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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ample of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin...
13: ...r" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Costa Rica|Detail]])
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61: ...] were part of the [[Intermediate Area]] located between the [[Mesoamerican]] and [[Andean]] cultural ...
71: ...pg|thumb|left|140px|<i>Rich Coast:</i> fishermen set sail near Quepos, on the Pacific coast.]]Costa Ri... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ... third voyage). However, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: le...
21: ...ni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister, Bianchinetta.
29: ...portunity to sail into the Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off th...
31: ...maker in Lisbon. At times, the brothers worked together as [[draftsmen]] and book collectors. - North America (12844 bytes)
4: ...of 9,355,000 square miles (24,230,000 square kilometers). In 2001 its population was estimated at 454,...
6: ...sually" would be appropriate, I would guess, but let's remain careful --> considered to include Canada...
12: ...c]], [[:Image:North america rock metamorphic.jpg|metamorphic]] rock types of [[North America]]. ]]
14: ...ntains many sub-regions): the [[Great Plains]] stretching from the [[Gulf of Mexico]] to the [[Canadia...
16: ... smaller ranges and low-lying deserts – in between. The highest peak is [[Denali]] in Alaska. - Americas (7154 bytes)
13: People who live in the Americas are sometimes referred to as being ''[[American (disambigua...
27: ...' derives from the district of ''Amerrique'' in [[Nicaragua]]. The gold-rich district of Amerrique was purpor...
29: Yet another theory states that Vespucci named America...
31: ...nd only served to prolong the ongoing debate on whether the "[[West Indies|Indies]]" were really a new... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...n also browse countries [[List of countries|alphabetically]], [[List of national capitals|by capital c...
3: ...n state]] for some explanation of the difference between these.
27: *[[Ethiopia]] (Itiopia) - [[Addis Ababa]]
54: *[[Sierra Leone]] - [[Freetown]]
123: * [[Vietnam]] - [[Hanoi]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
1: ...al (politics)|capital]]s''' of the world in alphabetical order.
14: ...r><td>[[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia|Addis Ababa]] <td>[[Ethiopia]]
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
35: <tr><td>[[Basseterre]] <td>[[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
49: <tr><td>[[Bridgetown]] <td>[[Barbados]] - Argentina (30219 bytes)
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48: ... country in southern [[South America]], situated between the [[Andes]] in the west and the southern [[...
57: ...s waged a lengthy conflict between themselves to determine the future of the nation. National unity wa...
63: ...nd early [[1970s]], the way was open for Per return. - Cuba (25106 bytes)
10: ...ubans.After some delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was adopted in [[1976]].
12: ...This led to an Internatiional Nuclear Stand-off, between the United States of America and Russia.
16: ...the decisive, steady, and generous aid of the Soviet people, our country could not have survived the c...
18: ...dealt Cuba a giant economic blow and when the Soviets stopped their 6 billion dollars-per-year subsidy...
20: ...ossibility they were or would be persecuted upon return, they would be taken to [[Guantanamo Bay]] for... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...d. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region to the same mean solar...
6: ...s atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly ca...
8: ...ncidentally, local time at Greenwich itself only between 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in October and 0...
31: ... Mean Time]] (GMT) being hand carried on [[chronometer]]s. About [[August 23]], [[1852]], time signals...
35: ... mean time]], and Eastern Standard Time until it settled on EST by ordinance May [[1915]], ratified by... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
12: ...s]], characteristic of the era of the [[Great Society]] and [[civil rights movement]], gave way to con...
14: ...more marginalized from the mainstream of U.S. society than their counterparts two decades ago due to t...
17: ===The assault on U.S./Soviet ''D鴥nte''===
18: ...e hostage crisis in [[Iran]] in [[1979]], the Soviet invasion of [[Afghanistan]], the growth of intern...
20: ...t industrial output increased by 75%, and the Soviet Union became the world's largest producer of [[oi... - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
22: ...ics of Estonia|Estonia]] - [[Politics of Ethiopia|Ethiopia]]
50: ...ew Zealand (Aotearoa)]] - [[Politics of Nicaragua|Nicaragua]] - [[Politics of Niger|Niger]] - [[Politics of N...
74: ...f Venezuela|Venezuela]] - [[Politics of Vietnam|Vietnam]] - Shark (14021 bytes)
17: ... [[parasite]]s, and rows of replaceable [[tooth|teeth]] in the [[mouth]].
