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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cartier.png|thumb|200px|right|Jacques Cartier]]
3: '''Jacques Cartier''' ([[December 31]], [[1491]] – [[S...
5: ...arance in baptismal registers as godfather or witness.
7: No contemporary portrait of Jacques Cartier has been found and the most familiar port...
9: ...tained. Considering that Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous and hitherto unknown wa... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
2: subject_name=Diana, Princess of Wales|
3: image_name=Diana, Princess of Wales.jpg |
11: ...at title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by marriage.
13: ...biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...he world. To her admirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, the... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...sm]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian...
6: ...try]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]...
10: ...h version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
12: ...mote book-signing device" at an invitation-only presentation in Toronto. The device, also called the ... - 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...
10: ...Morissette was born on [[June 1]], [[1974]], in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], to schoolteachers Ala...
12: ...idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day an...
21: ... ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]'', shot in Ottawa, her hometown. Morissette became a recurring cast... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ... the talk page, and wait until the consensus changes before making the edit. Thank you.
3: ...formation instead to one of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Po...
6: ...ea (after [[Russia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], its territorial claims extend north into the [...
8: ...as a [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[representative democracy]] and is a [[constitutional mon...
10: ...]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 millio... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...density|by population density]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood|by date of nationhood]] and...
3: ... for some explanation of the difference between these.
5: '''Countries listed by [[continent]] and their [[capital]]s:''...
34: *[[Lesotho]] - [[Maseru]]
50: *[[Saint Helena]] - [[Jamestown]] (United Kingdom) - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
5: *[[list of capitals of subnational entities]]
11: <tr><td>[[Abu Dhabi]] <td>[[United Arab Emirates]]
51: <tr><td>[[Bucharest]] <td>[[Romania]]
52: <tr><td>[[Budapest]] <td>[[Hungary]] - Kansas (21369 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] |
25: ...Counties are Central except for<br>4 counties on western border.</small> |
30: HighestElev = 4,039 feet; 1,231 |
32: LowestElev = 679 feet; 207 |
34: Website = www.accesskansas.org - Ohio (19444 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] |
30: HighestElev = 472 |
32: LowestElev = 139 |
36: ...e Midwest admitted to the Union under the [[Northwest Ordinance]]. Its U.S. postal abbreviation is '''...
42: ...|Shawnees]], [[Ottawa (tribe)|Ottawa]]s, and [[Eries]]. During the [[18th century]], the [[France|Fren... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
8: ... Nickname = "Wolverine State" or "Great Lakes State" |
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
25: ... time|-4]] <br><small>(Some Upper Peninsula counties bordering Wisconsin are Central time.)</small> |
30: HighestElev = 603 |
32: LowestElev = 174 | - Illinois (27007 bytes)
11: LargestCity = [[Chicago]] |
31: HighestElev = 376 |
33: LowestElev = 85 |
37: ...k]] people, a [[consortium]] of [[Algonquin]] tribes that thrived in the area. The word ''Illiniwek'' ...
39: ... Michigan]]. Most of the state's population resides in Chicago and its [[suburb]]s. The U.S. postal ... - Labour Day (7088 bytes)
1: ... English|AE]]) is an [[annual]] [[holiday]] that resulted from efforts of the [[labour union]] movemen...
3: ...t hour day. Their direct action protest was a success, and they are noted as the first organised worke...
7: ... in [[1872]]. On the other hand, socialist delegates in [[Paris]] in [[1889]] appointed May 1 as the o...
9: ...ian labor movements with internationalist sympathies.
11: ...young adults view it as the last weekend for parties before returning to [[school]]. - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...x|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ...consisting of a series of [[Ocean surface wave|waves]] generated when water in a lake or the sea is ra...
4: ...ry long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnoticed...
6: ...owever, since they are not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage i...
8: ==Causes== - Ice hockey (16008 bytes)
1: ...ng high speeds on natural or artificial ice surfaces.
4: ...guard their goal. The referee's raised arm indicates that he intends to call a penalty.]]
5: ...ith any part of their bodies, subject to certain restrictions. One of the six players is typically a '...
8: ... usually stay together as a pair, but may change less frequently than the forwards. A substitution of ...
10: ...estarted with a ''[[faceoff]]''. There are two rules of play in ice hockey that limit the movement of ... - Canada Day (1959 bytes)
3: ... uniting three [[Great Britain|British]] territories — the [[Province of Canada]] (southern [[On...
5: ... time when the [[Fathers of Confederation]] were hesitant to use a name such as the Kingdom of Canada....
7: ...ial Day and commemorates Newfoundland's heavy losses during [[World War I]] in the Battle of [[Beaumon...
9: ==Activities==
11: ...s abound, and some go as far as to paint their faces in Canadian colours. - Ice skating (4786 bytes)
1: ...igure skating blades|parabolic]]) blade-like devices moulded into special [[boot]]s (or, more primitiv...
3: ...lometres long) is the [[Rideau Canal]] located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
5: ...s are fairly rare, but skating is popular where these are encountered.
8: ...re there are long, cold winters especially in places like the Netherlands. In the 18th century, ice sk...
12: ... as "drawing" - results in what looks like effortless and graceful [[curvilinear]] flow across the ice... - Canal (2513 bytes)
4: ... the development of [[railroad]]s during the earliest phase of the [[Industrial Revolution]]; some can...
6: ...so deeply identified with [[Venice]] that all cities that have canals used as waterways have been call...
9: ...easure boats has spurred rehabilitation of stretches of historic canals
18: * [[List of canals in the United States]]
26: * [[Rideau Canal]] - [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] - Ionosphere (19365 bytes)
1: ...h;30[[MHz]]) [[radio propagation]] to distant places on the Earth.
6: ...red by a nearby positive [[ion]]. The number of these free electrons is sufficient to affect [[radio p...
8: ...o processes determines the degree of ionization present at any given time.
10: ...rged particles into the [[solar wind]] which reaches the Earth and interacts with its [[geomagnetic]] ...
14: ...ctivity. With an active sun electron density values are a factor of 10 higher.]] - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1570]] in England seems likely, and he is presumed to have died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Huds...
3: .... At this point the ship was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is no way t...
5: ...pany that there was no point funding further voyages.
7: ...ape Cod]]–the first Europeans to describe these locations (although [[Giovanni da Verrazano]] ex...
9: ...laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released. - Libya (12985 bytes)
1: ...the south and [[Algeria]] and [[Tunisia]] to the west. Its [[capital]] city is [[Tripoli]]. The three ...
3: ...all of [[North Africa]] west of Egypt, and sometimes referring to the entire continent of [[Africa]].
26: | '''[[President of Libya|President]]''' || [[Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani]]
30: | '''[[Area]]'''<br>- Total || [[List of countries by area|Ranked 16th]] <br> 1,759,540 [[square kil...
32: ...[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|Ranked 103rd]]<br> 5,499,074<br> 3....
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