Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below 18 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]...
3: ...explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the ...
5: ...ess than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe...
7: ...s of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United Stat...
9: ...he first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - North America (12844 bytes)
1: ...mb|250px|World map showing location of North America]]
2: ...b|250px|A satellite composite image of North America]]
4: ...o was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the [[East Indies]], but a previously u...
6: ... America]]n countries, which in some contexts may cause confusion.
7: ... North America is only a subcontinent composed by Canada, United States and Mexico. - 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 - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...with some hills in the island's interior. It is located 13? north of the [[Equator]] and 59? west of t...
3: ...island's interior are also dotted with large sugarcane estates and wide [[pastures]] with many good vi...
9: ...lodoid-Barrancoid. For the next few centries, the Caribs—like the Arawak and the Salodoid-Barran...
11: ...[[Slavery|slave labor]] on [[plantation]]s. Other Caribs fled the island, moving elsewhere.
13: ...ess, Barbados always enjoyed a large measure of local autonomy. Its House of Assembly began meeting in... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...the shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because they usually follow the boundaries of states, ...
6: ...etermined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Greenwich.
8: ... Sunday in March. For the remainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in the [[United King...
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: *[[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]]: UTC − 8 (... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ivan iss.jpg|thumb|right|325px|[[Hurricane Ivan]] viewed from the [[International Space St...
4: == Hurricanes ==
6: ...ics]]. While they can be highly destructive, tropical [[cyclone]]s are an important part of the [[atmo...
9: ...ropical cyclone can be thought of as a giant vertical [[heat engine]].
10: [[Image:Hurricane-viewed-from-space.jpg|thumb|400px]] - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
10: ...ria|Algeria]] - [[Politics of American Samoa|American Samoa]] - [[Politics of Andorra|Andorra]] - [[Po...
16: ...Cook Islands]] - [[Politics of Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] - [[Politics of C?d'Ivoire|C?d'Ivoire]] - [[Pol...
19: ...ca]] - [[Politics of the Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]
31: ... Holy See (see [[Politics of the Vatican City|Vatican City]]) - [[Politics of Honduras|Honduras]] - [[...
37: [[Politics of Jamaica|Jamaica]] - [[Politics of Japan|Japan]] - [[Politics of J... - Iguana (2984 bytes)
2: ...|250px|An iguana in Saba, Netherland Antilles]] | caption = }}
13: *[[Lesser Antillean Iguana]], ''I. delicatissima''<br/>
16: ...[[Mexico]]. The average life span of a well taken care of pet iguana is usually 20 years.
17: ...ng from side-effects of the stress of adapting to captivity - though if they're given a large swimming...
29: *[[Lesser Antillean Iguana]], ''Iguana delicatissima'' - List of national anthems (17969 bytes)
15: |''[[Acadia]]''||''[[Ave Maris Stella]] (Star of the Sea, ...
21: ...||''[[Let_us_all_unite_and_celebrate_together|African Union Anthem]]
27: |''[[American Samoa]]''||''[[Amerika Samoa]]''
29: |[[Andorra]]||[[El Gran Carlemany]] (The Great Charlemagne)
99: |[[Cambodia]]||[[Nokoreach]] - Pilot Whale (5993 bytes)
2: ...otWhale.jpg|250px|Illustration of a pilot whale]]|caption =}}
15: ... are not readily distinguished at sea and are typically just known simply as Pilot Whales. They and ot...
17: ==Physical description==
27: ... spawning close to shore attract Pilot Whales and cause them to beach.
32: ...tlantic Ocean]], in a band that runs from [[South Carolina]] in the United States across to the [[Azor... - Island (4674 bytes)
2: ...ively small island. Groups of related islands are called [[archipelago]]s.
4: ...nental''' islands, '''river''' islands, and '''volcanic''' islands. There are also some [[artificial i...
6: ...o the [[Latin]] ''insula'' (which is not etymologically related), Latin being considered a more presti...
9: ...], [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad]] off [[South America]], [[Sicily]] off [[Europe]], [[Sumatra]] and [[J...
11: ...t]]ed. The best example is [[Madagascar]] off Africa. The [[Kerguelen Islands]] and some of the [[Seyc... - Pilot Whales (6380 bytes)
2: ...otWhale.jpg|250px|Illustration of a pilot whale]]|caption =}}
13: ...hale.PNG|250px|Short-finned Pilot Whale range]] | caption = Short-finned Pilot Whale range}}
15: ...Whale.PNG|250px|Long-finned Pilot Whale range]] | caption = Long-finned Pilot Whale range}}
17: ... are not readily distinguished at sea and are typically just known simply as Pilot Whales. They and ot...
19: ==Physical description== - List of countries (20527 bytes)
1: ...rea that connotes an independent [[politics|political]] entity, with its own [[government]], administr...
3: ...[[national symbols]] such as [[flag]]s, and political rights such as [[citizenship]]. There are curren...
5: ...tions (or, at least, some parts of the population call themselves a nation), in spite of some of them ...
7: ...try in everyday speech. Ireland is also sometimes called a country, even though it consists of one nat...
9: The terms country, nation, state and land are casually used as [[synonym]]s, but in a more strict ... - List of island countries (6641 bytes)
1: ...sland nation]]s''', political entities that are located on [[island]]s or island-[[continent]]s.
4: ===By political status===
12: *[[Cape Verde]]
16: *[[Dominica]]
17: *[[Dominican Republic]] - List of countries by highest point (12398 bytes)
22: |10||[[Argentina]]||[[Aconcagua]]||6,960m
26: |12||[[Peru]]||[[Huascarᮝ]||6,768m
34: |16||[[Canada]]||[[Mount Logan]]||5,959m
58: |28||[[Indonesia]]||[[Carstensz Pyramid]] (Puncak Jaya)||5,030m
70: |34||[[Rwanda]]||[[Volcan Karisimbi]]||4,519m - Rock formations (10410 bytes)
5: ...types according to their origin. A rock structure can be created in any rock type or combination:-
7: ...them in their current form. An example is [[Bryce Canyon]] National Park in [[Utah]].
11: .... They may be either [[intrusive]] bodies or [[volcanic]] extrusives. Again, erosive forces sculpt the...
13: ...fferent rock structures in the [[landscape]] that can be formed by natural processes:-
15: ...[[Inselberg]]''' is a residual relief feature. It can be an isolated hill, a knob, ridge or small moun... - Monarchy (11801 bytes)
4: ...to a historical [[dynasty]] or bloodline. In some cases the royal family may claim to hold authority b...
6: ... of monarchy alongside the symbolism of democracy can lead to division over the apparently contradicto...
9: ...er by acclamation of the ruling or of the warrior caste of a clan or group of clans: kings of the Fran...
11: ... [[England]], this process began with the [[Magna Carta]] of [[1215]], although it did not reach democ...
14: ...but not to allow [[education]] and rapid [[communication]] to flourish. The economic structure of such... - Antigua and Barbuda (8199 bytes)
16: ...lspan=2 | [[image:LocationAntiguaAndBarbuda.png|Location of Antigua and Barbuda ]]
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br> - Population:
24: ...all><br>[[James Carlisle|<small>Sir</small> James Carlisle]], <small>''[[Governor General]]''
40: ...<br>[[Moravians (religion)|Moravian]];<br>[[Roman Catholic]]
42: | '''[[Currency]]''' || [[East Caribbean dollar]] (EC$) = 100 [[cents]]
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).