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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
20: ...ost recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the centenary of the [[Enten...
29: ...7]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast t...
33: ...t-great-grandmother. They are also both descended from [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (she being a great-...
38: ...] [[1996]]) [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Frances Spencer]] ([[1961]]–[[1997]]); married...
55: ...e's health declined during [[1951]] and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. She vi... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]... - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...[[geology|Geologically]] and [[geography|geographically]], however, Asia is not considered a continent o...
6: ...sia and Europe: the demarcation between Asia and Africa is the [[isthmus]] of [[Suez Canal|Suez]]. The...
12: ...o the Semitic word 'erebu', which means "to set". From a Middle Eastern perspective, the east (Asia) i...
24: ...rderline cases between Asia and Europe, Asia and Africa and Asia and Oceania.
45: Central Asia is currently geopolitically important because international disputes and con... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
56: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling code]]'''
65: ...pointed 40-member Federal National Council, drawn from all the emirates, reviews proposed laws. There ...
67: ... bin Sultan Al Nahyan]] was the union's president from the nation's founding until his death on [[2 No...
71: ...]], and friendliness to the West have led many to call it the [[Singapore]] or [[Hong Kong]] of the Midd...
88: ...be one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "[[Cradle of Humanity]]". - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21 January...
48: calling_code = 353 |
58: ... "Republic of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name ''Re...
60: ...dence in [[1922]] it became known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was retained until [[1937...
67: ...in and Ireland]]. From [[1874]], but particularly from [[1880]] under [[Charles Stewart Parnell]], the... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...lish]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1...
4: ...n method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, obse...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[Londo...
12: ...y his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper." - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ... features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different...
9: ...d [[16th century|16th]] centuries, Europe emerged from the [[Middle Ages]] and entered the [[Renaissan...
13: ... as the Europeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking.
16: ...[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respective parts.
20: [[Image:ronokmap.JPG|right|framed|1584 map of Chesapeake Bay by John White]] - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ''This article refers to the former French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris...
10: | [[President of France]]
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[...
40: ...|French military]] leader and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}}...
42: ...ism]], which left a major influence in subsequent French politics. - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
1: [[Image:Uscongress.gif|right|frame|Seal of the Congress.]]
13: ... renewed every two years; two members are elected from each [[U.S. state]] by popular vote to serve si...
15: ...sional district]]s. Only the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico (known as [[Resident Commissioner o...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
33: ...nt, a [[conference committee]] made up of members from both houses must work out a compromise acceptab... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
1: [[Image:Us senate seal.png|framed|[[Seal of the United States Senate|Seal of th...
2: ...rtisan atmosphere that is somewhat more insulated from public opinion than the House. The Senate has s...
10: ...Island]] agreed to send delegates. Many delegates called for a second Congressional chamber, modeled on ...
12: ...egislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it (from the The House of Representatives)". <!--Sources...
14: ...er several southern states declared [[secession]] from the Union, culminated in the South's defeat and... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
4: ...nearby [[Great Salt Lake]], the city is separated from the lake's shore by [[marsh]]es and [[mudflat]]...
6: The city is considered one of the most historically important cities in the [[Western United States]...
15: ...an isolated area to practice their religion, away from the persecution they had faced in the East. Upo...
17: These newcomers organized a new state called [[State of Deseret|Deseret]] and petitioned its...
20: ...]] refused to step down as governor. The conflict called the [[Utah War]] began. A division of the [[Uni... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...ought the cause of [[India|India's]] independence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] to worl...
15: ... He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] beliefs: [[truth...
18: ...he [[Jain]] influences of Gujarat, Gandhi learned from an early age the tenets of non-injury to living...
23: ...India to observe the Hindu precepts of abstinence from [[meat]] and [[alcohol]]. Although Gandhi expe...
25: ...ost in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], [[South Africa]]. - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
6: ... and low points in Death Valley National Park.png|frame|A slice through the highest and lowest points ...
