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- Paraguay (10959 bytes)
1: ... "this side" and "guay", meaning "river". The expression in Guarani is thought to refer solely to Asun...
22: |'''[[President of Paraguay|President]]'''
26: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 58th]] <br> 406,750 [[square kilom...
29: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 100th]]<br> 6,191,368<br> 15...
46: |'''[[List of country calling codes|Calling code]]''' - String instrument (8163 bytes)
1: ...strument") is a [[musical instrument]] that produces [[sound]] by means of [[vibrating string]]s. In t...
8: ... bowed ([[Jimmy Page]] of [[Led Zeppelin]] sometimes played the [[electric guitar]] this way, for exam...
10: ...at the piano is a percussion instrument has at times served as rhetoric for composers who relished sha...
12: ...d bowed instruments, where it gives equally soft results.
16: ...hich are manipulated by the player, meaning she does not have to pay attention to the strings directly... - List of musical instruments (9508 bytes)
2: ...e as a musical instrument; but the expression is reserved generally to items that have that specific p...
10: ...the instrument to be struck and the shape of the resonating cavity, if any, determine the sound of the...
12: ...ne quality]] varies with the construction of the resonating cavity.
14: ... instrument in its own right. A [[singer]] generates sounds when airflow from the lungs sets the [[voc...
16: ...ans. They often mimic other instruments in their design, particularly keyboards. - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...y motion|laws of planetary motion]]. He is sometimes referred to as "the first [[theory|theoretical]] ...
4: Kepler was a [[professor]] of [[mathematics]] at the [[University of Gr...
6: ...er, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("The Harmony of the world") in Linz dur...
9: ...s said to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant...
15: ...f teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the Protestant school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the pos... - Olmec (8916 bytes)
1: ...ure]] of every primary element common to later [[Mesoamerica]]n civilizations.
4: ...Lorenzo Tenochtitlᮝ], [[La Venta]], [[Tres Zapotes]], [[Chalcatzingo]], and [[La Mojarra]].
6: ...ion and used for recreational and religious purposes – certainly they were playing it before any...
8: ...h expressed through human sacrifice) found in successor cults. Finally, their political arrangements o...
11: ...he ancient Olmec used for themselves; some later Mesoamerican accounts seem to refer to the ancient Ol... - Andes (13210 bytes)
1: {{Otherusesabout|the mountain system in South America}}
2: ...dies.png|thumb|200px|right|The Andes form the longest mountain chain in the world.]]
3: ...mage:Andes Chile Argentina.jpg|thumb|300px|The Andes between [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]]]]
4: ...Andesplane.jpg|thumb|300px|Plane's view of the Andes, Peru.]]
5: ...g, 500 km (300 miles) wide in some parts (widest between 18° to 20°S latitude), and of an avera... - Chile (39914 bytes)
1: ...des]] mountains and the [[Pacific Ocean]]. It shares borders with [[Argentina]] to the east, [[Bolivia...
14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] |
18: leader_titles = [[President of Chile|President]] |
19: leader_names = [[Ricardo Lagos]] |
20: largest_city = [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] | - Congas (1194 bytes)
2: ... was initially made from hollowed logs with cowhides nailed or strung on, and used by religious groups...
6: ...), the '''conga''', '''seguidor''' or '''tres golpes''' (30 cm), and the '''tumbadora''' or '''salidor...
12: ... macho and several embras tuned to different pitches. - List of countries by highest point (12398 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of countries by highest point''' above [[sea level]].
4: |1=||[[Nepal]]||[[Mount Everest]]||8,850m
6: |1=||[[People's Republic of China]]||[[Mount Everest]]||8,850m
32: |15||[[United States]]||[[Mount McKinley]]||6,194m
58: |28||[[Indonesia]]||[[Carstensz Pyramid]] (Puncak Jaya)||5,030m - Solar power (20128 bytes)
1: ...It is already in widespread use where other supplies of power are absent such as in remote locations a...
3: As the [[Earth]] orbits the [[Sun]], it receives approximately 1,400 [[watt|W]] / m² of energ...
5: ...rgy to create chemical energy through [[photosynthesis]]. We use this energy when we burn wood or [[fo...
13: '''Direct solar power''' involves only one transformation into a usable form.<br>
14: Examples: - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
10: ...gifts, and hanging stockings are very similar to Western celebrations.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
12: ...ember 25. Both are former [[colony|colonies]] of Western powers with (nominal) [[Christian]] cultural ...
14: ... interest in this Western phenomenon, and, sometimes, as part of retail marketing campaigns.
20: ...countries. In addition, increasing numbers of stores and buildings are displaying Christmas decoration...
22: ...services, for example, they go caroling to the homes of older church members, where they are usually t...
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