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- Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...nt) and Ira Pittman, a poor mill worker who moved from town to town in search of work. As a child, Bes...
8: After a friend offered her a ride in an airplane, a thrilled...
10: ..., and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently interviewed by the press and she made up ...
12: In 1939, she set a new altitude and international speed record, receiving the Cli...
16: ... is the only woman to ever receive the Gold Medal from the [[Federation Aeronautique Internationale]].... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...se they have payload space or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
5: ...h the trains in one direction, and are controlled from a control cab at the opposite end of the train ...
11: ...en safer to locate the train's power systems away from passengers. This was particularly the case for ...
14: ...solescence cycles'' - separating the motive power from the payload-hauling cars means that either can ...
17: ... fuel, or they may take [[Power (physics)|power]] from an outside source. It is common to classify loc... - Ear (6659 bytes)
10: ...nning to the [[middle ear]]. This tube amplifies frequencies in the range 3 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] to...
13: ... formed cleft from the side of the face and hangs from the rest of the ear, but occasionally will be f...
17: ...three ear bones. The incus and stapes are derived from bones of the jaw, and allow finer detection of ...
21: ...and middle ear gives humans a peak sensitivity to frequencies between 1 kHz and 3 kHz. The ...
23: ...ddle ear is hollow. If the animal moves to a high-altitude environment, or dives into the water, there will ... - Piccolo (2812 bytes)
10: ...mise combines a metal head joint with a body made from wood. In more recent years the piccolo has also...
13: ...times strident [[whistle register]] notes at that altitude can be said to mimick a piccolo, hence its name. ... - Mountain (4538 bytes)
7: ...tems. This form of landscape can be seen in East Africa, the Vosges, the Basin and Range province of W...
11: ...subject to [[glaciation]] and [[erosion]] through frost action. This produces the classic mountain [[p...
14: ...centre than Everest. The peak that rises farthest from its base is [[Mauna Kea]] on [[Hawaii]], whose ...
18: ...l thus have different [[life zone]]s at different altitudes on their slopes. The plants and animals of a zon... - Africa (35389 bytes)
1: ...graphic.jpg|thumb|A satellite composite image of Africa]]
3: '''Africa''' is the [[world]]'s second-largest [[contine...
6: ...onAfrica.png|thumb|World map showing location of Africa]]
8: ...ontinent, as the [[Africa (province)|province of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding...
10: The origin of ''Afer'' may either come from: - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: '''Antarctica''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ἀντ&alpha...
8: ... is also the continent with the highest average [[altitude]], and the lowest average [[humidity]] of any con...
15: ...oldest place on earth. [[Weather pattern|Weather front]]s rarely penetrate far into the continent, le...
37: ...erre Ad鬩e]], one of the four districts of the [[French Southern Territories]]
47: *[[South Africa]]: claimed [[1963]]–[[1994]] - Andorra (11532 bytes)
22: | '''[[List of Co-Princes of Andorra|French Co-Prince]]''':
56: ...er" | <small><sup>1</sup> Prior to 1999: French [[franc]] and Spanish [[peseta]]. Some of their own cu...
59: ... eastern [[Pyrenees]] mountains and bordered by [[France]] and [[Spain]]. Once isolated, it is current...
63: The name "Andorra" probably originates from a [[Navarre|Navarrese]] word ''andurrial'', whi...
69: ...dispute arose between the bishop and his northern French neighbour over Andorra. - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...cially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
11: ...#932;ΟΣ<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
29: ...]'''<br> - Declared<br> - Recognised || From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]...
42: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Hymn to Freedom]]
52: ...especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a ... - Guinea-Bissau (9517 bytes)
1: ... and one the smallest countries in continental [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Senegal]] to the north,...
43: | (from Portugal)
48: | [[CFA franc]]
65: ... Africano da Independꮣia da Guin頥 Cabo Verde|African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape...
94: ...h periods of hot, dry [[harmattan]] winds blowing from the [[Sahara]]. The [[Bijagos Archipelago]] ext... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...pendent [[nation]], entirely surrounded by South African territory.
3: ...as well as many white, coloured and Indian South Africans.
5: ...the entire [[Africa]]n continent, with modern [[infrastructure]] common throughout the country.
