Ortolan (1857)

  Préambule aux Institutes de Justinien (533), trad. Ortolan (1857) « Ce qui plaît au Prince a force de loi ; en effet, en vertu de la loi royale qui a été portée au sujet du pouvoir suprême, le peuple lui a remis tout son imperium et sa potestas » (Ulpien, D. 1, 4). Empereur d'Orient succédant en 527 à son oncle Justin Ier, qui l'a auparavant adopté en lui donnant une solide éducation politique, Justinien engage une ambitieuse politique de conquête. Son long règne (527-565) et son talent po...

• Saeva quidem plures leto gula tradit acerbo/quam gladius

  Saeva quidem pl11res /eto gula tradit acerbo I quam g/adius Un appétit vorace a souvent tué plus de gens qu'une épée (.. es vers du poète du seizième siècle Palingène (Zodiacus vitae. 3, 629 sq.) reprenaient un motif topique: cf. panni les sentences médié,,ales Gu/a plures occidit quam gladius,

• E. de La BOETIE, Discours de la servitude volontaire, 1576 (trad. en français moderne)

  PARCOURS ECRIRE POUR L EGALITE : Ecrire pour l’égalité sociale Texte n°1 : E. de La BOETIE, Discours de la servitude volontaire, 1576 (trad. en français moderne) INTRODUCTION : voir Classicolycee p.89 Projet de lecture : Quel est le raisonnement logique développé par l’auteur pour affirmer les droits fondamentaux des êtres humains ? I. Lignes 1 à 15 : La démonstration de l’égalité entre les êtres humains a. Quel rôle tient la nature dans l’argumentation de La Boétie ? De quel constat p...

• œuvres de Schopenhauer

• Cuba 2001-2002 Une situation économique préoccupante Après les attentats islamistes du 11 septembre 2001 contre le World Trade Center et...

  Cuba 2001-2002 Une situation économique préoccupante Après les attentats islamistes du 11 septembre 2001 contre le World Trade Center et le Pentagone, les relations américano-cubaines ont connu une trêve de courte durée. Dans une déclaration officielle, le gouvernement cubain a condamné les attentats. L'utilisation de la base militaire de Guantànamo comme camp d'internement pour des détenus en provenance d'Afghanistan n'a suscité que peu de critiques de la part du gouvernement de Fidel Castro....

• LE DEVOIR ET LE BONHEUR (Kant, Critique de la raison pratique, ire partie, livre 1er, chap. II. Trad. frçse P.U.F., p. 61-62.)

  souvent... très perruc1eux pour la philosophie parce que les expressions de boni et de mali contiennent ... une ambiguïté qui les rend susceptibles d'un double sens ... La langue allemande a le bonheur de posséder ... pour désigner ce que les Latins appellent d'un mot unique bonum, deux concepts très distincts et deux expressions non moins distinctes. Pour bonum elle a les deux mots Gute et Wohl, pour malum Bose et Uebel de...

• œuvres de Hume (en traduction française)

• ARISTOTE (Stagire 385 av. J.C.- 323 av. J.C.) - Anthologie de texte pour le bac

• ARENDT (HANNAH): textes pour le bac

• Wittgenstein Extraits pour le bac - WITTGENSTEIN (LUDWIG)

• 50 questions EIT

• L'oeuvre de Hegel

• Les syndicats en Occident ?

  Japon, on craint la crise. • De 1960 à 1988, le taux de syndicalisation est passé de 56 à 27 %, et il continue de baisser. On entend parfois par syndicat : tout groupe de défense d'une profession, même patronal. Nous retenonsici le sens plus étroit, et plus traditionnel : groupement de salariés, destiné à obtenir des employeurs uneamélioration des salaires et des conditions de travail. I. — Un phénomène ancien • Dès avant la Révolution industrielle, on a vu des ouvriers se « coaliser », dan...

