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- North America (12844 bytes)
4: ...timated at 454,225,000. It can be geographically defined by subtracting [[South America]] from the [[...
6: ..., but let's remain careful --> considered to include Canada and the United States, but not Mexico or a...
7: In Latin America, the Americas are considered as one continent and therefore North America i...
9: ...entral America as a region of North America, considering it too small to be a continent of its own.
14: ...theast; and the varied eastern region, which includes the [[Appalachian Mountains]], the coastal plain... - North American Plate (1264 bytes)
4: The easterly side is a [[divergent boundary]] with the [[Eurasian P...
6: The southerly side is a boundary with the [[Cocos Plate]] to the wes...
8: ...[convergent boundary]] with the subducting [[Juan de Fuca Plate]] to the north and a [[transform bound...
10: ...late and creating the San Andreas Fault. The Juan de Fuca, Cocos, and Nazca Plates are the remains of ... - North Africa (3562 bytes)
3: ...frica''' is a region generally considered to include:
14: ...]], [[Azores]] and [[Madeira]] are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa, though they do n...
18: ...n, the [[Sinai Peninsula]] of Egypt is often considered part of Asia, and hence of the Middle East.
22: ...de of most of Morocco and parts of Algeria, most identify as Arab.
26: ...e era) as well as indigenous [[Mizrahi Jew|{{Unicode|Mizrāḥ}]]. Today, less than fifteen... - Flag of North Carolina (1696 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|right|Flag of North Carolina. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: The '''Flag of North Carolina''' is defined by law as follows
8: ... Carolina at the forefront of the American independence movement. Both dates also appear on the [[Grea... - Flag of North Dakota (1521 bytes)
1: ...g.jpg|thumb|right|Flag of North Dakota.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: The design for the '''Flag of North Dakota''' is an almo...
4: ...on for mass-production; very few if any are embroidered.
6: ...of the blue color varies as well, some versions a deep navy and others almost a sky blue.
8: ...ta]] has been subject to wide interpretation outside the state. Furthermore, no digital representatio... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
22: DensityRank = 17<sup>th</sup> |
23: 2000Density = 63.80 |
24: AdmittanceOrder = 12<sup>th</sup> |
27: Latitude = 34?N to 36?21'N |
28: Longitude = 75?30'W to 84?15'W | - North Dakota (14827 bytes)
8: Nickname = Peace Garden State, Roughrider State, Flickertail State |
21: DensityRank = 47<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 3.59 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 39<sup>th</sup> |
26: Latitude = 45?55′N to [[49th parallel north|4... - List of North American deserts (444 bytes)
1: ...North American deserts'''. There are four major [[desert]] [[biome]]s in [[North America]], all locate...
3: * [[Alvord Desert]]
4: * [[Great Basin Desert]]
5: * [[Chihuahuan Desert]]
6: * [[Sonoran Desert]] - Raleigh, North Carolina (12457 bytes)
17: founded = [[1792]] |
26: density = 930.2|
40: ...]] issued no watches or warnings before the storm developed [http://www2.ncsu.edu/eos/service/pams/mea...
42: ...d Avenue. Damage and casualties included 400-500 destroyed or heavily damaged homes and two fatalitie...
45: ...rth_carolina_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Bismarck, North Dakota (4472 bytes)
14: founded = |
23: density = 797.4|
30: Bismarck is located at 46°48'48" North, 100°46'44" West (46.813343, -100.779004){{GR|1}}.
34: == Demographics ==
35: ...03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.17% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]]... - North Carolina State Map (265 bytes)
2: ...carolina_map_BW.jpg|center|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
3: [http://academickids.com/pdf/maps/north_carolina_state_mapBW.pd... - North Carolina State Facts (257 bytes)
2: ..._carolina_facts.jpg|center|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
3: [http://academickids.com/pdf/state_facts/new_carolina_facts.pdf... - North Pole (13759 bytes)
3: ...net's North Pole. [[Earth]]'s Pole, however it is defined, lies in the [[Arctic Ocean]].
5: ==Defining North Poles in astronomy==
6:
8: For the magnetic poles, their names are decided upon by the direction that their field lines eme...
14: ...de lies the ''trailing pole''. Io can thus be divided into north and south hemispheres, into pro- and ...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...is a [[country]] located in [[North America]], bordered by the [[United States]] to the north, and [[B...
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
21: government_type = [[Federal Republic]] |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
23: leader_names = [[Vicente Fox ]] | - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...inent|continental]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of...
