how many month we have to live in 15 years old house i can save capital gain that is my principal residence

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- sold 1 resident & 1 rental - use the proceed to buy 1 primary residence - sold that one and bought another smaller place as primary residence so how long do you have to live in the last house to avoid capital gains tax? i really need the website that details the rules. all i can find is for the simple one conversion.

5 years to protect it all. Anything less is prorated, with a minimum of 2 years with a proration of 40%. (you only pay tax on 60%) The prorating is fairly new, anyone who has not sold for awhile may not realize it. There were too many tax cheats, the IRS cracked down.

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I will try not to waffle, my partner and i want to sell our three bedroom house that we currently live in because my two elder children are coming to live with us and the house we are in is no longer big enough. we have put our house on the market but the kids will probably be moving in with us before the property sells, so we will move into a rental property. my question is, will we have to pay capital gains tax if our house sells and we are not living in it? i know that at the moment we will not have to pay capital gains tax if it sells while we are living in it as our main place of residence, will this change if we rent while it is on the market? thank you.

If you are currently entitled to the main residence exemption for the entire period you have owned your home, and you do not purchase another dwelling (and treat it as your main residence) before your current one sells, and you rent the property out while waiting for it to sell, then you are still entitled to the exemption for up to 6 years of income producing. I would advise you to get some professional Taxation Advice in regards to what you can claim as deductions on the property while renting it out, and the consequences of some of those deductions. eg: Capital works, Depreciation... Here is a link to an ATO CGT calculator which you can use to calculate any assessable gain. http://calculators.ato.gov.au/scripts/axos/axos.asp?CONTEXT=&KBS=CGT_and_real_property.XR4&go=ok And info for treating a dwelling as your main residence after moving out. http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/content.asp?doc=/content/36887.htm

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Hello everyone! i am 22 and turning 23 in august. my dream is to open a cafe with delious pastries from all around the world. i have a dream and i want to complete it when i am 30 or atleast begin it. i want to know how to start it. i have always knew i wanted to own my own bakery. during high school i took business classes and when i was out i needed to get capital for school to study but that didnt work out well. i am 5ft 1 and i thought being a flight attendant would be fun and i could travel and learn about the foods out there in the united states and make money too. it worked out some i learn some new foods but i didnt get the capital i needed. i had a joint account with my mother and she took it all leaving me with only 3000 well i had to use it to pay off my 5,000 college tuition that i owed because my pell took back everything it gave me to go to school cause i dropped my classes and hope also took it all so i was left with a bill. and before that i had left my job because i need to go home and take care of my family and i couldnt deal with the stress my family was giving me. well i paid half and still have debt to pay . lucky for me there was a lady who told me about a school near me and i used hope again and pell to go to it and wia and studied accounting (mostly cause my parent were mad when i said i want to learn to cook) i thought it was great it was easy to do and i can learn the accounting part for my future. i learned about the computer part in high school . well now i am 22 and i dont know how to cook and i can bake a few things but i dont feel like i am ready to start my own bakery. i only have a 7 more years before my deadline that i put for myself. i want to know how can i do it. i thought i could go back to being a flight attendant but i cant find a job there . that really the only job i like and i would like a job similar to it too. i dont want to change jobs anymore. i just want a job similar to being a flight attendant that i can stay with for the next 8 year + . so i can gain capital and look out for new pastries and old pastries out there. if you know of any job like that can you tell me please! i also would like to know where can i learn to cook for very cheap? do you know if there is a bakery that needs help in the georgia area ( i looking for a place to live so anywhere is fine as long as i can find a job near it) do you know any place i can find recipe to try or recipe you want to try but would rather have someone else try it first? please let me know i want to try it! i dont spoil food i have brothers to eat it !!! also i want to make mille-feuille its a pastry from france. if anyone know some home made recipe i would love to hear it. i found some online and will try it.

Being a small business owner is the hardest work you could possible imagine. It's so tough that 9 out of 10 small businesses fail. You need a huge amount of money and many years of experience to even begin. The first thing you need to do is graduate from culinary school. You have to know how to work in a professional kitchen before you even consider moving forward as a business owner. Second you need to gain experience by working in a restaurant as a bakery chef or for a caterer or bakery. Work your way through school. Graduate. Get all the experience you can. after about 5 years of real professional experience you can start to think about your own business. Then you'll need to go back to school to learn how to be a small business owner so you can be successful at what you do. Give up the 7 year plan and just work it on whatever timeline happens. If it takes 12 or even 15 years so what, you've still achieved your goal.

