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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...aint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[United Kingdom|United...
9: ...e of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but her title, Lord of Mann,...
60: ...however, that like many of her predecessors she dislikes the Palace as a residence and considers [[Win...
66: ... a strong sense of religious duty and takes seriously her Coronation Oath. This is one reason why it i...
68: ...ret Thatcher]], whom she has said to "cordially dislike". She was thought to have very good relations ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
20: ..., glamorous, flirtatious, charismatic and religiously tolerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother's ...
33: ...unimportant [[Owen Oglethorpe]], [[Bishop of Carlisle]] had to crown her. The [[communion]] was celebr...
49: ...[[1566]]. The [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] threatened to withhold funds until the Queen ag...
57: In [[1569]], Elizabeth faced a major uprising, known as the [[Northern Rebellion]], in...
72: ...the [[Speech to the Troops at Tilbury]]. She famously declared, "I know I have the body but of a weak ... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
20: ...n Wettin''). Queen Victoria's papers record her dislike of the name. Though rarely publicly used, Wet...
27: ... of 1837]]), and in [[Jamaica]], the colonial legislature had protested British policies by refusing t...
41: ...ade her first journey by train, travelling from [[Slough railway station]] (near [[Windsor Castle]]) t...
46: ...]'s [[coup d'鴡t|coup]] in France without previously consulting the Prime Minister.
51: ...ntury's prime tourist locations. Her love of the island was matched by an initial Irish warmth for the... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
13: |[[John Major]]
29: ...Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]]...
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
61: ...he Conservative Party. Thatcher had to act cautiously in converting the Conservative Party to her [[mo...
66: ...might be the dominant political philosophy in the major English-speaking nations for the era. - Asia (16910 bytes)
8: ...ion consists of the part of Eurasia and nearby [[island]]s in the [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] and [[Pacifi...
50: * The [[Pacific Ocean]] islands of [[Taiwan]] and [[Japan]].
60: ...tains the [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Indochina]] and islands in the [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]...
64: ...n both Asia and Oceania|some]] of the Indonesian islands also lie in the [[Melanesia]] region of [[Oce...
66: ...th China Sea]], and thus has both a mainland and island part. - Canada (35540 bytes)
18: * [[Canadian French|French]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and is widely spoken in...
19: ...certain communities and in [[Nunavut]], where the majority language is [[Inuktitut]].
52: ... Edward Island]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
70: Major cities include [[Toronto, Ontario]]; [[Montreal, ...
92: ...-1791)|Province of Quebec]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] (created 1769). To accommodate the Loyalists... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...re than four million. The remaining sixth of the island of Ireland is known as [[Northern Ireland]] an...
58: ... of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name ''Republic of ...
67: ...as more strongly located in Ulster, with unionist majorities existing in about four counties. Under the l...
69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
71: ...one's surprise. The remaining 26 counties of the island became the [[Irish Free State]], a [[constitut... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
85: ...situated in the southern half of the country; the major cities are the capital [[Guatemala City]], [[Quet...
95: ...6]], which ended 36 years of civil war, removed a major obstacle to foreign investment.
112: ...s signed in December [[1996]] provide for the translation of some official documents and voting materi...
123: {{commons|Guatemala}} - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
3: ...>اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان<br />Islāmī Jamhūriya-i-Pākistān |
11: capital = [[Islamabad]] |
51: ...egional Cooperation]], the [[Organization of the Islamic Conference]], and the [[World Trade Organizat...
68: ===Arrival of Islam===
69: ...uch of South Asia. Following the rule of various Islamic empires, including the [[Ghaznavid Empire]], ... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
54: ...is [[Northern Ireland]], which is located on the island of [[Ireland|Ireland]].
58: ...Six counties in the north-eastern portion of the island, meanwhile, remained a part of the United King...
62: ...] (often also including its smaller neighbouring islands, though never Ireland). Politically, the term...
64: ...the Irish case since 1922. An alternative, the ''Islands of the North Atlantic'' (IONA) has been propo...
