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- 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...
13: ... race, she set a new National Record in the 800 [[metre|m]]. Fanny Koen soon made the Dutch team, althoug...
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... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ...first player to achieve the "Golden Slam" – capturing all four Grand Slam titles and the [[Olymp...
5: ===Early career===
6: ...roduced to tennis by her father [[Peter Graf]], a car and insurance salesman and aspiring tennis coac...
10: ... with her father and coach Pavel Slozil, Graf typically practiced for up to four hours a day, often he...
12: ...tle in April [[1986]] at [[Hilton Head]], [[South Carolina]], defeating [[Chris Evert]] in the final. ... - Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
1: ...ge:Ellen McArthur RdR2002.jpg|thumb|200px|Ellen MacArthur]]
2: Dame '''Ellen Patricia MacArthur''', [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] (bor...
8: ...sponsors, [[Kingfisher plc]]), and subsequently MacArthur was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire...
10: In [[2003]] she captained a round-the-world record attempt for a cre...
12: ... into account MacArthur's 5 foot 2 [[inch]] (1.57 metre) height. - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
2: ...image | image = [[Image:A sunflower.jpg|260px]] | caption = Sunflowers display bright yellow colors.}}
15: ...nce]]). The stem of the flower can grow up to 3 [[metre]]s tall, with the flower head reaching 30cm in di...
18: ...[[Francisco Pizarro]] found the [[Tahuantinsuyu|Inca]] subjects venerating the sunflower as an image o...
23: ...[[achene]]'') of the plant, with the true seeds encased in an inedible husk.
34: ...ornamental plant]]s, but appeal to [[farmer]]s, because they reduce [[bird]] damage and losses from so... - Respiratory system (5107 bytes)
1: ...]] during the day, consuming oxygen and producing carbon dioxide constantly.
10: ...nchus]] and the [[left main bronchus]] tubes that carry air to and from the lungs
24: ... model lung|model of how the lungs are inflated]] can be built from a bell jar.
27: ...xygen every minute while excreting about 200ml of carbon dioxide.
33: ... flows through pulmonary capillary bed . The fine capillaries also trap blood clots that have formed i... - Actinium (7046 bytes)
20: | [[Chemical series]] || [[Actinide]]s
25: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
26: | 10070 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], n/a
35: | [[Atomic radius]] (calc.) || [[1 E-_ m|195 (n/a) pm]]
37: | [[Covalent radius]] || n/a [[picometre|pm]] - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ... east, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,34...
3: ...ig;val Islamic rulers its status as the country's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, ...
7: ...n Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
19: ... the arrival of flocks of birds to eat it. In any case, the story explains Alexandria's role as the sh...
23: ...to the author known as [[Alexander Romance|pseudo-Callisthenes]]. - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...mile|mi²]]). It is also called ''the Eurafrican Mediterranean Sea'' or ''the European Mediterran...
11: ... Sea. In modern [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], it is called "ha-Yam ha-Tichon" (הים ...
17: ...e Black Sea is generally not. The man-made [[Suez Canal]] in the south-east connects the Mediterranean...
25: * [[Sardinia]], [[Corsica]], [[Sicily]], and [[Malta]] in the central Medit...
26: * [[Ibiza]], [[Majorca]] and [[Minorca]] (the [[Balearic Islands]]) in the western Medit... - Earth (30908 bytes)
11: == Physical characteristics ==
17: ...netic field]] due to the convection of its electrically conductive material.
19: ...onstantly finds its way to the surface through volcanoes and cracks in the ocean floors (see [[seafloo...
34: |[[calcium]]:||align="right"|1||.6||%
55: ...ional heat has continued to be generated by the decay of [[radioactive]] elements such as [[uranium]],... - 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. - Australia (39438 bytes)
6: image_map =LocationAustralia.png|290px|
9: capital =[[Canberra]]|
37: calling_code=61|
42: GDP_PPP_per_capita=$31,020 |
43: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank=11th| - Thailand (14276 bytes)
1: ...y in [[Southeast Asia]], bordering [[Laos]] and [[Cambodia]] to the east, the [[Gulf of Thailand]] and...
11: image_map = LocationThailand.png |
15: capital = [[Bangkok]] |
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $6,400 |
36: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 63rd | - Nepal (22444 bytes)
14: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
16: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationNepal.png]]
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''
28: | office vacant since February 1, 2005
36: | '''Unification''' - Peru (12264 bytes)
2: ...ogy, and is well-known as the ''cradle of the [[Inca empire]]''.
14: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
16: ...e="background:#fff;" | [[image:LocationPeru.png|Location of Peru]]
20: | '''[[Capital]] and largest city''' || [[Lima]]
24: ... Prime Ministers of Peru|Prime Minister]]''' || [[Carlos Ferrero Costa]] - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
2: ...e | image = [[Image:Giraffee.jpg|center|250px]] | caption = Giraffe in Namibia}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''camelopardalis'''''}}
12: ...binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Giraffa camelopardalis | author=[[Linnaeus (taxonomy) | Linn...
14: ...[[animal]] [[species]]. Males can be 4.8 to 5.5 [[metre]]s (16 to 18 feet) tall and weigh up to 900 [[kil...
16: ...frica]], the giraffe is related to [[deer]] and [[cattle]], but is placed in a separate family, the [[... - Honey (11666 bytes)
6: ...weeter]] than table sugar and has attractive chemical properties for baking. Honey has a distinctive f...
8: ...y no organism can successfully multiply to significant amounts in honey.
10: ...rticles, the same techniques of melissopalynology can be used in area environmental studies of [[radio...
14: ...has a [[density]] of about 1500 [[kilogram|kg]]/[[metre|m<sup>3</sup>]] (50% denser than [[water]]).
16: ;Typical Honey Analysis - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...is Greek name ''Cheops''), after whom it is often called '''Khufu's Pyramid''' or the '''Pyramid of Kh...
7: == Age and location ==
9: ... [[Giza Necropolis]] on the outskirts of modern [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
11: ... Sphinx of Giza|Great Sphinx]], and a few hundred metres further southwest is the [[Pyramid of Menkaure]]...
15: ... and used as building material for much of early Cairo. - Egyptian pyramids (20601 bytes)
3: ...e. They believed this was the land of the dead, because the Sun set there.{{an|west_bank_hell}}
11: The first historically documented Egyptian pyramid is attributed to t...
13: ...resources required for construction on a massive scale was reduced, and later pyramids were smaller, l...
15: ...tombs constructed in the vicinity of the Meroitic capital city.
20: [[Image:Giza camel.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://cl... - Memphis, Egypt (1908 bytes)
1: ...0 BC]]. The ruins are 19 km (12 miles) south of [[Cairo]] on the West Bank of the [[Nile]].
5: ...ame little more than an expanse of low ruins and scattered stone.
7: ...site as well as a few statues, including two four metre ones in alabaster of [[Ramesses II]]. The [[Saqqa...
11: In the [[Bible]] Memphis is called Moph or Noph. - Alabama (10792 bytes)
1: '''Alabama''' is a [[U.S. state|state]] located in the [[U.S. Southern States|southern]] [[Uni...
2: ...-state-18291.jpg|thumb|350px|right| Alabama State Capital provided by classroomclipart.com]]
12: Nickname = Camellia State, The Heart of Dixie[[#Notes|¹]],...
13: Capital = [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]]...
46: ...[[List of U.S. state flowers|State flower]]'''||[[Camellia]]
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