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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
5: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ...
33: ... to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the Po... - Mesolithic (2380 bytes)
14: ...ties were able to live well on rich food supplies from the marshlands created by the warmer climate. S...
16: Remains from this period are few and far between, often limi...
21: *[[Francthi|Franchthi]] in [[Greece]] - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
42: ...t of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican...
44: ...y and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup></small>]] from the [[United States]], formed the [[Confederate...
53: ... Offutt and accompanied by friends, he took goods from New Salem to [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orlea...
59: ...n a company of the [[Illinois]] [[militia]] drawn from New Salem during the [[Black Hawk War]], writin...
61: ...s House of Representatives]], as a representative from [[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon County]], ... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
9: ...m'''. In the [[13th century]], the Caribs arrived from South America in the third wave, displacing bot...
11: The name "Barbados" comes from a [[Portuguese colonization of the Americas|Por...
13: ...the Caribbean coast found the island uninhabited. From the arrival of the first British settlers in [[...
15: ...o work the plantations, slaves were brought from Africa; the [[slave trade]] ceased a few years before...
19: ...dos was made in [[1951]], when universal adult suffrage was introduced. This was followed by steps tow... - Tuvalu (11893 bytes)
35: | From the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]]<br/>[[October 1]], ...
60: ...00 years ago. During pre-contact times, there was frequent canoe voyaging between the nearer islands.
62: ...ers began to live on the islands hoping to profit from local resources. Europeans brought diseases new...
64: ...]]ns of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the [[Micronesia]]ns of the Gilbert Islands (la...
91: ... was uninhabited until it was resettled by people from Niutao in 1949. Thus, the name Tuvalu means "ei... - Marshall Islands (8760 bytes)
59: ...ng until the [[1960s]]. Many Marshallese suffered from high [[radiation]] levels because of this, and ...
61: ...rshall Islands was established and a [[Compact of Free Association]] with the U.S. government was sign...
66: ... government. The president, who is elected by and from the members of the ''Nitijela'' (parliament), a...
78: ... May to November. The islands occasionally suffer from [[typhoon]]s.
118: ...ceed exports. Under the terms of the [[Compact of Free Association]], the US provides roughly $65 mill... - Boat (6417 bytes)
72: ... In [[cockney rhyming slang]], "boat" means face, from "boat race".
74: ...e one of the massive cars manufactured in America from the 1950s through the 1970s.
85: ...nd stern, respectively and are used only when the frame of reference is within the vessel. Outside the...
89: ...owing is the windward The side of the vessel away from the wind is termed the lee side side. The direc...
94: ...oor is properly, a structural member which ties a frame to the keelson and keel.) The underside of a d... - Missouri (16086 bytes)
54: ...cennial census. The Senate consists of 34 members from districts divided such that the population of e...
65: ...main behind from a glacier that once had extended from the north to the Missouri River.
67: ...] [[igneous]] [[Saint Francois Mountain Range|St. Francois Mountains]].
97: *11.2% [[African American|Black]]
103: ...n]] (10.5%), [[England|English]] (9.5%), [[France|French]] (3.5%). - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
37: Its name is from the [[Lakota#The_Dakota|Dakota people's]] name ...
54: Much of the state was purchased from [[France]] as part of the [[Louisiana Purchase]], alth...
59: ...e [[M鴩s people (Canada)|M鴩s]] people, a mixed French and Native American culture, were a presence ...
61: Modern [[immigrant]]s have come from all over the world in recent decades, with [[Hm...
63: ...with the early Scandinavian immigrants. Families frequently own or share [[cabin]]s on central and no... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
36: ... the most famous of all [[state motto]]s: "[[Live free or die]]".
51: ... modern [[Republican Party]] by [[Amos Tuck]] and friends. New Hampshire grew as a hotbed of [[Aboliti...
58: ...ther [[John H. Sununu]] was governor of the state from [[1983]]–[[1988]]. [[List of New Hampshir...
60: ...ampshire)| Executive Council]] that is a holdover from the [[Governor's Council]] of the Colonial era....