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Previously their was an article, small one about her recent talk in hong kong giving one of those brilliant speeches she gives. she is such a smart women. going to china i bet she knew more about us policy than obama! sept. 23 was a hazy day in hong kong. it's unlikely that sarah palin could have gazed across the city's harbor, past the mountains of the new territories, and spied mainland china in the distance. secluded inside the grand hyatt hotel, behind a tight cordon of security and a sea of hobnobbing fund managers, she may not even have seen much of hong kong itself. related photos a farewell look at sarah palin photos the fashion looks of sarah palin more related sarah palin goes to asia where palin made her name look who’s talking: palin opens up palin was in the big lychee on her first visit to asia, delivering her first major speech abroad at a high-profile conference of bankers and regional finance executives. a reported 1,100 delegates crammed into the ballroom to hear her champion "commonsense conservatism" and reaganomics and offer commentary on asian geopolitics. but if this luncheon keynote address was the former alaska governor's first credential-burnishing step toward a 2012 presidential bid, it was made with the pesky media well at arm's length. all press were barred from the event, reportedly at the request of palin's camp. details of her remarks have been pieced together from interviews with delegates who were in attendance, tweets from inside the ballroom and a few private recordings of the proceedings that were obtained by news agencies. neither spokespersons for palin or clsa asia-pacific markets, the investment firm sponsoring the conference, were willing to disclose palin's itinerary in asia. (see the top 10 sarah palin spoofs.) though dubbed "a conversation with sarah palin," the event turned out to be more of a monologue. she spoke for almost 90 minutes, all the way to 2 p.m., when the session was supposed to end. as an attendee said while walking out, "she clearly wanted to keep talking so there'd be no questions." the moderator did ask her a few questions, but that part of the program lasted less than 10 minutes. (see pictures of sarah palin.) she did make a few memorable pronouncements, for example, "i don't like excessive partisanship." addressing the financial crisis, she declared there was no need for new regulation: "lack of government wasn't the problem. government policies were the problem. the markets didn't fail. government failed." palin reportedly called for the elimination of capital gains and estate taxes, decried state overspending and, supposedly without mentioning u.s. president barack obama by name, criticized his efforts to widen government involvement in health care. she rattled off a few terms of financial art but did not address the issues facing the markets for long, saying, "that's for next time." (see what sarah palin is planning next.) palin did not shy away from addressing asia and its politics. she hit the republican talking points on china, warning against protectionism and expressing concern about china's military buildup. "we hope for china to rise responsibly," a delegate posting to twitter live from the speech quoted palin as saying. she also spoke of the u.s.'s historic role in securing prosperity and stability in the region and expressed a conviction that the u.s. could help steer beijing toward democracy. still, according to many delegates, palin's home state of alaska dominated the talk. "she rambled on about the place for ages," says an indian banker with a major u.s. firm. "palin even talked about alaska's land bridges with asia and how animals once went across." based on a recording it reviewed, the wall street journal says palin invoked her husband todd's eskimo heritage as a sign of shared "bloodlines" between the continents. palin's audience was a mostly sympathetic throng of high-flying executives and fund managers from more than 32 countries, responsible for some $10 trillion worth of assets among themselves. while they welcomed her support for strong free-market policies, some of the executives in the crowd were not entirely convinced. "[palin] displayed a mixture of commonsense prudence and a bit of naiveté when it comes to finance," says a london-based fund manager (most delegates spoke anonymously due to the confidentiality policies of their companies). "surely, we know now not all things are better left to the market." after stepping down as governor earlier this year, palin has allegedly received more than 1,000 speaking invitations. some speculate that she was well remunerated by clsa, though the company spokeswoman, simone wheeler, refused to comment on the question of a fee. the clsa investors' forum has a rich tradition of bringing in leading global — and often american — figures, such as bill clinton, al gore and archbishop desmond tutu. preceding palin as top-of-the-bill speakers on monday and tuesday were the harvard financial historian niall ferguson and robert fisk, a veteran british correspondent in the middle east. "our speakers do not fit a specific formula," says wheeler. "we just want to present our forum with newsmakers, with people who think outside the box. we want to air their virgin views." but as the foreign press flapped about palin (and the lack of access to her), few in the local cantonese media — or most hong kongers, in general — seemed to care. few representatives from hong kong's tabloid-driven press stood in the forlorn journalist pen outside the hotel. shown a picture of palin, a woman surnamed ng, who operated a food stand near the grand hyatt, professed to not know who she was. "if she is rich and famous, then maybe she goes shopping nearby," said ng from behind her counter. "afterward, she can come eat my fishballs." for all you libbies asking why she didn't leave room for questions or let the story be recorded, it's cus she doesn't want foreign people questioning her ok! deal with it she is amazing!. she is so smart you don't need to go to harvard tyo be as smart as she is she inspires me and makes me happy and i think thats why you should vote for her cus shes a maverick and she's gonna whip things up!

