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- Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...[rain forest]]s. A former [[colony]] of Portugal, Brazil has [[Portuguese]] as its [[official language]].
3: {{Brazil infobox}}
6: ''Main article: [[History of Brazil]]''
8: ...This lasted until the next emperor, [[Pedro II of Brazil|Dom Pedro II]] was deposed and a [[federation|fe...
10: ...sion of generals appointed by the military. Today Brazil is a [[democracy]].
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
15: national_motto =''Sufragio efectivo, No reelecci
16: ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[1810]]<br>[[Se...
68: On [[September 16]], [[1810]], independence from Spain was declared, by [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costi...
70: ...ntral America]] were all incorporated into Mexico from [[1822]] to [[1823]], when they declared indepe... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ... the [[Corcovado]] mountain, and for its yearly [[Brazilian Carnival|Carnival]] celebration. It also has t...
9:
15: ...tlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built...
17: ...lo'' (Castle Hill). Therefore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwa...
19: ...y French - pirates and buccaneers, such as [[Jean-Fran篩s Duclerc]], [[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Ni... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...) was the nineteenth [[Prime Minister of Canada]] from [[June 25]] to [[November 4]], [[1993]]. Though...
39: ...ship of the party. A few years later she resigned from the legislature to run in the [[Canadian federa...
45: Campbell's quick rise to fame from a relatively unknown [[Cabinet of Canada|cabine...
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63: ... is [[Fernando Cardoso]], the former President of Brazil. On January 1st, 2004, Ms. Campbell assumed the r... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: Halonen graduated from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1968 and has ...
5: ...250px|President Tarja Halonen on a state visit to Brazil]]
18: ...-class quarter. She obtained a [[Master of Laws]] from the [[University of Helsinki]] in [[1968]]. She...
20: ...tee of the parliament in [[1984]]–[[1987]]. From this position Halonen rose to the status of Min...
26: ...[[European Union]] in the autumn of 1999 was also fresh in people's memory. - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: ...[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] writer.
3: ...helnyk]], a village in [[Ukraine]] and moved to [[Brazil]] when she was 2 months old. In [[1944]] she publ... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: Alanis's Surname "Morissette" is French in origin. Her [[1995]] international debut ...
12: ...er early idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you o...
23: ...he would later write about in songs such as "UR" (from the album ''[[Supposed Former Infatuation Junki...
38: ...is''. The album attempted to move Morissette away from her debut album's dance-pop sound. However, ''N...
42: ...to [[Nashville]] a few months later also proved unfruitful. - Parasite (2795 bytes)
1: ...rasitism, since it requires that the host benefit from the interaction as well as the parasite.
3: ...ents from the host's body fluids, but this is far from a universal strategy.
16: *** [[Candiru]] (Vampire fish of Brazil)
45: ...term parasite is also used for people who benefit from a relationship, society or system without contr... - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...m Classroom Clipart]]]The word '''''culture''''', from the [[Latin]] <i>colere</i>, with its root mea...
6: ...tually tried to eliminate popular or mass culture from the definition of culture.
10: ...this [[worldview]], people with different customs from those who regard themselves as cultured do not ...
12: From the 18th century onwards, some social critics h...
19: ...y for symbolic thinking and social learning stems from human evolution confounds older arguments about... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
3: ...ses. Current trends in this field are moving away from analog methods of mapmaking and toward the crea...
6: [[Image:Radkarte_MKL1888.png|thumb|World map from the [[Middle Age]]s.]]
7: The oldest known map dates from the [[5th millennium BCE]]. The oldest maps emp...
9: .... An engraved map of the holy city of [[Nippur]], from the Kassite period ([[14th century BCE|14th]] &...
14: ... map.JPG|thumb|[[Muhammad al-Idrisi]]'s world map from 1154. Note that south is at the top of the map.... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ... and/or some international diplomatic recognition from selected states, but are not UN members. For mo...
5: The term "united nations" was coined by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] during [[World War II]], to ...
20: ... August to October [[1944]], representatives of [[France]], the [[Republic of China]], the [[United Ki...
24: ...curity Council]] — [[Republic of China]], [[France]], the [[Soviet Union]], [[United Kingdom]], ...
