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  1. Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
    6: ...is time that they spent together sheltered Amelia from her father and his [[alcoholism]]. Because of E...
    8: ... lessons from [[Neta Snook]]. With financial help from some of her family, in 1922 Earhart bought her ...
    10: ...gan to include George Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the Atlantic cross...
    14: ...Gold Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
    16: ...Oakland, California]]. Later that year she soloed from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Mexico City]] and back to ...
  2. Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
    16: ... language|Greek]] ''orchis'', meaning 'testicle', from the appearance of subterranean tuberoids in som...
    21: These [[monocotyledon]]ous plants are [[cosmopolitan]] in distribution, except [[Antarctica]] and dese...
    23: ...restrial]] [[plant]]s, retrieving their nutrients from the soil. This group includes all [[Europe]]an ...
    40: ...ctive mottle of the leaves of [[Lady's Slipper]]s from temperate zones (''[[Paphiopedilum]]'') is caus...
    47: ..."one-footed") growth. The new shoots grow upwards from a single stem, originating in the end bud of th...
  3. 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:
  4. Greece (54754 bytes)
    1: ...cially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
    11: ...#932;&#927;&#931;<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
    29: ...]'''<br>&nbsp;- Declared<br>&nbsp;- 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 ...
  5. Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
    29: ...e leaves are quite clearly evolutionarily derived from a simple
    41: ...s. ''S. purpurea'' (the huntman's cup) has a more cosmopolitan distribution.
    46: rolled-leaf tube, and protects it from rain. Possibly because of this improved
    52: pitted with areolae, which are [[chlorophyll]]-free patches through which light can penetrate.
    54: ...once inside, tire themselves out trying to escape from these false
  6. Illinois (27007 bytes)
    37: ...ry]]. Its name was given by the state's [[France|French explorers]] after the indigenous [[Illiniwek]...
    39: ...e its largest city is [[Chicago]], along the waterfront of [[Lake Michigan]]. Most of the state's pop...
    48: ...lt of their exploration, Illinois was part of the French empire until [[1763]], when it passed to the ...
    56: ...Illinois in the Civil War]]), which were numbered from the 7th IL to the 156th IL. Seventeen cavalry r...
    60: ...ing from traditions cultivated during the state's frontier era. As codified in the state constitution...
  7. Carthage (20744 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Carthage_location.png|right|frame|A map of the central [[Mediterranean Sea]], sh...
    3: ...ted on the eastern side of [[Lake Tunis]], across from the center of modern [[Tunis]] in [[Tunisia]]. ...
    6: ... was founded by [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] settlers from the city of [[Tyre]], bringing with them the ci...
    8: ...the city began a systematic conquest of both the African interior and the coastal lands.
    10: ...reading its control along the North African coast from modern [[Morocco]] to the borders of [[Egypt]]....
  8. Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
    9: ...ted, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
    11: ...tities with imperial pretensions, including the [[Frankish]] kingdom, the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the [...
    23: ...final step in the evolution of the [[Roman Army]] from a [[citizen army]] to a professional one.
    33: ...Romanizing extensive territories in the East, in Africa, in Hispania and Gaul, beyond those areas that...
    40: ...few, works of poetry, legislation and engineering from this period provide important insights into Rom...
  9. Mykonos (1177 bytes)
    4: Cosmopolitan island, famous the last decades from the international jet set visitors that spend h...
  10. Bahrain (16123 bytes)
    1: ...cross the [[ Persian Gulf]]. The [[Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge]], currently in planning, will lin...
    42: ...ndependence]]'''<br />- From [[Iran|Persia]]<br>- From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />
    61: ...e [[Persian Gulf]] has brought rule and influence from the [[Assyrian]]s, [[Babylonian]]s, [[Greeks]],...
    65: ...ic position between East and West, fertile lands, fresh water, and pearl diving made Bahrain a centre ...
    67: ...1521, the Portuguese separated Awal (now Bahrain) from the rest and since then the name of Bahrain spe...
  11. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (37869 bytes)
    7: ...ity in the nation, according to a [[2003]] report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The city's population o...
    61: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.89% from two or more races. 16.15% of the population we...
    67: ...utskirts of the city is quick and mostly gridlock-free because of the city's interstate system (Mayor ...
    73: ...homa City to Edmond, and [[Interstate 235]] spurs from I-44 in North Central OKC into downtown Oklahom...
