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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same n...
5: ...age:Rio_deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...t inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ... after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place...
13: ...Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January Rive... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
4: ...ea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history.
5:
8: ...he deadliest American natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina.
10: ... Flooding devastates the Mississippi River valley causing $2 to $4 billion in damage.
11: ...S. tornado since the advent of modern weather forecasting - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ...n name, from [[1843]], of an [[United States|American]] [[abolitionist]] born into [[slavery]]. (late...
5: ... decade and joining [[Elijah Pierson]] in evangelical preaching on street-corners.
8: Later in life she became a noted speaker for both the [[Abolitionist]] m...
10: ...a]]n community, the Northampton Association of Education and Industry. When the association disbanded ...
13: ...re she continued her advocacy. During the [[American Civil War]], she organized collection of supplie... - Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
1: ...os Angeles CA) was the first [[United States|American]] woman to fly into outer space. Only two other ...
5: ... laser physics]]. She later became the first American woman in space as part of a [[1983]] [[Space Shu...
7: ... is a professor of physics at the [[University of California, San Diego]].
11: She occasionally appears on television, in shows or commer...
18: * [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ride-sk.html Her astronaut prof... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ...acelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.
5: ... she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[chor...
7: ...ical practice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
9: ...956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
11: ...ed her internship at [[Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center]] in 1982. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...ptian Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cairo internationally]]
2: ...lous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31°13' East (30.03333,...
4: ...صر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local dialect.
6: ...e Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are exampl...
7: ...[Image:EgyptAlQahirah.png|thumb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] highligh... - Nile (13738 bytes)
2: ...5|1 134|2 830|3 400 000|[[Africa]]|the [[Mediterranean]]||[[Uganda]] - [[Sudan]] -...
4: ...;نيل ''an-nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one of the two longest [[river|rivers]] on ...
12: ...s far less water than the mighty Amazon, partly because it receives not a single tributary from its ha...
18: [[Image:Nile_boat.jpg|thumbnail|left|East Africa, showing the course of the River Nile]]
20: ... the East African Rift, which is the southern African part of the [[Great Rift Valley]]. - 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]],... - Europe (23835 bytes)
1: ...ocationEurope.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Europe]]
4: ...d to the east by the [[Ural Mountains]] and the [[Caspian Sea]] (for more detailed description see [[G...
6: ... third largest continent after [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. The population of Europe is roughly 705,500,00...
9: ...g|thumb|Picture of [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]], carried away by bull-shaped [[Zeus]].]]
11: ...was a mythological queen of Crete, not a geographical designation. Later ''Europa'' stood for mainland... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
15: | colspan="2" | [[image:LocationBangladesh.png]]
19: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Dhaka]]
59: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]'''
65: ...ladesh, once the eastern part of a greater region called [[Bengal]]. There is recent evidence of civil...
67: ...] was achieved in [[1947]], political motivations caused it to be divided into a predominantly Muslim ... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...dal]] [[Second Congo War]] (known also as the African World War), the deadliest conflict since [[World...
14: image_map = LocationDRCongo.png |
17: capital = [[Kinshasa]] |
37: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 673 |
38: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 162 | - Anatolia (2665 bytes)
1: ... to ''ana'' "mother" and ''dolu'' "filled"), also called by the [[Latin]] name of '''Asia Minor''', is...
3: [[Image:Anatolia composite NASA.png|thumb|400px|right|Asia Minor lies east of the...
5: ...as [[Catalhoyuk|Catal H?]] (pottery neolithic), [[Cay?] ([[Pre-Pottery Neolithic A]] to pottery Neolit...
7: ... have proposed an Anatolian origin for the [[Etruscans]] of ancient [[Italy]].
9: ... [[20th century]] (see [[Young Turks]]). A significant [[Kurdish]] ethnic and linguistic minority stil... - California (63989 bytes)
2: Name = California|
3: Fullname = State of California ! |
4: Flag = California state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of California]] |
6: Seal = California state seal.png | - Florida (24937 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee...
36: ... explorers during the [[Easter]] season, which is called ''Pascua Florida'' in Spanish. The U.S. Post...
43: ...nding members of the [[Confederate States of America]] (CSA, also known as the Confederacy). Florida j...
47: ...vernor is [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[Jeb Bush]], brother of President [[George W....
49: ...f electoral votes, Florida is considered by political analysts to be a key [[swing state]] in [[Presid... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
7: Map = Hi-locator.png |
9: Capital = [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]] |
37: ...waii|Honolulu]] is the largest city and the state capital.
39: ... agriculturally, it is the [[endangered species]] capital of the world and is the only industrial prod...
44: ...tatues representing Hawaii in the [[United States Capitol]]. - Maryland (22654 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]] ...
36: ... that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]]. ''See: [[Annapolis Convention]].''
41: ..."Terra Maria") was granted to his son, [[C棩lius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]], on [[June 20]], [[16...
43: ...s of tens of thousands of British convicts, which carried on until independence. The [[Maryland Tolera...
45: ... Mason]] and [[Jeremiah Dixon]], to survey what became known as the [[Mason-Dixon line]] which would f... - Texas (39610 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] |
36: ... joined the [[United States|United States of America]] as its 28th member [[U.S. state|state]] in [[18...
38: ...akenly applied the word to the people and their location.
43: ...State''' (after the single star on several historical flags of Texas, including the current Texas flag...
44: * [[state tree]] — the [[pecan]] - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...e there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ... Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
37: * 3500 BC: [[Carts]] in [[Sumer]] - Solar system (21174 bytes)
5: ...several categories. In recent years many of these categories have been found to be less clear-cut than...
7: *The [[Sun]] (☉) is a [[Stellar_classification|spectral class]] G2 [[star]] that contains 99...
18: [[Image:Solar system scale.jpg|thumb|center|550px|This illustration shows ...
25: **[[Space debris]] of artificial origin that can be found in orbit around Earth.
27: ...ey are subdivided into [[asteroid group]]s and [[:Category:Asteroid groups and families|families]] bas... - Sun (20830 bytes)
30: ...or="#ffffc0" colspan="2" align="center" | '''Physical characteristics'''
55: ! align="left" | [[Escape velocity]]<br> from the surface
101: ! align="left" | [[Carbon]]
122: ...n is usually referred to as ''the'' Sun, and is occasionally referred to as '''Sol''' to distinguish i...
124: ...ary stellar body around which an object orbits is called ''its'' sun, and stars in a [[multiple star s...
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