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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...er.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
3: '''Bagpipes''' are a class of [[musical instrument]], [[aerophone]]s using enclosed [[re...
16: A bagpipe consists of an airtight bag, which can supply a continuous stream of air. Air is suppli...
18: ...ow [[oboe]]-like sound, while chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighter sound.
23: ...etterpress of Donald MacDonald's Martial Music of Caledonia, written by an unknown Romantic. However, ... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
5: ... of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor...
11: ...Martenszen van Rosenvelt]] who emigrated to [[New Amsterdam]] ([[Manhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s. ...
16: ...here I can look at you most of my waking hours! I can't kiss you [in person] so I kiss your picture go...
20: ... perform at [[Constitution Hall]] in Washington because of her skin color. Mrs. Roosevelt arranged fo... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
3: ...5]], [[1882]] - [[September 27]], [[1960]]) was a campaigner in the [[suffragette]] movement.
7: ...ork full-time with the [[Women's Social and Political Union]] with her sister [[Christabel Pankhurst|C...
9: ...''[[Women's Dreadnought]]'', which subsequently became the ''[[Workers Dreadnought]]''.
15: ...meetings of the International in [[Russia]] and [[Amsterdam]] and also meetings of the Italian Socialist Part...
17: ...ew Times and Ethiopia News]]'' in [[1936]], and became a supporter of [[Haile Selassie]]. She raised f... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
7: ...retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became leader of the Dutch female track and field team...
11: ...k. A swimming coach advised her to do athletics because there were already several top swimmers in the...
15: ...ith two other jumpers) while the Dutch relay team came fifth in the final (the sixth team in the final...
17: ...p to the preparations. The Olympics were formally cancelled on May 2, 1940, a week before the Netherla...
25: ...n 1941, Dutch media automatically "concluded" her career would be over. Top female athletes who were m... - Tapestry (2919 bytes)
3: ...f [[silk]], [[wool]], [[gold]] or [[silver]], but can also be made out of any form of textile.
5: ...sts have produced tapestries. The 'blueprints' on cartboard were made by a famous artist, while the ta...
7: ...in [[canvas work]] or [[needlepoint]], probably because this type of [[embroidery]] mimics the woven e...
10: ... [[church]]es, it could be displayed on special occasions.
15: ...e [[Religion|religious]] and [[Mythology|mythological]] images, [[hunting]] scenes are the subject of ... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...|alphabetically]], [[List of national capitals|by capital city]], [[List of countries by population|by...
5: '''Countries listed by [[continent]] and their [[capital]]s:'''
7: ==[[Africa]]==
8: Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more cont...
15: *[[Cameroon]] (also spelled Cameroun) - [[Yaound靝 - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
1: ...(politics)|capital]]s''' of the world in alphabetical order.
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
5: *[[list of capitals of subnational entities]]
6: *[[list of historical national capitals]]
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official) - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...11;[[1795]]). After the Napoleonic era, Holland became a mere province of the Kingdom and was split in...
11: image_map = LocationNetherlands.png |
15: capital = [[Amsterdam]]. [[The Hague]] is the seat of government |
17: largest_city = [[Amsterdam]] |
36: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $29,412 | - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] |
36: ...U.S. state|state]] of the [[United States of America]] and has the U.S. postal abbreviation of '''NJ''...
39: ...ork|New York State]] and had its capital at [[New Amsterdam]], now known as [[New York City]]. Some of southw...
41: ...English Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|Sir George Carteret]] and [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley o...
43: ...r, was gifted a large tract of land in North America henceforth known as New Jersey. - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
1: ... separatists who sailed from Europe to North America in the early [[17th century]], in search of a hom...
3: ...e in [[Scrooby]] and sailed to [[Amsterdam]] to escape religious persecution at the hands of their cou...
5: ...r the [[United States|Americas]]. These people became known as the [[Pilgrims|Pilgrim Fathers]].
10: ...e [[Congregational church|Congregationalism]] advocated by Brewster and others.
12: ...ded destination was a section of land in the area called Northern [[Virginia]] granted by one of the B... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]] founded
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
24: *[[1626]]-[[New Amsterdam]] founded by the Dutch in present-day [[New York ...