74: ...f of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witn... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
51: In the 1830s, NH saw two major news stories: the founding of the [[Republic of I...
60: ...an $5,000, on nominations made by the governor to major state positions such as department heads, and all...
62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ...
66: ...n would require the agreement of both states' legislatures and the [[U.S. Congress]]. Supporters note ...
72: New Hampshire's major regions are the [[Great North Woods]], the [[Whit... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
19: ...the most advanced in South America. It suffered a major setback in 2003 due to a [[Brazilian rocket explo...
40: ... [[PSLV]] (Polar satellite launch vehicle) and [[GSLV]] (Geostationary satellite Launch Vehicle). Mos...
41: ...[Chandrayan|Chandrayan-1]] (Moon-Ship-1) which is slated to be launched by [[2007]].
194: {{Commons|Category:Space exploration}} - Tree (23723 bytes)
13: ...landscape of trees scattered or spaced across grassland (usually grazed or burned over periodically) i...
18: ...reases. Exogenous trees, which comprise the great majority of modern trees (all [[conifer]]s, and all [[d...
38: ...t measurements of [[yew]] trees in the [[British Isles]]:
41: ...makes little difference to the measured girth. On sloping ground, the "above ground" reference point i...
43: ...lar cross-section would result in a mean diameter slightly greater than the assumed circle). This is c... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
57: The second major group of pitcher plants are the [[monkey cup]]s o...
156: ...l, and their trapping mechanism is triggered in a slightly different manner.
192: ...number of species in the [[Martyniaceae]] (previously the [[Pedaliaceae]]), such as ''[[Ibicella lutea...
218: ...contract by quickly altering their water content. Slow-moving flypapers like ''Pinguicula'' use growth...
254: ... nutrients at all. Respiration is a straight line sloping down under the horizontal axis (respiration ... - Mars (27704 bytes)
27: ... largest dark feature seen from Earth is [[Syrtis Major]].
49: ... hand, is far enough away that its orbit is being slowly boosted instead.
89: ...e ice at the planet's south pole. NASA had previously confirmed their presence at the north pole of Ma...
147: ...s with the characters 火星, which translate as "Fire Star." This is based on [[Five Elemen...
206: {{commons|Mars}} - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
25: ...n Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen"). It lay on an island in the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]],...
31: ...mbers of [[Africa]]ns to the [[sugar]]-producing islands of the [[Caribbean]].
33: ... sought a less rebellious form of labor - African slaves.
42: ...ovince of New Hampshire]], and [[Colony of Rhode Island]].''
56: ...om of thought]]. She, too, was exiled to [[Rhode Island]]. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ... is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' me...
14: The vast majority of Christian religions (generally including [[...
27: ...nclude the book of [[Isaiah]] that alludes to the slapping (Matt. 26:67–68; Isa. 50:6, 52:14&nda...
29: ...s are not considered to have been written eponymously by their respective namesakes.
41: ..."have filled every place among you—cities, islands, fortresses, towns, market-places, the very c... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
42: ...ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence in subsequent French politics.
47: ...ge, de Gaulle was introduced by his father to the major [[conservative]] authors. The family was very pat...
52: ...award, [[Virtuti Militari]]. He was promoted to [[major]] and offered possibility of a further career in ...
56: ...eption of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a major role in de Gaulle's career.
75: ... actual quote was by Churchill's envoy to France, Major-General Edward Spears [http://www.winstonchurchil... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
8: ...ed and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these i...
15: ...th caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
37: ...ful, as a bare majority of the clergy and a large majority of the nobility continued to support voting by...
42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an...
44: ...until they had given France a [[constitution]]. A majority of the representatives of the clergy soon join... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...ers. Congress is a [[bicameralism|bicameral]] legislature, consisting of the [[United States House of ...
7: ...se with the upper houses of the [[bicameral]] legislatures of most other nations.
15: ...[[Guam]], [[Puerto Rico]], and the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]]. Members are [[direct election|directly el...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
26: ...ess can also be found on the internet, on the legislative database [[THOMAS (database)|THOMAS]].
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