20: ...[[jaw]], but embedded in their flesh. The lower teeth are primarily used for holding [[prey]], while t...
22: ...water ocean and fresh water rivers (and in [[lake Nicaragua]]). A few of the larger species, the Mako and Whi...
24: ...s. Because of their size and the nature of their metabolism, their demand for oxygen is higher than th...
30: == Etymology == - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...[[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th century]] and [[1752]], January 1 ...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
15: ...nce|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
18: ...reat Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - Bull shark (3651 bytes)
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17: ...eshwater sharks (unlike the Bull sharks in [[Lake Nicaragua]] and the [[river shark]]s of the genus [[Glyphis...
20: ...e. The [[male]]s of this species can reach 2.1 [[metre|m]] long and weigh 90 [[kilogram|kg]]. The [[f...
23: ...o cruise through shallow waters taking a wide variety of [[prey]]: [[fish]], other sharks, [[ray]]s, [...
25: ...is]]. They are also found in the fresh water Lake Nicaragua. - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
6: ...he Smokey City annexed Allegheny. Ballclub was sometimes dubbed the ''Innocents'' during the 1880s. In...
19: ... World Series title in [[1909]], defeating the [[Detroit Tigers]] in seven games.
21: ...cord in [[1917]], Wagner's last season. However, veteran outfielder [[Max Carey]] and young players [[...
25: ... abilities and posted an outrageous 9.85 ERA. He retired soon afterwards.
27: ...hip supplies to the victims of an earthquake in [[Nicaragua]], and is today regarded as the most prominent fi... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
25: ...er years of moving from town to town, the family settled in [[Dixon, Illinois]]. In [[1921]], at the a...
31: ...ouncer]] of [[Chicago Cubs]] [[baseball]] games, getting only the bare outlines of the game from a tic...
35: ...e acquired the nickname ''the Gipper'', which he retained the rest of his life. Reagan himself conside...
42: ... Hemingway]]. Reagan's co-stars were [[John Cassavetes]] and [[Lee Marvin]].
46: ...lywood. Concluding that the Republican Party was better able to combat communism, Reagan gradually aba... - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
21: ...ords]], and the [[SALT II]] treaty with the [[Soviet Union]]. He failed to reform the tax system (due ...
28: ...orcycles. His youngest sister, [[Ruth Carter Stapleton]] ([[1929]]-[[1983]]), became a well known [[Ch...
30: ... out of his Academy class of 820. [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] [[POW]] and war hero [[Jeremiah Denton]] was...
32: ...Fleet|Atlantic]] and [[Pacific Fleet|Pacific]] fleets. He was later selected by [[Admiral]] [[Hyman Ri...
39: ...ers]], showing Sanders associating with black basketball players. Following his election, Carter said ... - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
19: ...nitarian, and administrator. He had the longest retirement of any U.S. President and died 31 years af...
32: ...tains]]. It was in Branner's geology lab that he met [[Lou Henry Hoover|Lou Henry]], a banker's daught...
34: ...st birthday. He left Stanford with $40 in his pocket and no prospects for employment. But from this co...
37: ...e Hoovers in [[Tianjin]]. For almost a month the settlement was under heavy fire. While his wife worke...
39: ...echnical treatises: [[Georg Agricola]]'s ''De re metallica'', originally published in [[1556]]. At 670... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
22: In his lifetime Roosevelt was a polarizing figure: he was a he...
26: ...osenvelt]], originally from [[Haarlem]] in the [[Netherlands]], arrived in New York (then called [[Nie...
28: ... two branches remained friendly: James Roosevelt met his wife at a Roosevelt family gathering at Oyste...
30: ...Phillippe de la Noye having arrived in [[Massachusetts]] in [[1621]]. Her mother was a Lyman, another ...
32: ...he fact that his father was a Democrat, however, set him apart to some extent from most other members ... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...at the side of Pedro Arias d'Avila (Pedrarias), [[Nicaragua]] and was with [[Francisco Pizarro]] in [[Peru]]....
5: ...n his discovery and colonization voyage through [[Nicaragua]] and [[Honduras]].
6: ...ling with natives. In a conflict for supremacy in Nicaragua, de Soto fought for Davila against [[Gil Dᶩda G...
7: ...tan]], hoping to find a direct connection by sea between the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and the [[Pac...
11: ...Soto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two men emerged.
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