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ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÛßßßßßÛÛÜ ÜÜßßßßÜÜÜÜ ÜÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÛßß ßÛÛ
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ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÝ Ûß
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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÜÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛ Ü ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛ Ü
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜÜß ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛß
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ßÛÜ ÜÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÜÜ ßßÜÛÛßß ßÛÛÜ ßßßÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [The country of ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Mozambique. ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 07/94 # of Words:592 School:Public State:NY
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Mozambique is a country located on the southeast coast of Africa. It
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covers 308,642 square miles and has a population of about sixteen million.
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Maputo is the capitol, largest city, and chief port.
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Mozambique was governed by Portugal from the early 1500's until 1975
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when it became independent after a ten year struggle against Portuguese
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rule.
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Mozambique is now controlled by Frelimo (the front for the liberation
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of Mozambique) the nations only political party. The president of Frelimo
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is also the nations president. Mozambiques highest governmental power lies
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with the parties central committee which is made up of fifteen members
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appointed by Frelimo. This party appoints the two hundred and ten members
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of the peoples assembly,(Mozambiques legislative body).This group meets
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twice a year. It's permanent committee handles legislative matters between
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sessions.
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Most Mozambicans are black Africans. Other groups such as Arabs,
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Europeans, and Pakistanis make up less than one percent of the population.
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Most blacks belong to groups that speak one of the Bantu languages. The
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largest of these groups, the Makua-Lomwe, accounts for forty percent of the
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population. The countries official language is Portuguese but few blacks
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can speak it. Some Mozambicans speak English when conducting business
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activities.
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Most Mozambicans are farmers with extremely simple techniques although
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farmers in some areas of the country use modern techniques.
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Fifty five percent of the people of Mozambique practice traditional
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African religions. Of this large group, many are animists who believe that
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everything in nature has a soul. Others worship spirits of their ancestors.
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About thirty percent of the population is Christian, mostly Roman Catholic.
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Many of the remaining are Muslim.
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Only about twenty five percent of Mozambiques people fifteen or older
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can read or write but the government has begun programs to help improve
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education.
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Almost one half of Mozambique is covered by a flat plain that extends
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inland from the coast. Land rises steadily beyond the plain and high
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plateaus and mountains run along much of the western border. Sand dunes
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and swamps line the coast. Grasslands and tropical rain forests cover much
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of the country.
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Many sizable rivers flow east through Mozambique into the Indian
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Ocean, there basins have extremely fertile soil. Cashew trees and coconut
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palms grow throughout the country. Animal life in Mozambique includes
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crocodiles, elephants, lions, and zebras.
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Mozambiques climate is basically tropical but temperatures and
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rainfall may vary considerably in different areas. Temperatures average
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from sixty eight degrees Fahrenheit in July to eighty degrees Fahrenheit in
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January. About eighty percent of the annual rainfall occurs from November
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to March. Rainfall ranges from sixteen to fourty eight inches a year.
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Mozambique is not well developed. Agriculture is its major economics
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activity. Mozambique is the leading producer of cashews. Other important
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products include coconuts, cotton, sugar cane , and cassava (a starchy
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root). Some people catch fish and shrimp in the Indian Ocean. Mozambiques
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economy depends partly on payments from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Swaziland,
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and Malawi for the use of railroads and port facilities. Many Mozambicans
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also work in South Africa.
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Industrial development has been slow and has occurred mainly in food
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processing and oil refining industries. Coal is mined in central
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Mozambique. The Cahora Bassa damn in the northwest produces electrical
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power, much of which is transmitted to South Africa.
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Most of the roads in Mozambique are unpaved. Many railroads link
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Mozambiques ports with other countries. The chief airport of Mozambique is
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located in Maputo. Three daily newspapers are published in this country
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and the basic unit of money is metical.
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People have lived in what is now Mozambique since the 4000's B.C.
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Bantu speaking people settled there before A.D. 100. Arabs lived in the
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area by the 800's. Portuguese explorers first visited Mozambique in 1497.
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They established a trading post there in 1505, and the country became a
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slave trading center. But most of Mozambique was undeveloped until the
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1900's.
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