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TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION........ix FOREWORD.............................xi INTRODUCTION.........................xii CULTURAL PORTRAIT INFORMATION.......xiii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.....................xv PART I: CULTURAL PORTRAITS AFGHANISTAN..........................2 ALBANIA..............................4 ARGENTINA............................6 AUSTRALIA............................8 BANGLADESH...........................10 BHUTAN...............................12 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA...................14 BRAZIL...............................16 BULGARIA.............................18 BURUNDI..............................20 CAMBODIA.............................22 CANADA...............................24 CHILE................................26 CHINA................................28 COLOMBIA.............................30 CONGO, DR............................32 COSTA RICA...........................34 CROATIA..............................36 CUBA.................................38 CZECH REPUBLIC.......................40 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...................42 ECUADOR..............................44 EGYPT................................46 ETHIOPIA.............................48 FRANCE...............................50 GERMANY..............................52 GREECE...............................54 GUATEMALA............................56 HAITI................................58 HONDURAS.............................60 HUNGARY..............................62 INDIA................................64 INDONESIA............................66 IRAN.................................68 IRAQ.................................70 IRELAND..............................72 ISRAEL...............................74 ITALY................................76 JAMAICA..............................78 JAPAN................................80 JORDAN...............................82 KENYA................................84 KUWAIT...............................86 LAOS.................................88 LEBANON..............................90 LIBYA................................92 MEXICO...............................94 MYANMAR (BURMA)......................96 NETHERLANDS..........................98 NEW ZEALAND..........................100 NICARAGUA............................102 NIGERIA..............................104 NORWAY...............................106 PAKISTAN.............................108 PANAMA...............................110 PARAGUAY.............................112 PERU.................................114 PHILIPPINES..........................116 POLAND...............................118 PORTUGAL.............................120 PUERTO RICO..........................122 ROMANIA..............................124 RUSSIA...............................126 SAUDI ARABIA.........................128 SERBIA...............................130 SOUTH AFRICA.........................132 SOUTH KOREA..........................134 SPAIN................................136 SUDAN................................138 SWEDEN...............................140 SYRIA................................142 TAIWAN...............................144 THAILAND.............................146 TURKEY...............................148 UKRAINE..............................150 UNITED KINGDOM.......................152 UNITED STATES........................154 URUGUAY..............................156 VENEZUELA............................158 VIETNAM..............................160 PART II: EDUCATIONAL PROFILES........163 PRIMARY/SECONDARY EDUCATION..........166 TRANSCRIPT VOCABULAR.................214 POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.............218 PART III: GLOSSARY...................239 PART IV: APPENDICES..................305 ABBREVIATIONS........................306 A SYNOPTIC GLANCE AT WORLDCULTURES...307 ALPHABETS OF THE WORLD...............308 WORLD LITERACY.......................310 RANKING THE WORLDS’S UNIVERSITIES....314 SHANGHAI RANKING.....................315 POVERTY AND EDUCATION................317 DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME........318 DIETS AROUND THE WORLD...............319 GENDER GAP MAP.......................322 THE NUMBERS 1 – 100..................323 NUMERIC WORDS AND SYMBOLS............324 GOOD LUCK AND BAD LUCK NUMBERS.......325 UNDERSTANDING ARABIC NAMES...........328 TIME ZONE MAP OF THE WORLD...........330 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.................331 REFERENCES...........................335 ABOUT THE AUTHOR.....................337

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