5: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de Costa Rica'''</big></big>
9: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
13: ...er" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Costa Rica|Detail]]) - Plateau (3062 bytes)
2: ...ith a layer of particularly resistant rock, and underlain by softer rock.
4: ...; others rest entirely below the surface. Other undersea plateaus were formed by outpourings of [[basa...
11: * [[Deccan|Deccan Plateau]]
22: ... have been eroded by [[creek]]s and [[river]]s to develop steep relief not immediately distinguishable...
24: ...United Kingdom|Britain]] by the older name of boulder clay. - Pennsylvanian (1543 bytes)
3: ...ogy)|rock]] beds that define the period are well identified, but the exact date of the start and end a...
6: ...r-less continuous sequence of lowland continental deposits and are lumped together as the Carboniferou...
14: Provides a picture of what the world at the time period. - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
28: | [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]]
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
53: ...ash; [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added)
57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction) - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...eiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|I...
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
5: ...lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
7: ...ultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those ...
11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chin...
14: ...ished during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty...
15: ...ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ...ding lowland territories bounded by the [[Arabian Desert]] to the west and south, the [[Persian Gulf]]...
6: ...eoples who threatened or invaded these lands include the [[Hittites]] and the [[Elamite Empire|Elamite...
18: Early cities in this region include:
19: ...:Mesopotamia_2.jpg|thumb|350px|Writing|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
27: ** [[Agade]] - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ...eyond dispute at least since the time of [[Pietro della Valle]].
8: ...nd one of those at ''Nakshi Rustam'' is expressly declared in its inscription to be the tomb of [[Dari...
12: ...ngs buried at ''Nakshi Rustam'' are probably, besides Darius, [[Xerxes I]], [[Artaxerxes I]] and [[Dar...
18: ...he city until it was taken and plundered by Alexander the Great.
20: ...es of having been destroyed by fire. The locality described by Diodorus after [[Cleitarchus]] correspo... - Bjarni Herjulfsson (982 bytes)
1: ...land looked hospitable, he was eager to reach his destination and spent no time exploring the new land...
3: Ten years later, however, Icelander [[Leif Ericson]] (Leifur Eiríksson) took the cl... - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ...habited by the [[Dorset people]]). Born in the Jaeder district of south-west [[Norway]], he was the so...
4: ...). Gunnbjorn's accidental discovery pushed him aside in the history of Greenland and Erik the Red has ...
8: ...volved twenty-five [[ship]]s, fourteen of which made the journey successfully; of the other eleven, so...
10: ...tury]], shortly before [[Christopher Columbus]] made his fateful journey.
12: ...n converted by his wife Þjóðhildr while on his deathbed. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...h [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "Kin...
9: ...ing the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little ...
11: ...eves that Arthur is a half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a suppos... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: '''Francisco Vásquez de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[15...
7: ...ourse this raised Coronado's interest, and he decided to try to get that [[gold]]. He set out in 1540,...
9: ...othing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[...
11: ...do River (U.S.)|Colorado]]). [[Garcia Lopez de Cardenas]] was sent out to find this river, and found h...
12: ...ent east, and found villages around the [[Rio Grande]]. Coronado set up his winter quarters in one of ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
8: ...t Livingstone made the one convert that he ever made in Africa. Within 6 months, they had rejected Chr...
12: ... In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
14: ...rned to England to try to garner support for his ideas, and to publish a book on his travels. At this ...
17: ... sent to central and east Africa at his urgings ended in disaster, with nearly every missionary dying ...
22: ... which feeds the [[Congo River]], Livingstone decided that this river was in fact the "real" [[Nile]]. - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: '''Jacques Cartier''' ([[December 31]], [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[15...
5: ...d his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-owning family...
9: ...ere victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the...
13:
17: ... The site of their arrival has been confidently identified as the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...orer]], whose account documents his travels and side-excursions over a period of almost thirty years, ...
4: His name may alternatively be rendered '''ibn Batuta''', '''ibn Batuda''' or '''ibn B...
6: ...lated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling'', but ...
10: ==The Hajj (with detours)==
11: ...eadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...t of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufactur...
3: ...wth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power gen...
5: ...red to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|no...
10: ...he accompanying development of international [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumula...
12: ...h often imposed tolls and [[tariff]]s on goods traded among them. - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...iron, but is also more [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon alloys wit...
5: ... [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...l><sub>2</sub></small>— [[Pyrite]]. Iron oxide is a soft [[sandstone]]-like material with limite...
11: ...similarly soft and metallic but can dissolve considerably more carbon (as much as 2.04 wt% carbon at 1...
13: ...ry similar unit cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires...
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