50: ...]] grants charter for a new colony, [[Province of Carolina]]
54: ...lina|Charleston]]) founded in present-day [[South Carolina]] - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
10: ...fic importance. Plato can be called, with qualification, an [[idealism|idealist]] and a [[rationalism...
12: ... later. Although he wrote dialogues early in his career, no more than fragments of these have survive...
14: ...rature]] and [[poetry]]. His combined works practically comprise an [[encyclopedia]] of Greek knowledg...
17: ...l]] holding his ''Ethics'': detail from the [[Vatican]] [[fresco]] ''[[Raphael Rooms|The School of Ath...
19: ...heophrastus]] and was later hidden to avoid confiscation or destruction; finally, the manuscripts were... - Metronome (3057 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wittner metronome in motion.jpg|A mechanical wind-up metronome in motion|right|frame]]
2: ...sed to keep a [[beat (music)|beat]] steady in musical [[rehearsal]].
4: ...wig van Beethoven]] was the first composer to indicate metronome markings in his music, in 1817, altho...
6: ...ded by the composer. Many pieces give a tempo indication at the top of the manuscript.
10: ...ulse, this metronome can play [[polyrhythm]]s and can "count aloud", using a sampled voice. - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
1: ...ull pile, ca1870.png|thumb|right|300px|The [[American bison]] numbered as few as 750 in [[1890]] due t...
4: ...these laws are [[Controversy|controversial]]. Typical areas of controversy include: criteria for placi...
6: A listing as an endangered species can backfire, as it makes a species more valuable an...
8: ...nservation status]]''' of a [[species]] is an indicator of the likelihood of that endangered species c...
12: ... encyclopedia. They are loosely based on the IUCN categories. - Airline (29546 bytes)
1: ...b|right|250px|Photography of Air Kenya, Kenya Africa. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com...
2: ...viding [[aviation]] services to passengers and/or cargo. It owns or [[lease]]s [[airliner]]s with whic...
7: ...rplanes in various types. Airline services can be categorized as being intercontinental, intracontinen...
11: ...rmit greater freedom, in steps that are usually decades apart. This pattern has not been completed for...
13: ...s, it depends on other things: business needs for cargo shipments, business passenger demand, leisure ... - Canal (2513 bytes)
1: ...mage:Canal_du_midi_toulouse.jpg|thumb|190px|The [[Canal du Midi]]<br> in [[Toulouse]], [[France]]]]
2: ...]]s on smaller canals, and by [[ship]]s on [[ship canal]]s that connect to the ocean.
4: ... them in touch with the world-economy. The [[Erie canal]] for instance, opened up a connection to the ...
6: ...ties that have canals used as waterways have been called "the Venice of..."
8: Some rivers have also been 'canalised' to make them navigable. - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...he forces of reform. His family and close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known...
22: ...re to advance [[civil rights]] for [[African Americans]]. Some conservatives such as [[Ronald Reagan]]...
26: ...lands]], arrived in New York (then called [[Nieuw Amsterdam]]) in about [[1650]]. In [[1788]] [[Isaac Rooseve...
28: ...lin Roosevelt's fifth cousin. Despite their political differences, the two branches remained friendly:... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...icans also have [[Europe]]an and/or [[Native American]] ancestors.
6: ...[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]] or [[Semites]] of African origin.
10: ...n areas in 2000. With over 2 million African American residents, [[New York City]] had the largest bla...
12: ==African-American history==
13: ''Main article: [[African-American history]]'' - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ... died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
3: ...of July. At this point the ship was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is n...
7: ...later claim the area and set up a colony as [[New Amsterdam]].
9: ...e [[Navigation Acts]], a set of [[Mercantilism|mercantilist]] laws England had enacted to protect its ...
11: ...age under the English flag; this time the funding came from the [[Virginia Company]] and the [[British... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
1: ...]<sup>th</sup> day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (81<sup>st</sup> in [[leap year]]s). Ther...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
5: *[[1556]] - In [[Oxford]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] [[Thomas Cranmer]] is [[Execution by bu...
7: ...ith the church leadership driven out of the [[Vatican]] during an armed conflict, [[Pope Pius VII|Pius...
15: ...i]] formally asked the international community to call [[Persian Empire|Persia]] by its native name, [...
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