7: {{South Africa infobox}}
9: South Africa has 11 official languages: [[Afrikaans]], [[English language|English]], [[Zulu lan... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
58: ...epali groups known to historians, having migrated from the east in the [[7th century BC|7th]] or [[8th...
85: ... five climatic zones based on altitude that range from subtropical in the south, to cool summers and s...
111: Suffering from "[[Nepal_Civil_War|People's War]]" between the ...
118: ... multi-ethnic society. The data below are derived from the 2002 <i>Nepal Population Report.</i> [http:...
121: ...pal retains a diverse linguistic heritage evolved from three major language groups: [[Indo-Aryan]], [[... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
41: | [[June 19]], [[1961]] from the United Kingdom
65: ...igrated to the northern shore of the Persian Gulf from the Najd, their famine-stricken homeland in cen...
66: .... The current rulers of the country are descended from Sabah I, who was chosen by the community, which...
68: ...was occupied by tribes and used for spice trading from [[India]]. By the [[18th century]], most of the...
70: ...8 (largely due to the desire for Iraqi protection from Shiite [[Iran]]), Kuwait was invaded and annexe... - Biome (5008 bytes)
3: ...climate and soil partly depend on [[latitude]], [[altitude]] and slope.
11: ...sia]], ''[[savanna]]'' or [[veld]] in southern [[Africa]], ''[[prairie]]'' in [[North America]], ''[[p...
16: ... by the fact that [[biodiversity]] increases away from the poles towards the equator, and increases wi...
55: == Altitude and Latitude Classification ==
57: ...other system of classification takes into account altitude and humidity, ignoring temperature as a factor. ... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
42: The name "Delaware" comes from the title of [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La War...
48: ... 1813 as the "[[Spencer Churches|Union Church of Africans]]," which is now the [[A.U.M.P. Church]]. T...
71: ...in Delaware, although a public-television station from Philadelphia, WHYY, maintains a studio and broa...
74: ...d in some parts swampy. A ridge about 70 feet in altitude extends along the western boundary of the state a...
92: The five largest ancestries in Delaware are: [[African American]] (19.2%), [[Ireland|Irish]] (16.6%)... - Kansas (21369 bytes)
37: '''Kansas''', derived from the [[Sioux|Siouan]] word Kansa meaning "People...
44: ...lace. On [[March 30]], [[1855]] "Border Ruffians" from [[Missouri]] invaded Kansas during the territor...
52: ...t]], and [[Carrie Nation]]. Famous sport athletes from Kansas include [[Barry Sanders]], [[Gale Sayers...
75: ...termine if evolution should once again be removed from state science standards.
78: ...ors of Kansas]]; [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Kansas]] - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...British possession after France's defeat in the [[French and Indian War]]. For many years, rightful co...
44: ...north to south, is 159 miles. Its greatest width, from east to west, is 89 miles (the narrowest width ...
46: ...ountains]], so named because their relatively low altitude allows for little [[tree-line|timberline]], form ...
52: ...particular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and climate conditions unique ...
58: ...ing the era Native Americans migrated year-round. From [[1000 BCE]] to [[1600|1600 CE]] was the Woodla... - Montana (14119 bytes)
38:
53: ... the [[Yellowstone River]] the mountains reach an altitude of 10,000 feet and the peaks are perpetually cove...
207: *[http://classroomclipart.com Free Clipart] - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...[[Hispanic]] ancestry, many of whom are descended from [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] [[colonist]]s. It al...
46: ...ld. Dispatched from [[New Spain]], conquistador [[Francisco Vᳱuez de Coronado]] led a full-scale exp...
50: ..."The Royal Road" as a 700 mile (1100 km) lifeline from the rest of [[New Spain]] to his remote colony....
58: [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] of [[France]] sold the vast [[Louisiana Purchase]], which...
60: Small trapping parties from the United States had previously reached Santa ... - Desert (21206 bytes)
18: ...ey should be designated as specifically different from the simple definition of a desert: a place whe...
20: ...s an [[ice cap]] if the temperature remains below freezing year-round, rendering the land almost compl...
22: ... other areas are arid by virtue of being very far from the nearest available sources of moisture (this...
28: ...orld's largest desert, the [[Sahara]] of [[North Africa]], which has experienced temperatures as high ...
32: ... These deserts are in interior [[watershed]]s far from oceans and have a wide range of annual temperat...
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