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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cartier.png|thumb|200px|right|Jacques Cartier]]
3: ...e major discoverers of [[Canada]], or more specifically, the interior eastern region that would become...
5: ...nd improved his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-own...
7: No contemporary portrait of Jacques Cartier has been found and the most familiar portrai...
9: ...ties can be easily ascertained. Considering that Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
4: image_caption= |
11: ... The Princess of Wales'''. She was almost always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite nev...
13: ...hilanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of...
15: ...]] — while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...e only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the "other party" i... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...o]]. After living in various places in North America and around the world, she returned to Toronto, wh...
4: ... edited work. She has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]...
6: ...ce an echo effect. She ranks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'...
10: ...[Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', c...
12: ...n-only presentation in Toronto. The device, also called the "Unotchit" (and pronounced "You-No-Touch-... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
2: ...l [[Canada|Canadian]] [[singer-songwriter]] and occasional [[actor|actress]].
6: ...e of "You Oughta Know" is readily seen almost a decade later in the songwriting, singing, and attitude...
10: ...June 1]], [[1974]], in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], to schoolteachers Alan and Georgia Morisse...
21: ...tawa, her hometown. Morissette became a recurring cast member, but left after one season.
26: :''And your fake identification'' - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...sensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have ...
3: ...cle, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the northern-most in the world and the second ...
8: ...[constitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
10: ...2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/population.htm]. - 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]]
20: <tr><td>[[Antananarivo]] <td>[[Madagascar]] - Kansas (21369 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] |
42: ... [[May 30]], [[1854]] and established the [[Political divisions of the United States|U.S. territories]...
44: ...nd [[1827]]. To travellers enroute to [[Utah]], [[California]], or [[Oregon]], Kansas was a waystop an...
46: ...lowing the war. On [[February 19]], [[1861]] it became the first U.S. state to prohibit all [[alcoholi...
52: ...e]] and [[Alf Landon]], [[Amelia Earhart]], and [[Carrie Nation]]. Famous sport athletes from Kansas i... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] |
42: ...], [[Shawnee (tribe)|Shawnees]], [[Ottawa (tribe)|Ottawa]]s, and [[Eries]]. During the [[18th century]], t...
46: ...ion ended with the American victory in the [[American Revolution]], after which the British ceded clai...
48: ...e slavery would be prohibited from an entire American region. The states of the Midwest would be known...
54: ''See also: [[:Category:Ohio history|Articles on Ohio history]]'' - Michigan (29427 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]] |
40: ...ation grew slowly until the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of sett...
57: *[[1701]] [[Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac]], with his lieutenant [[Alphonse de Tonty]...
58: *[[1760]] Detroit was captured by the [[Great Britain|British]].
59: ...s]] [[Chief Pontiac]] led a major revolt of the [[Ottawa tribe]] against the British. - Illinois (27007 bytes)
10: Capital = [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfiel...
11: LargestCity = [[Chicago]] |
37: ...S. state|21st state]] of the [[United States]], located in the former [[Northwest Territory]]. Its na...
39: ...]]. Most of the state's population resides in Chicago and its [[suburb]]s. The U.S. postal abbreviat...
45: ...gion was the [[Illiniwek]] Confederation, a political alliance among several tribes. The Illiniwek ga... - Labour Day (7088 bytes)
1: ...[British English|BE]]) or '''Labor Day''' ([[American English|AE]]) is an [[annual]] [[holiday]] that ...
3: ...ins in the [[eight hour day]] movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreati...
5: ==North American Labor/Labour Day==
7: ...originated with marches in both [[Toronto]] and [[Ottawa]] in [[1872]]. On the other hand, socialist deleg...
9: ..., could have been viewed as aligning the U.S. and Canadian labor movements with internationalist sympa... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ... to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
6: ...historically referred to as ''[[tidal wave]]s'' because as they approach land they take on the charact...
8: ==Causes==
10: ...by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami.
12: ...uch large vertical movements of the earth's crust can occur at [[plate boundaries]]. [[Subduction]] ea... - Ice hockey (16008 bytes)
1: ...orld's fastest sports, with players on [[skates]] capable of going high speeds on natural or artificia...
4: ...referee's raised arm indicates that he intends to call a penalty.]]
5: ...rtain restrictions. One of the six players is typically a ''[[goaltender]]'', whose primary job is to ...
7: ...nter-Wendler-Arena.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|A typical ice hockey game]]
8: .... When players are substituted during play, it is called changing ''on the fly''. - Canada Day (1959 bytes)
1: '''Canada Day''' is [[Canada]]'s [[national holiday]]. It is celebrated on...
3: ...Brunswick]] — into a [[federation]]. (See [[Canadian Confederation]].)
5: ... the Kingdom of Canada. The name was changed to ''Canada Day'' on [[October 27]], [[1982]].
7: ... all provincial governments and businesses across Canada. [[Quebec]] provincial governments under the ...
11: ...nd, and some go as far as to paint their faces in Canadian colours. - Ice skating (4786 bytes)
3: ... the [[Rideau Canal]] located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
5: ...mperate climate, e.g. the [[Netherlands]], frozen canals and lakes are fairly rare, but skating is pop...
8: ...e Netherlands. In the 18th century, ice skating became an international sport.
12: ...to control and increase their [[momentum]]. They can also create momentum by pushing the blade agains...
14: ... the [[pressure]] exerted by the blade on the ice caused the surface of the ice to melt. It was believ... - 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. - Ionosphere (19365 bytes)
1: ... [[magnetosphere]] and has practical importance because it influences [[high-frequency]] (HF) (3&ndash...
6: ...too energetic to stay fixed together in an electrically neutral molecule.
8: ...begins to take place in which a free electron is "captured" by a positive ion if it moves close enough...
10: ...adiation received also varies with geographical location (polar, auroral zones, mid-latitudes, and equ...
19: ... action is the disappearance of distant AM [[broadcast band]] stations in the daytime. - 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: ...d]]–the first Europeans to describe these locations (although [[Giovanni da Verrazano]] explored...
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... - Libya (12985 bytes)
1: ...are [[Tripolitania]], the [[Fezzan]] and [[Cyrenaica]].
3: ...etimes referring to the entire continent of [[Africa]].
16: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
18: ...ckground: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationLibya.png|Location of Libya]]
22: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Tripoli]]
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