Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Nation

Papua New Guinea, Independent State of

Capital: Port Moresby

Population: 6 million

Area: 174,849

Labor: agriculture-

85%

Religion: Catholic-

22%

Lutheran-

16%

Presbyterian-

8%

 Anglican-

5%

indigenous-

34%

 others-

15%

Papua New Guinea is on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea.

AIMS Prep

Quotation marks

            Use quotation marks to enclose a person’s exact words.

Example: Mother said, “I want you to go to bed.”

Do not begin the direct quotation with a capital letter if the quotation is a fragment.

Example: One critic called the movie “a stupid waste of time.”