    87: [[Image:downtown_OKC_from_deep_duece.jpeg|left|Skyscrapers of Downtown Ok...
  12. Pantheon, Rome (8255 bytes)
    3: ...e the [[7th century]] AD. It is the only building from the Greco-Roman world which is completely intac...
    11: Hadrian was a cosmopolitan emperor who travelled widely in the east and was ...
    15: The building's consecration as a church saved it from the abandonment and spoliation which befell the...
    17: ...annon, and that the bronze for the baldachin came from [[Venice]].[http://gnv.fdt.net/~aabbeama/Christ...
    21: ...www.beniculturali.it/default.asp?versione=Inglese&from=1] is in charge of the security and maintenance...
  13. Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
    19: ...oden collar around his neck. He escaped with help from a sympathetic captor. His mother, Hoelun, taugh...
    21: ...], was born suspiciously soon after she was freed from the Merkit, leading to questions regarding the ...
    43: ... of honor. Generally, the Mongol Empire was also friendly to outside trade along the [[Silk Road]], a...
    53: ...ounted archers to attack their enemies on several fronts at once.
    59: ...tely under his dominion, in order to prevent them from challenging the Mongols for territory and resou...
  14. Franz Xaver von Baader (10383 bytes)
    1: '''Franz Xaver von Baader''' ([[March 27]], [[1765]] &n...
    3: ... [[Abraham Gottlob Werner]] at [[Freiberg, Saxony|Freiberg]], travelled through several of the mining ...
    5: ...d, probably gave out more than he received. Their friendship continued till about the year 1822, when ...
    7: ...ing the last three years of his life, interdicted from lecturing on the philosophy of religion.
    9: ...ch mark the outline of his thought. Baader starts from the position that human reason by itself can ne...
  15. Culture of New York City (6959 bytes)
    9: ...thers, though there are also more multi-ethnic or cosmopolitan neighborhoods where people of different backgroun...
    15: ...ay lifestyle of New Yorkers differs substantially from that of other Americans, and has in some ways b...
    17: ... of suburban-style homes. Growing up in an ultra-cosmopolitan city like New York can sometimes foster an impres...
    23: ...sunderstanding, and much on ignorance. A visitor from a small town can have trouble understanding the...
    29: ...ees and the Mets is just as fierce. Outsiders are frequently unaware that few baseball fans in New Yor...
  16. List of genres of country (522 bytes)
    10: *[[Country pop]]/[[Cosmopolitan country]]
  17. Basking Shark (7122 bytes)
    14: ...] alive, after the [[Whale shark|Whale Shark]]. A cosmopolitan species, Basking Sharks are found in all the worl...
    32: ...ately [[filter feeder|filtering]] [[zooplankton]] from the water at a rate of 1,500 m&sup3; or more pe...
    42: ...and at a length of between 4.6-6 metres. Breeding frequency is also unknown, but is thought to be 2-4 ...
  18. Fin Whales (8533 bytes)
    20: ...n the nineteenth century. The specific name comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''physa'', meaning...
    29: ... V-shapes. 50-100 ventrical pleats or grooves run from the tip of the chin to the navel.
    37: ...s used for communication and/or shows of machismo from breeding males.
    40: ...remities and relatively small areas of water away from the large oceans, such as the [[Red Sea]], the ...
    44: ... prefer to stick to deeper colder waters, further from the shore and thus less easily detected by huma...
  19. Rays (5748 bytes)
    19: ...ike body openings called [[gill]] slits that lead from the gills. Ray's gill slits lie under the [[pec...
    27: ...er waters of open sea, live in the open sea or in freshwater. Some rays can live in brackish bays and ...
    49: ...ke most rays. They use their pair of horns at the front of the head to drive small prey into its mouth...
    59: ...d animals. [[Sawfish (fish)|sawfish]]es can enter freshwater rivers and lakes. Some species reach a to...
  20. Sea Spiders (6456 bytes)
    21: ...pproximately 1,000 known species, ranging in size from 1-10 mm to over 90 cm in deepwater species: mos...
    23: ...ave caused some taxonomists to remove sea spiders from this grouping.
    25: ...]]. A [[proboscis]] allows them to suck nutrients from soft bodied invertebrates, and their digestive ...
    27: Their habitats range from the shallow intertidal zones to deepwater [[ben...
    30: ...ders,? live in many different parts of the world, from Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific coast o...

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