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diff --git a/docs/tex/introduzione.tex b/docs/tex/introduzione.tex index b7de349..4eb9a1f 100644 --- a/docs/tex/introduzione.tex +++ b/docs/tex/introduzione.tex @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ continent, was first discovered by Europeans in 1497 with the expedition of John Cabot. The name ``Canada'' seems to have appeared first in the 16th century when Jacques Cartier, during his 3 voyages to the new world, heard a groups of natives speaking the Iroquoian language referring to a village as -``Kanada''\cite{history}. During the following centuries both French and British +``Kanata''\cite{history}. During the following centuries both French and British colonies were established which led to numerous conflicts the two between empires and the natives. The government of Canada was created with the proclamation of the Constitution Act in 1867, but the present the nationals @@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ were established only in 1999 because after since its first foundation the dominion had expanded multiple times. \subsection{The Flag of Canada} -\begin{wrapfigure}{r}{.4\textwidth} - \centering - \includegraphics[width=6cm]{res/images/flag_of_canada.pdf} - \caption{Current flag of Canada} -\end{wrapfigure} The current flag of Canada was created in 1964, when the government had an all-party parliamentary committee that prepare multiple designs. Before then Canada didn't have its own official flag but instead used either the English @@ -31,46 +26,40 @@ Union Jack or the Canadian Red Ensign, a red flag with a smaller Union Jack on the top left and an ensign on the right side. \begin{figure} \centering - \includegraphics[width=6cm]{res/images/canadian_red_ensign.pdf} - \caption{Canadian Red Ensign used before the introduction of the modern - design} + \begin{subfigure}[h]{.3\textwidth} + \includegraphics[width=6cm]{res/images/flag_of_canada.pdf} + \caption{Current flag of Canada} + \end{subfigure} + \qquad\qquad + \begin{subfigure}[h]{.3\textwidth} + \includegraphics[width=6cm]{res/images/canadian_red_ensign.pdf} + \caption{Canadian Red Ensign} + \end{subfigure} \end{figure} - The simplest design was chosen by the parliament and the current flag was adopted the 15 December 1964, just in time for the centennial celebration of the confederation 3 years later. -\section{Canadian Natives} +\subsection{Canadian Natives} Before the arrival of the Europeans the northern American continent was populated by various groups of indigenous peoples which today are referred as -First Nations or Premières Nations in French. There were 6 major tribes and -each one of them lived in a particular area of the continent, but they all -shared a similar culture and environment. First Nations lives were mostly -dependant on hunting and their social systems had evolved around it, each tribe -had a defined territory in which they were allowed to hunt and they were -socially connected through trading network. This situation was typical in the -northern area in the dark boreal forests were agriculture was very difficult. -On the other hand, tribes with settlements near the coast had a less nomadic -lifestyle that depended on fishing - -But some tribes living in -envirnomnets such as the Pacific Coast First Nation - +First Nations (Premières Nations in French) or sometime incorrectly as +Indians. Within what is today the Canadian border there were 6 major tribes and +each one of them lived in a particular area of the continent. +Each tribe had developed a particular culture based on the environment in which +they lived, for example on the west coast the Pacific Coast First Nation lived +wi -First Nations lived off mostly from -hunting with an advanced social sistem around it that defined territories -for each tribe. There was also a system of social orders -% tribes: % iroquian south fertile, for agricolture % woodland east boreal forest % plains ??? grassland, prairies % plateau south/north semi-desert, mountains, forest(north) % pacific coast west abundant salmon and shellfish, gigantic red cedar for building huge houses +% Mackenzie and Yukon River Basins ??? harsh environmnent, dark forests, +barren lands, swampy -% Mackenzie and Yukon River Basins ??? harsh environmnent, dark forests, barren lands, swampy - - +\iffalse \subsection{Modern Canada} Today Canada is a powerful country with its own currency, the Canadian Dollar (CAD), As 2016 one Canadian Dollar equals @@ -78,15 +67,14 @@ Today Canada is a powerful country with its own currency, the Canadian Dollar 0.76 Swiss Francs}. Canada's GDP (as Q2 2015) is more than twice ours (Switzerlands)\cite{swisseconomy} with a market price at 1'996'804 millions of Canadian dollars \cite{statscan:ecoimpexps} which roughly equals to 1.54 -millions of millions of Swiss francs. -In Canada there are many cultures that are currently living one beside -each other, the nations historic multicultural background shaped the society in +millions of millions of Swiss francs. In Canada there are many cultures that are +currently living one beside each other, the nations historic multicultural +background shaped the society in a way that is very - Its major economic trade partners are USA, UK and Germany. - +\fi \section{Natural resources} |