Tuesday,
September 4
Koeppen's Classification of Climates
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Tropical humid climates
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Dry climates
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Subtropical climates
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Temperate climates
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Boreal climates
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Polar Climates
Languages spoken by more than 50 million
people (1998)
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Mandarin Chinese (1,070 million people)
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English (508)
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Hindi (497)
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Spanish (392)
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Russian (277)
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Arabic (246)
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Bengali (211)
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Portuguese (191)
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Malaysian-Indonesian (159)
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French (129)
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German (128)
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Japanese (126)
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Urdu (105)
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Punjabi (94)
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Korean (78)
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Telugu (76)
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Tamul (74)
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Marathi (71)
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Cantonese (71)
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Wu (70)
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Vietnamese (67)
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Javanese (64)
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Italian (63)
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Turkish (61)
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Filipino (58)
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Thai (52)
Religions of the world
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Christianity
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World of Judaism"
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Islam
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Buddhism
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Hinduism
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Sikhism
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Taoism
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Ba'hai
| Religion |
Millions of followers
(1998) |
| Agnostics and atheists |
906.90
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| Baha'is |
6.77
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| Buddhists |
353.80
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| Christians |
1,943.00
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| Confucianists |
6.20
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| Hindus |
761.60
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| Jains |
3.90
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| Jews |
14.10
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| Muslims |
1164.60
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| Traditional Chinese Religions |
379.10
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| Sikhs |
22.30
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| Shintoists |
2.79
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| Others |
101.27
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Who's' rich?
| Country |
GDP per capita $000's (2001) |
| Norway |
39.4 |
| Switzerland |
39.4 |
| Japan |
38.0 |
| USA |
37.9 |
| Denmark |
34.8 |
| Sweden |
31.0 |
| Ireland |
29.8 |
| Finland |
28.1 |
| Austria |
27.7 |
| Germany |
27.1 |
| The Netherlands |
26.9 |
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