Yes, she is smart.

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About 10 years ago, my mother put my sister's name on the deeds of her house and wrote a will which left me her half and assumed that her house would eventually be divided equally between her 2 children. the reason my sister's name was put on to the deeds no longer exists. during this entire time my mother has continued to live at her home alone. does this qualify as a gift with reservation? recently, my mother has been considering selling her home, however, she has been given conflicting advice. she has been told that she may have to give half the money from the sale to my sister who will then have to pay capital gains tax. if this is true then is she liable for the capital gains tax rate that was in place at the time the gift was made or the rate at the time the sale is completed? my mother is now feeling extremely trapped and very confused as we all thought that if she has carried on living in her home this entire time (despite the gift being made more than 7 years ago) then it is still hers and that upon her death it would be entirely liable for inheritance tax. until recently we were only concerned that her will might not be sufficient as it currently stands to ensure her assets are divided equally between her 2 children. please advise as we don't know how to proceed.

If your sister is named co-owner of the property than your mother can not sell the house with the consent of your sister. If your sister consents to the sale of the house, she is entitled to half of the proceeds and will have to pay capital gains tax, unless she buys another house which is her main residence. Should your mother die before the sale of the house, then you sister is entitled to half of the value of he house and the others named in the will have to share the other half (which is your mothers legal half). Inheritance tax would only have to be paid on your mothers half, as the other half already belongs to your sister. I suggest you have ownership changed to your mothers name, then sell the house. What is not clear in your post, if your mother is looking for another property as her main home, otherwise she is liable for capital gains tax

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I want to have an honest opinion and changes if possible. thanks!! :) days 1-5 belgium i will first travel to brussels. it is the country capital which is located in the middle of the country. the people that live there are french, dutch or german from what i know of. most of the people speak german or french and that means i would have to study a little german or french. the others speak dutch or another language. one of the famous sights that i will go to is the grande place. it is south west of brussels. the sight is a building and a garden changes every two years mostly made by flowers. some times early in the morning, salespeople sell the same flowers in the garden. that is the first place i would want to go to. the last place i would want to go to is the centre cartophile de bruxelles. that is the souvenir store were i can buy agricultural samples of soil, rocks, statues, etc. the life expansion for most people here is an overall of 79.22 years. for male it is 76.06 and for female it is 82.53 years. they are very healthy and live a long time from what is says. the food production is pretty low considering that permanent crops are only 0.69%. most of the food source comes from factories and small farm owners. the natural recourses are mostly construction materials, silica sand, carbonates. the downfall to that is they will maybe soon run out of the natural resources like they did with coal. in 1830 belgium finally gained independence from the dutch. this country has been good so far on its own. the average person in belgium would make around 1000 to 2000 euros or 2900 us dollars in a month. the employment is very successful. belgium imports mainly machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment and oil products. the exports witch is the natural resources are world wide and associate with everyone and country. when i do get there i really need to exchange my united states money for euro. that would be 68 cents of euro from one united states dollar. that would mean i would cut my money in half technically. i would have to spend about six united states dollars for a sandwich. belgians have a couple religions and forms of christianity. i would like to see how they worship their god and have celebrations. there are still some bad parts of belgium but the people are making it better by the second. the country is still very rich in wealth and feeling. i would like to see how that happens when they see someone who looks, believes, acts, and talks differently than them. there are many air ports so i can get home and to think of it, it is almost like a second america but in deferent ways. i just hope i can get to a different airport on my journey into a different country, state, city and town in the 5 days given to me.

It's pretty good! I like that you included every little detail. Just try to be a tiny bit more specific about everything in general. And in your last paragraph, airports is 1 word, not 2. Also, in the last paragraph, the first "different" is spelled wrong. Try to use spell check, and remember to vary your word and sentence types. Good luck!

