Government background France is a republic with a strong national government. Its present government, called the Fifth Republic, has been in effect since 1958. The First Republic was established in 1792. Between 1792 and 1958, the structure of the French government changed a number of times. France's national government has three branches. They are (1) an executive branch headed by a president and a prime minister, (2) a legislative branch consisting of a two-chamber Parliament, and (3) a judicial branch, or system of courts. France's Parliament consists of two houses, the National Assembly and the Senate. The National Assembly consists of 577 deputies, who are elected by the voters for five-year terms, unless an election is called earlier. The president has the power to dissolve the National Assembly and call for new elections. The Senate has 348 members. Senators are elected to six-year terms by r...
Sunni Islam is the most popular religion in Nigeria Nigeria has the largest Muslim population in West Africa.The CIA estimates over 50% of the population is Muslim while the BBC estimated in 2007 that slightly over 50% of the population is Muslim. Muslims in Nigeria are predominantly Sunnis of the Maliki school of thought. Islam was introduced to Nigeria through two geographical routes: North Africa and the Senegalese Basin. The origins of Islam in the country is linked with the development of Islam in the wider West Africa. Trade was the major connecting link that brought Islam into Nigeria. Islam grew in North-East Nigeria, in particular, the Kanem empire as a result of trade between Kanem and Northern African regions of Fezzan , Egypt and Cyrenaica in the eleventh century. Muslim merchants from the North sometimes remained in settlements along trade routes, this merchant class would later preach the ...
Day One Assignment - Create your first blog post How to Join our class Blog Open your school gmail account You're looking for an email from "The Thompson" the subject will say "You have been invited to contribute to Thompson 5th Period Geo" If this email is not in your inbox check your spam on the left menu select "more" choose spam if the email is there open it and select "report not spam" now go back to your inbox where the email will be Open the email and select "accept invitation" this will open a new page to the blog Again, select "accept invitation" You should see a page that looks like this and you should move on to creating your first post. How to Create your first post On the left side choose "+ New Post" Title it [your country's name] introduction. ex: Canada Introduction go to the website: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ Choose your country from the list Copy the image...
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