8: [[Image:Wpdms shdrlfi020l death valley.jpg|frame|left|Death Valley and environs]]
36: ...ns front as a result. This type of canyon results from the relatively fast uplift on this mountain ran...
38: ...le rainfall). Annual average precipitation varies from 1.90 inches (48 mm) overall below sea level to ...
40: [[image:below_sea_map_for_Death_Valley.png|frame|Entire area in yellow is below sea level (USGS... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...sed of many congregations and church bodies). His call to the Church to return to the teachings of the [...
17: ...ght|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at...
19: ...opper]] mine in nearby [[Mansfeld]]. Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to...
28: ...ed the young man needed more work to distract him from excessive [[rumination]]. He ordered the monk t...
31: ...hteousness, by which humans receive righteousness from God through the perfect works, life, death and ... - Andes (13210 bytes)
6: ...wn as [[Andean States]]. The name ''Andes'' comes from the [[Quechua]] word ''anti'', which means "hig...
8: ... is the point on the Earth's surface most distant from its center, because of the [[equatorial bulge]]...
13: ...[transform fault]] separates [[Tierra del Fuego]] from the small [[Scotia Plate]]. Across the 1,000&nb...
17: ...ordillera Oriental. The term ''cordillera'' comes from the Spanish word meaning 'rope'. The Andes rang...
20: ...only 300 m in [[Tierra del Fuego]] at 55°S; from 50°S, several of the larger glaciers descend t... - Red deer (16671 bytes)
17: ...second only to [[moose]] (which, confusingly, are called ''elk'' in [[Europe]]; see ''[[Elk]]''). ''Wapi...
24: ...ate during [[October]]. During the mating ritual, called the ''rut'', mature [[stag]]s compete for the a...
26: ...atus and mating call of the elk is also different from that of the red deer, in that the elk "bugle" a...
28: ...]. The bulls may have as many as 50 cows to keep from other less fortunate males.
33: Apart from man, [[European Brown Bear|bears]], [[wolf|wolv... - Island (4674 bytes)
2: ...ively small island. Groups of related islands are called [[archipelago]]s.
6: ...o the [[Latin]] ''insula'' (which is not etymologically related), Latin being considered a more prestigi...
11: ...rift]]ed. The best example is [[Madagascar]] off Africa. The [[Kerguelen Islands]] and some of the [[S...
19: ... a '''volcanic island arc'''. These islands arise from volcanoes where the subduction of one plate un...
23: ...movement. An example is the [[Hawaiian Islands]], from [[Hawaii]] to [[Kure Atoll|Kure]], which then e... - Chile (39914 bytes)
39: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 18]], [[1810]]<br>[[Fe...
47: calling_code = 56 |
56: ...xpedition south from Peru in [[1535]]-[[1536|36]] called themselves the "men of Chilli."
64: ...ed in [[1541]] by [[Pedro de Valdivia]], one of [[Francisco Pizarro]]'s lieutenants. Although the Span...
66: ...f [[slavery]] in [[1683]] defused tensions on the frontier between the colony and the Mapuche land to ... - American Bison (6740 bytes)
3: ...|Historic drawing]]—[[Media:Bison.wav|Bison call audio]]}}
16: ...anada's far north to [[Mexico]] in the south, and from eastern [[Oregon]] almost to the [[Atlantic Oce...
30: ...-owned herds have also been established, starting from this population. The current American Bison pop...
37: There is now a proposal known as [[Buffalo Commons]] to restore large parts of the drier portion of ...
39: ... which lived at the National Bison Range, Montana from 1933-1959]] - Human societies (6587 bytes)
2: ...ety''' is a group of human beings distinguishable from other groups by mutual interests, characteristi...
10: ...dly association with others." Societas is derived from ''socius'' meaning "companion" and thus the mea...
15: ... and [[Post-Industrial]] societies to be separate from traditional agricultural societies.
18: ...ve to aid individuals in a time of crisis; historically, when an individual in some community requires a...
20: ...nerosity'' can be seen in all known cultures; typically, prestige or other cultural factor accrues to th...
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