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Okay, here is the first few pages of it, its actually sci-fi/romance/thriller sort of thing and is based on a teenage girl. i wrote this last month and then lost interest and now again i gained it back but, i just want to know genuinely is if this is too boring...all comments are welcome:) prologue the world we live in has had many pioneers .they all grew up, like every other boy or girl on this planet. none of them knew about their destinies while they were still children. however, as they grew up, that ancient power that has governed us all since time immemorial lead them to their foretold destinies. by the time they had all grown up, they were all aware of the daring feat they were going to perform. neil armstrong...yuri gagarin....edmund hillary (along with ten zing norway) knew of the impossible task they were about to perform before they did it. they had all asked for it, they were prepared to face their challenge, with years of training, dedication, perspiration to backup their burning desires and were all equipped to undertake their maiden journeys for humanity. all of them, except…..for one particular girl. she had none of the so called training, expertise or desire to undertake, what would be the world’s greatest achievement. perhaps the best of us don’t need any of those or maybe they don’t deserve it, or it could be just that she won herself this opportunity through sheer luck or misfortune depending on the way you consider it. such was the plight of your normal, ordinary, everyday teenager living in the land of the tallest building in the entire world. it was as many would term an upcoming city, others called it the happening city and whichever way you’d prefer to call it, this place could probably be in a few years as established as tokyo, singapore, or paris. i am talking about none other than dubai, sounds odd doesn’t it, well….did you strike a few chords? you may or may not have for all i can tell, but at the moment, our story begins not in dubai but in its neighboring emirate and capital of the united arab emirates, abu dhabi. chapter-1 natalie sat up in bed, awake and alert as ever. the day’s first rays of sunlight had just creeped into her bedroom, through the slit in her curtain, leaving all of its contents gleaming with early morning subtleness. her eyes were all groggy from staying up late last night, and wasting the credit on her cell phone. talking was apparently, what she thought her talent was. she could blab on anything and everything, at anytime and circumstance. though oddly enough she preferred solitude as well, after a long episode of conversation. her instinctive desire to communicate and befriend, easily contributed to her charisma. stumbling out of bed and towards the curtains she drew them apart and opened the latch of the window, looking around, carefully taking in the astounding view of the cornice and the beach it receded into, a little further. her gaze lingered upon the azure waters of the gulf, calm and composed as usual, with the sun’s orange blaze illuminating its benign surface. the wind was blowing directly onto her face causing her bangs to flutter. it was cool, but not humid or misty as she thought it should have been at this hour. she now looked below and watched the people from various strata of life scattering like tiny little insects, which was normal when you looked down from the 16th floor of your apartment. among the people were many schoolchildren, bickering with each other, obviously for some lame reason she would not know about. their attention was diverted when the school bus arrived and they hopped on, without further argument. it looked cute...ok what am i saying...i am no grandma…. the bus didn’t move even after they had gotten in. it appeared to be waiting for someone. natalie moved on to examining the long chain of parks just below her building, running parallel to the cornice, road and the line of apartments including hers. she stared once more at the bus; it stayed there for five more seconds and left off in a hurry. suddenly, she felt alarmed, she didn’t quite understand why. her sub conscious mind seemed to do so. her conscience tried to wrap around the reason for which she felt like she did just then. there was nothing particularly wrong with today, the sun had risen on time, the alarm clock, as usual didn’t bother to spare her ear drums today as well, the people outside also merged in with the beginning of another september and she had definitely woken up quite enthusiastically ,so whats different about today? annoyed by the fact that she failed to notice something, she stared at the place where the bus had been….the bus…the bus!!! suddenly, dumbfounded by her slack realization, she whirled around and gawked at the alarm clock. “oh…my…god..!!”, she shrieked. it read 6:45 and not 5:45 lik

haha I like it! especially the introduction, it had me hungry for more :) the one critique I have is your use of commas...but a lot of people have trouble with that, so don't worry too much! please keep writing!

