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- Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...ormer [[colony]] of Portugal, Brazil has [[Portuguese]] as its [[official language]].
3: {{Brazil infobox}}
6: ''Main article: [[History of Brazil]]''
8: ...ed and a [[federation|federal]] [[republic]] was established on [[15 November]] [[1889]].
9: ...ury|19th]] and early [[20th century|20th]] centuries,
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...a]] to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
18: official_languages = [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
23: leader_names = [[Vicente Fox ]] | - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...led "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...3 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the co...
13: ...lorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans th...
15: ...and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neigh...
17: ...ntown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowada... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
12: | '''Predecessor:'''
15: | '''Successor:'''
24: | '''[[Profession]]:'''
28: | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
31: ...]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Marg... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...ish]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: ... Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
5: ...250px|President Tarja Halonen on a state visit to Brazil]]
20: ...stice and in [[1995]] until her election as the president she served as the minister of foreign affair...
22: == The way to presidency == - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: ...[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] writer.
3: ...or [[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the li...
15: *La篳 de Fam�a (1960) - Family Ties
16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961) - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
2: ... [[singer-songwriter]] and occasional [[actor|actress]].
6: ... anger or resentment. Since the extraordinary success of ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'', Morissette's popu...
12: ...idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day an...
21: With the help of her childhood mentor [[Leslie Howe]], Morissette released "Fate Stay With Me...
23: ... to [[New York City]] to meet with record executives, an experience that she would later write about i... - Parasite (2795 bytes)
1: ... of symbiosis excludes parasitism, since it requires that the host benefit from the interaction as wel...
3: Parasites are generally smaller than their hosts, absorbing...
4: ...ntees the death of the host are not called parasites, but are [[parasitoid]]s.
5: ...selves parasites. These are called '''hyperparasites'''.
9: == Examples == - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...o classify, codify and communicate their experiences [[symbol|symbolically]]. [[Image:Karen_tribe2063c...
6: ...ng to this thinking, one can classify some countries as more civilized than others, and some people as...
8: ...he indigenous music traditions of aboriginal peoples of [[Australia]].
10: ... criticized) elements of [[high culture]] for repressing "[[human nature]]".
12: ... capitalist]] systems of [[western culture | the West]]. - Cartography (10500 bytes)
1: ... into one of three main types; [[computer-aided design |CAD]], [[geographic information system | GIS]...
3: ...jective reality and that we can make reliable representations of that reality by adding levels of abst...
7: ...sized topological relationships such as connectedness, adjacency, and containment.
9: ...]]ians later used geometry to survey land and to resurvey it after the periodic flooding of the [[Nile...
11: ... [[250s BCE|250 BCE]], [[Eratosthenes]] of Cyrene estimated the circumference of the earth to within 1... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...more information, see [[United Nations member states]].
3: ...l these obligations. The General Assembly determines admission upon recommendation of the Security Cou...
5: ...ions]], which committed the Allies to the principles of the [[Atlantic Charter]] and pledged them not ...
12: *[[UN Trusteeship Council]]
18: ''Main articles: [[League of Nations]] and [[History of the Unite... - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
1: ...awai'ian]] spelling ''''ukulele''' is also sometimes seen.
3: ...n the city of [[Braga]] and named after it; the [[Brazil]]ian [[cavaquinho]] is usually tuned in D-G-B-D, ...
5: ...ica. Flora Fox, a great grandaughter of Manuel Nunes (mentioned below)
7: ...rom Portugal in Hawai'i. One of these, Manuel Nunes, was Bill Tapia's neighbor. He sold Bill his fir...
9: ...ukulele comes in four sizes (from smallest to largest): [[soprano]] (the original size), concert, [[te... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
2:
6: ==Design==
9: ...gh string, typically a hard shoe lace, acts as a resonator.
10: ...oday, most makers follow the tourist consumer's quest for (pretended) authenticity, and use clear varn...
11: ...eta to produce the sound. The [[caxixi]] accompanies the vaqueta. The dobr㯠is moved back and forth f... - Prime Meridian (3211 bytes)
2: ...ian at which longitude is 0 degrees. It is sometimes referred to as the Greenwich Meridian.
4: ...U.S. President]] [[Chester A. Arthur]], 41 delegates from 25 nations met in [[Washington, D.C.]], USA ...
6: ...onference the following important principles were established:
7: ...a single world meridian to replace the numerous ones already in existence.
9: ...all longitudes would be calculated both east and west from this meridian up to 180?. - Continental drift (4518 bytes)
3: ...], [[Bruce C. Heezen|Bruce Heezen]], and [[Harry Hess]] along with a rekindling of the theory includin...
5: ...orical development of the continental drift hypothesis before [[1950]]. ''See'': '''[[plate tectonics...
14: ... fossils of the freshwater [[crocodile]] found in Brazil and South Africa. Another illustrative example is...
16: ...floor spreading, continental drift, and other forces of [[Tectonophysics|tectonophysics]] will further...
20: ...al drift hypothesis was vigorously debated. The resulting papers were published in 1928 under the tit... - Fila Brasileiro (2854 bytes)
8: !Alternative names
13: |Brazilian Mastiff
15: |Brazilian Molosser
22: |[[Brazil]]
38: ...earch?q=cache:1Y8bjLAIWhYJ:www.fci.be/uploaded_files/225A2004_en.doc+site:www.fci.be+%22225/+02.+04.+2... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...topher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le,...
3: ...e a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the rel...
7: ...ns in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: The first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who ...
11: ...[[Ottoman Empire]] further limited the possibilities for Europeans. - South America (5078 bytes)
5: ...e east of the Andes is largely tropical [[rain forest]], the vast [[Amazon River]] basin.
9: ...it|Bering]] [[strait]], though there are also suggestions of migration from the southern Pacific Ocean...
11: ...n the course of the [[19th century]], these colonies won their independence.
13: ...mals including [[parrots]], [[tarantulas]], [[snakes]], and [[mammals]].
15: ...ries on the continent. The [[Caribbean]] territories are grouped with North America. The South America... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ...g the [[Earth]]'s [[South Pole]]. It is the [[coldest place on earth]] and is almost entirely covered ...
6: ...tains a southern continent that bears a possible resemblance to the Antarctic coast. (See also [[Histo...
8: ...ty]] of any continent on Earth, as well as the lowest average temperature.
15: Antarctica is the coldest place on earth. [[Weather pattern|Weather front...
24: ...idian]]. Western Antarctica is covered by the [[West Antarctic Ice Sheet]]. - Americas (7154 bytes)
1: ...es]] (in English and colloquially in other languages).
6: ...re often also described collectively as the '''[[Western Hemisphere]]''' or, during the [[colonial]] e...
8: ...e five parts of the world, with a single ring representing all of the Americas.
10: == Peoples of the Americas ==
13: ...ly used to refer the citizens of the ''United States'', while it is rare to use the more specific ''US...
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