The Philippines

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The Philippines
By Lee Podolski and Ayesha Ekanayake
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Location
-The geographical, physical and natural situation
of a place.

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• The Natural resources of the Philippines are
  timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold,
  salt, and copper

• The Capitol of the Philippines is Manila

• The Philippines are located in southeastern Asia.
  It is an archipelago between the Philippine Sea
  and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam .
• Its Geographic coordinates 13 00 N, 122 00 E

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Place

• The Philippines Official Size
• total 300,000 sq km
• water 1,830 sq km
• land 298,170 sq km

• Official Population 84,525,639
• Republic of the Philippines
• Celebrations Fiestas for Independence, State
  hood and National Holidays

• Religions Roman Catholic 83 Protestant 9
  Muslim 5 Buddhist and other 3

• Nationality Filipino
• Ethnic Groups Christian Malay 91.5, Muslim
  Malay 4 Chinese 1.5, other 3

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• National holiday Independence Day (from
  Spain), 12 June (1898) note - 12 June 1898 is
  the date of independence from Spain, 4 July 1946
  is the date of independence from the US

• MusicFilipino music includes ancient melodies
  played on cleverly made bamboo flutes or on
  century-old bronze gongs. Filipino music also
  includes concerts by symphonies or rock music by
  local bands. Many lively songs and dances,
  accompanied by guitars, reflect a Spanish
  influence.

• The Schools in the Philippines are set up in
  communities and kids are taught by teachers in
  the community. Universities are more advanced and
  some are international universities.

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• About 37 of the Philippines is covered by forest
  or woodland.
• Among the trees are the banyan, many varieties of
  palm, trees yielding rubber, and many indigenous
  trees with extremely hard wood such as apitong,
  yacal, lauan, camagón, ipil, white and red narra,
  and mayapis.
• Bamboo and cinnamon, clove, and pepper plants
  grow wild, as do numerous species of orchid.
• The most important animals are the domesticated
  water buffalo called the carabao, several species
  of deer, wild and domesticated pigs, the
  mongoose, and a variety of humped cattle.
• Reptiles are numerous, and the islands contain
  about 760 species of birds, including colorful
  parrots.

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The Climate in the Philippines is tropical!!
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Relationship In Places
-How people react with their environment.

• The economy of the Philippines is predominantly
  agricultural, although manufacturing has grown
  considerably since 1945.
• According to the constitution, all land and water
  in the public domain and all natural resources
  are state-owned and can be exploited only by
  Philippine citizens or organizations controlled
  by Philippine citizens.
• Jobs are mostly in the agriculture industry.
  Their natural resources are mainly of the land
  and they use these land resources to support
  their economy.

• Some economic issues are that the country exports
  locally produced marijuana and hashish to East
  Asia, the US, and other Western markets serves
  as a transit point for heroin and crystal
  methamphetamines.

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• HistoryThe islands were first seen in March
  1521, when the Portugese navigator Ferdinand
  Magellan discovered them during his
  circumnavigation of the earth in the service of
  Spain.
• The first humans in the Philippine Islands are
  thought to have come from China and the Malayan
  Archipelago some 250,000 years ago, during the
  Ice Age, but few remains from that time have been
  discovered.
• Their Independence Day (from Spain) is June 12,
  1898.

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Movement

• -How People Move and Transport Goods
• Railways total 897 km narrow gauge 897 km
  1.067-m gauge (405 km are not in operation)
  (2001)
• Highways total 199,950 km paved 39,590 km
  unpaved 160,360 km (1998 est.)
• Waterways 3,219 km
• Ports and harbors The Philippines have many
  ports and harbors for waterway commerce.

The main percent of the population lives on or
very near the coast.
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• Communication
• The Philippines have a good telephone system
  that has good international coverage.
• The domestic service is good overall also. They
  have a good information relay system by use of
  radio and a fair television system in cities.

• Customs of the Philippines
• The customs of the land have been passed down
  through national celebrations and through their
  national religion, Christianity.

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Regions

• Their Government Type Republic

Unique characteristics of the Philippines and
tourist attractions

• Tales of lost cities, submerged ancient ruins,
  and peculiar creatures abound beneath the calm,
  murky surface of many lakes. The Philippines are
  a very interesting tourist spot.
• The Philippines are a series of many islands so
  it is broken up into natural regions with the
  break-up of the islands.

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Bibliography
Latin America Webquest Page
http//alpha.psd.k12.co.us/staff/amron/TakeaTripto
LatinAmerica(no_connections).htm
CIA World Factbook Fact Info.
http//www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos
/rp.html
Philippines Web Page Culture
http//www.psusd.k12.ca.us/pshs/student/mary/mary/
intro.htm