26: ... land purchased by an 8.5 million dollar donation from [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]], and designed by a... - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
1: ...PA|/jukəleɪli/}}), or '''uke''', is a [[fret]]ted [[string instrument]] which is, in its con...
3: ...n the city of [[Braga]] and named after it; the [[Brazil]]ian [[cavaquinho]] is usually tuned in D-G-B-D, ...
5: ...al home of Madeira Island off the coast of North Africa. Flora Fox, a great grandaughter of Manuel Nun...
7: In [[1879]] three 'ukulele makers arrived from Portugal in Hawai'i. One of these, Manuel Nune...
9: The ukulele comes in four sizes (from smallest to largest): [[soprano]] (the original... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
2: ...for being the subject matter of a popular song by Brazilian [[guitar|guitarist]] [[Baden Powell (musician...
9: ...n automobile [[tire]]) tightly strung and secured from one end of the verga to the other. A [[gourd]] ...
10: ... painted in bright colors, following local Bahian/Brazilian taste; today, most makers follow the tourist c...
11: ...so be altered by moving the caba硠back and forth from the abdomen, producing a wah-like sound.
34: ...ing, and by sliding the gourd a little up or down from the place where the sound is best. - Prime Meridian (3211 bytes)
4: .... President]] [[Chester A. Arthur]], 41 delegates from 25 nations met in [[Washington, D.C.]], USA for...
9: ...longitudes would be calculated both east and west from this meridian up to 180?.
15: ...gainst); [[France]] and [[Brazil]] abstained. The French did not adopt the Greenwich meridian until [[...
17: ...o the right) is on the opposite side of the world from the Prime Meridian.
33: ...″ <!--not certain of seconds, could also be fractional seconds-->west of Greenwich) - Continental drift (4518 bytes)
3: ...frican geologist [[Alexander Du Toit]] as well as from [[Arthur Holmes]]. The idea of continental drif...
9: South America and Africa are moving apart at [[Centimetre|3 cm]] per ye...
14: ...r [[earthworm]] found in South America and South Africa.
16: ... It was this temporary feature which inspired [[Alfred Wegener]] to study what he defined as continent...
22: ... of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] as well as the [[East Africa Rift]]. Confirmation of this hypothesis would... - Fila Brasileiro (2854 bytes)
13: |Brazilian Mastiff
15: |Brazilian Molosser
22: |[[Brazil]]
44: ...g]] [[Dog breed|breed]] of [[dog]] developed in [[Brazil]].
55: ... known, but it is believed to have been developed from various breeds including the [[English Mastiff]... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...e so-called '''Age of Exploration''' was a period from the early [[15th century]] and continuing into ...
7: ... East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links to t...
9: ...[[Marco Polo]] who traveled throughout the Orient from [[1271]] to [[1295]]. His journey was written u...
15: ...iving European sailors some idea of the shape of Africa and Asia.
18: ... could be bypassed by trading directly with West Africa by sea. It was also hoped that south of the Sa... - South America (5078 bytes)
7: ...ea]] and in [[population]], after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], and North America.
9: ...], though there are also suggestions of migration from the southern Pacific Ocean.
11: ...]] [[conquistadors]], first from [[Spain]], later from [[Portugal]], who divided it into [[colonies]]....
15: ...], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], and [[French Guiana]] – are also known as [[Caribbea...
17: ...America by far, in both area and population, is [[Brazil]]. Regions in South America include the [[Andean ... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: '''Antarctica''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ἀντ&alpha...
8: ...he fifth largest continent, after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], and [[South America]]. H...
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]] - Americas (7154 bytes)
13: ...referring to U.S. citizens. In [[French language|French]], ''鴡ts-unien'' (''鴡ts-unienne'' for wom...
15: In [[Portugal]] and [[Brazil]], U.S. residents are mostly called ''americanos'...
23: ...troductio]]'', explains that the name was derived from the [[Latin]]ized version of the explorer [[Ame...
25: ...eem?s maps are alleged to incorporate information from the early British journeys to North America. T...
27: ...ld, and even changed the spelling of his own name from ''Alberigo'' to ''Amerrigo'' to reflect the imp...
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