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Here is an excerpt (the entire article is available at http://oneutah.org/2010/04/24/imagi ne-if-the-tea-party-was-black-tim-w ise/) : “let’s play a game, shall we? the name of the game is called “imagine.” the way it’s played is simple: we’ll envision recent happenings in the news, but then change them up a bit. instead of envisioning white people as the main actors in the scenes we’ll conjure – the ones who are driving the action – we’ll envision black folks or other people of color instead. the object of the game is to imagine the public reaction to the events or incidents, if the main actors were of color, rather than white. whoever gains the most insight into the workings of race in america, at the end of the game, wins. so let’s begin. imagine that hundreds of black protesters were to descend upon washington dc and northern virginia, just a few miles from the capitol and white house, armed with ak-47s, assorted handguns, and ammunition. and imagine that some of these protesters —the black protesters — spoke of the need for political revolution, and possibly even armed conflict in the event that laws they didn’t like were enforced by the government? would these protester — these black protesters with guns — be seen as brave defenders of the second amendment, or would they be viewed by most whites as a danger to the republic? what if they were arab-americans? because, after all, that’s what happened recently when white gun enthusiasts descended upon the nation’s capital, arms in hand, and verbally announced their readiness to make war on the country’s political leaders if the need arose. imagine that white members of congress, while walking to work, were surrounded by thousands of angry black people, one of whom proceeded to spit on one of those congressmen for not voting the way the black demonstrators desired. would the protesters be seen as merely patriotic americans voicing their opinions, or as an angry, potentially violent, and even insurrectionary mob? after all, this is what white tea party protesters did recently in washington. imagine that a rap artist were to say, in reference to a white president: “he’s a piece of shit and i told him to suck on my machine gun.” because that’s what rocker ted nugent said recently about president obama. imagine that a prominent mainstream black political commentator had long employed an overt bigot as executive director of his organization, and that this bigot regularly participated in black separatist conferences, and once assaulted a white person while calling them by a racial slur. when that prominent black commentator and his sister — who also works for the organization — defended the bigot as a good guy who was misunderstood and “going through a tough time in his life” would anyone accept their excuse-making? would that commentator still have a place on a mainstream network? because that’s what happened in the real world, when pat buchanan employed as executive director of his group, america’s cause, a blatant racist who did all these things, or at least their white equivalents: attending white separatist conferences and attacking a black woman while calling her the n-word. imagine that a black radio host were to suggest that the only way to get promoted in the administration of a white president is by “hating black people,” or that a prominent white person had only endorsed a white presidential candidate as an act of racial bonding, or blamed a white president for a fight on a school bus in which a black kid was jumped by two white kids, or said that he wouldn’t want to kill all conservatives, but rather, would like to leave just enough—“living fossils” as he called them—“so we will never forget what these people stood for.” after all, these are things that rush limbaugh has said, about barack obama’s administration, colin powell’s endorsement of barack obama, a fight on a school bus in belleville, illinois in which two black kids beat up a white kid, and about liberals, generally. imagine that a black pastor, formerly a member of the u.s. military, were to declare, as part of his opposition to a white president’s policies, that he was ready to “suit up, get my gun, go to washington, and do what they trained me to do.” this is, after all, what pastor stan craig said recently at a tea party rally in greenville, south carolina.”

Hypocrisy

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I know you guys are going to say i should do this myself because it looks like homework, but its just a review, and i've been in the hospital for 2 weeks from a really bad allergic reaction and i'm kind of behind and i need to catch up before the end of the year and i'm having trouble, so if you could help that would be great. also, thanks in advance to anyone who helps me. (: 1. what is the main reason many people stop working on farms in mexico? poor health not enough farm work new labor laws land is too valuable 2. a problem facing all people living in mexico city is increased pollution. having only a few farms. a lack of education. no place to buy food. 3. during the civil war that began in guatemala about 1960, _________________. the mayas gained political power. the mayas benefitted from land reform. many mayas lost all of their belongings. the mayas agreed to share political power. 4. most of the land in guatemala belongs to indigenous people. foreign investors. a few rich families. the government. 5. the panama canal is the only way to sail from the pacific ocean to the atlantic ocean without going around cuba. north america. hispaniola. south america. 6. which statement best describes the panama canal? its entire length is at sea level. the workers who built the canal were mostly from panama. it is thousands of miles long. ships pass through the panama canal at all hours all year long. 7. what event in 1959 changed the relationship between cuba and the united states? cuba's sugar production dropped. cuba became popular as a tourist resort. fulgencio batista came to power. fidel castro came to power. 8. which of the following statements about modern cuba is true? most cubans are rich. the majority of cubans cannot read. the economy is near collapse. some businesses are now privately owned and run. 9. haiti is the only nation in the americas formed when it fought the dominican republic for independence. from a successful revolt of enslaved africans. when spain granted the country independence. by democratic means. 10. why is it hard for farmers to grow crops in haiti? jean-bertrand aristide does not support farming in haiti. it is illegal to grow most crops. the land has been overused and the topsoil washed away. most of the farmers left. 11. the ancestry of most puerto rican people is a combination of african and spanish. american and french. italian and portuguese. mexican and spanish. 12. why did the government of brazil move the country's capital? portugal took over the old capital. brazil wanted to encourage people to move to the coast of the country. brazil wanted to encourage people to move to the interior parts of the country. there was too much pollution in the old capital. 13. which expression best describes the climate of the selva? cold and dry cold and wet hot and dry hot and wet 14. what is unusual about the islands of lake titicaca? the islands sink and then reappear every one to two weeks. the islands contain some of the richest farmland in peru. the islands were made by native americans from totora reeds. the islands are home to a rare species of tropical lizard. 15. farmers in chile raise a variety of fruits and vegetables. only coffee beans. only potatoes. grass and small shrubs. 16. until recently, chile's economy depended heavily upon mineral exports. fishing. farming. manufacturing products for export. 17. what caused many venezuelans to lose their jobs in the mid–1980s? several years of violence a military takeover of the government poor weather for growing crops a drop in the price of oil