• Hegel: anthologie complète

• SAINT AUGUSTIN (Tagaste aujourd'hui Ahras, 354 - Hippone 430) - Anthologie de texte

• North West Company - Canadian History.

• Hudson's Bay Company - Canadian History.

• Tourisme solidaire en espagnol

• Freud Extraits - Anthologie

• East India Company .

  French control to southern India, where it remained supreme until 1761, when the British captured Pondicherry. The operations of the company were finally suspendedby royal decree in 1769, and in the following year it turned over its capital of more than 500 million livres to the Crown. In 1785 a new company received commercialprivileges, but this company was abolished in 1794 during the time of the French Revolution. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights res...

• pays en developpement

  2°) « Le ss-dvpt comme pduit du dvpt » . Le ss-dvpt des PED est inséparable du dvpt au 19è puis 20è des PDEM. F. Braudel et I. Wallerstein : économie-monde => le Kisme structure le monde par une relation de domination (= capacité d'influence asymétrique) du centre sur les périphéries. PED : ils ne st pas slmt « en retard » ( Rostow ) par rapport au décollage. Ils sont entravés par les autres. P. Bairoch : l'essor de l'ind textile britanique s'est largement réalisé a...

• commerce.

  revendications des grands exportateurs agricoles ; la concurrence des nouveaux pays industriels ; la détérioration continue du système monétaire international ; la récession prolongée ; la résurgence du protectionnisme. Cependant, les difficultés de l'Uruguay Round n'ont pas empêché le volume des échanges internationaux de croître de 60 % entre 1980 et 1992. La signature, par 117 pays, de l'accord de Marrakech (avril 1994) et l'entrée en vigueur, le 1 er janvier 1995, de l'Organisation mondiale...

• ouvrier (mouvement).

  de la robotisation, et des politiques libérales favorables aux entreprises ; quant aux mouvements ouvriers des pays en voie de développement, soumis à une forte répression, ils restaient marqués par la lutte pour les droits sociaux élémentaires. Voir aussi les dossiers socialisme et syndicalisme . Complétez votre recherche en consultant : Les corrélats syndicalisme - Le syndicalisme ouvrier français - Reconnaissance et développement du mouvement syndical Les livres ouvrier (mouvemen...

• Serbia Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 12 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Literacy rateTotal Not available Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) Not available Number of years of compulsory schooling Not available GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal at age 18 Constitution Adopted 8 November 2006 Armed forcesTotal number of military personnel Not available Military expenditures as a shar...

• Bill Clinton.

  When Arkansas governor David Pryor ran for the U.S. Senate in 1978, Clinton ran for governor. He promised to improve the state’s schools and highways and toimprove economic conditions so that more jobs would be created. At that time, the average income of people in Arkansas ranked 49th among the 50 states. Clinton woneasily, receiving 60 percent of the vote against four opponents in the Democratic primary election and 63 percent against the Republican candidate, Lynn Lowe, in thegeneral election...

• Bill Clinton - USA History.

  When Arkansas governor David Pryor ran for the U.S. Senate in 1978, Clinton ran for governor. He promised to improve the state’s schools and highways and toimprove economic conditions so that more jobs would be created. At that time, the average income of people in Arkansas ranked 49th among the 50 states. Clinton woneasily, receiving 60 percent of the vote against four opponents in the Democratic primary election and 63 percent against the Republican candidate, Lynn Lowe, in thegeneral election...

• South America - Geography.

  South America is dominated by relatively warm climatic regimes. Spanning nearly the entire continent along the equator is a belt of humid tropical climate that grades tothe north and south into broad zones where the length of the rainy season and the amount of rainfall diminish. These zones have wet summers and dry winters and aresubject to prolonged droughts. Droughts are a particularly serious problem in northeastern Brazil and along the northern coast of Venezuela and Colombia. The areas ofra...

• Nebraska - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 4.2 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 5.5 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 76.9 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 418 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 231 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 12.3 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 13.6...