66: ...ermont]] voted on [[March 2]], [[2004]] to secede from [[Vermont]] and join New Hampshire—a larg... - List of sports (7304 bytes)
209: * [[Freestyle skiing]]
222: * [[Freestyle snowboarding]]
321: * [[Ultimate frisbee]] - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
15: ...600 to 700 [[gram|g]]. Population estimates range from 16,000 to 35,000, with about 60% in [[Canada]].
20: ...ulation is so effective that when viewed with [[infrared camera]] they are barely visible. Only the pa...
22: ...mers]] and can often be seen in open waters miles from land. This may be a sign that they have begun [...
41: ...m.com/ The Polar Bear Cam], live video and images from the polar bear migration near [[Churchill, Mani... - Polo (10046 bytes)
8: ... north of [[Kashmir]], near the fabled silk route from China to the West. In one ancient sentence it e...
14: ...followers of Siyⶡsh, a legendary Persian prince from the earliest centuries of the Empire. The poet ...
16: ...uries. The Chinese most probably learned the game from the Iranian nobles who sought refuge in Chinese...
20: ...port in those times, from [[Japan]] to [[Egypt]], from [[India]] to the [[Byzantine Empire]]. As the g...
29: ...ng passes downfield to riders who had broken away from the pack at a full gallop. - Totem pole (20143 bytes)
1: ...''Totem poles''' are monumental sculptures carved from great trees, typically [[Western Redcedar]], by...
6: ...aida]] people of the [[Queen Charlotte Islands]], from whence it spread outward to the [[Tsimshian]] a...
8: ...as spent and distributed in lavish [[potlatch]]es frequently associated with the construction and erec...
10: ... forth in many new and traditional media, ranging from tourist trinkets to masterful works in wood, st...
12: ...aditional styles, although some artists have felt free to include modern subject matter or use nontrad... - Watercraft (2566 bytes)
7: ...he number of [[mast]]s) that distinguishes a ship from boats.
12: ...the term serves to unify the category that ranges from small [[boat]]s to the largest [[ship]]s, and a... - Camping (6354 bytes)
2: .... Camping describes a whole range of activities, from survivalist campers who set off with little mor...
6: ...w to designated sites in order to prevent campers from damaging the environment.
9: ...milar levels of development. Campsites can range from a bare piece of grass to a level paved pad with...
11: ...g with a trailer (caravan) or motor home detracts from the experience of being out-of-doors. Because ...
20: ...his activity may require skills in obtaining food from the wild, emergency medical treatments, [[orien... - Navigation (15650 bytes)
7: ...n senses and knowledge, passed by oral tradition, from navigator to apprentice.
20: ...[1976]], successfully navigated the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to [[Tahiti]] using no instruments.
39: ... accurate land-based fixes even hundreds of miles from shore. These were made obsolete by satellite na...
43: ...measuring their [[bearing (navigation)|bearings]] from the ship. These [[lines of position]] can be pl...
55: ...7 navigational stars at any time of day or night. From a single sight, a time within a second and an e... - Tenochtitlan (3092 bytes)
5: ...ival of the Aztecs, a tribe of people who came in from the west, that the area acquired its importance...
9: ...mmercial routes were developed that brought goods from places as far as the [[Gulf of Mexico]], the [[... - Cherokee (38956 bytes)
29: ...language|Extremaduran]]) as ''chalaque'', then in French as ''cheraqui'', and then by the English as '...
31: ... sound after early contact with Europeans of both French and Spanish ancestry in Georgia and Alabama d...
33: ...om the [[Choctaw]] trade language. It was derived from the Choctaw word "Cha-la-kee" which means "thos...
46: ...dia of North American Indians'']; 2000 population from a [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2...
84: The Cherokee nation was unified from an interrelated society of city-states in the e... - Iguassu Falls (7632 bytes)
1: ...guazu10_15B1.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Devil's throat from the Brazilian side. Photography provided by [ht...
5: ... of the falls are within Argentine territory, but from the Brazilian side a more panoramic view of the...
9: The name ''Iguazu'' comes from the [[Guarani language|Guarani]] words ''y'' (w...
17: ...ara Falls]], Iguazu is rivalled only by Southern Africa's [[Victoria Falls]] which separates Zambia an...
19: ...ises between 30 and 150 metres (100 and 500 feet) from Iguazu's Garganta del Diablo, and over 300 metr...
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