Happy to help constructively, but I think the onus is on you to indicate which answer you think is correct for each question and invite comment from people when you have done that..... then at least we know you are having a go at the learning/ reasoning part of the exercise which is easily as important as getting the right answer...

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1. what is the main reason many people stop working on farms in mexico? * poor health * not enough farm work * new labor laws * land is too valuable 2. a problem facing all people living in mexico city is * increased pollution. * having only a few farms. * a lack of education. * no place to buy food. 3. during the civil war that began in guatemala about 1960, _________________. * the mayas gained political power. * the mayas benefitted from land reform. * many mayas lost all of their belongings. * the mayas agreed to share political power. 4. most of the land in guatemala belongs to * indigenous people. * foreign investors. * a few rich families. * the government. 5. the panama canal is the only way to sail from the pacific ocean to the atlantic ocean without going around * cuba. * north america. * hispaniola. * south america. 6. which statement best describes the panama canal? * its entire length is at sea level. * the workers who built the canal were mostly from panama. * it is thousands of miles long. * ships pass through the panama canal at all hours all year long. 7. what event in 1959 changed the relationship between cuba and the united states? * cuba's sugar production dropped. * cuba became popular as a tourist resort. * fulgencio batista came to power. * fidel castro came to power. 8. which of the following statements about modern cuba is true? * most cubans are rich. * the majority of cubans cannot read. * the economy is near collapse. * some businesses are now privately owned and run. 9. haiti is the only nation in the americas formed * when it fought the dominican republic for independence. * from a successful revolt of enslaved africans. * when spain granted the country independence. * by democratic means. 10. why is it hard for farmers to grow crops in haiti? * jean-bertrand aristide does not support farming in haiti. * it is illegal to grow most crops. * the land has been overused and the topsoil washed away. * most of the farmers left. 11. the ancestry of most puerto rican people is a combination of * african and spanish. * american and french. * italian and portuguese. * mexican and spanish. 12. why did the government of brazil move the country's capital? * portugal took over the old capital. * brazil wanted to encourage people to move to the coast of the country. * brazil wanted to encourage people to move to the interior parts of the country. * there was too much pollution in the old capital. 13. which expression best describes the climate of the selva? * cold and dry * cold and wet * hot and dry * hot and wet 14. what is unusual about the islands of lake titicaca? * the islands sink and then reappear every one to two weeks. * the islands contain some of the richest farmland in peru. * the islands were made by native americans from totora reeds. * the islands are home to a rare species of tropical lizard. 15. farmers in chile raise * a variety of fruits and vegetables. * only coffee beans. * only potatoes. * grass and small shrubs. 16. until recently, chile's economy depended heavily upon * mineral exports. * fishing. * farming. * manufacturing products for export. 17. what caused many venezuelans to lose their jobs in the mid–1980s? * several years of violence * a military takeover of the government * poor weather for growing crops * a drop in the price of oil

1.Not enough farm work 2.Increased pollution 3.Many mayans lost all of their belongings 4. A few rich families 5. South America 6. Ships pass through the Panama Canal at all hours all year long. 7.Fidel Castro came to power. 8.Some businesses are now privately owned and run. 9.from a successful revolt of enslaved Africans. 10.The land has been overused and the topsoil washed away. 11.African and Spanish. 12.Brazil wanted to encourage people to move to the interior parts of the country. 13.hot and wet 14.The islands were made by Native Americans from totora reeds. 15.a variety of fruits and vegetables. 16.mineral exports. 17.a drop in the price of oil